Relative advantages of learning my language

1. The author opens the story with an anecdote. What is the anecdote and what effect does it have on the reader?

The anacdote is that when her grandfather sits down,, she says 'i hope he doesn't sit down'. It lets the reader know what the story is going to be about (grandfather) and that she was pretty harsh to her grandfather.

2. What is the author’s view of the Chinese language in the 2^nd paragraph? 

That its not needed very much when growing up in a English country.

 What is ironic about the inhabitants of this house?

3. What is symbolic about the house that the Grandfather mistakes for his own? What does it say about the assimilation of his family into Australian culture? What does it say about his understanding of Australian culture?

Its symbolizes the similarity in of living standards Australian culture. The Pakistani family symbolizes that other cultures also live the same as other cultures, ie. Chinese and Pakistani.

4. What does the death of her grandfather inspire the author to do? To learn Chinese again and realize that she should have listened to her grandfather a lot more than she has over the years.

5. Why is she motivated to know Chinese? What is it she wants to ensure she is able to, regretting that she couldn’t do it with her grandfather? She wants to be able to speak in Chinese so that the next time she meets a relative, she can listen to what they have to say in there native tongue.