For Mohammed on the mountain

   
This is one of the poems I enjoyed reading in the book. Not because I could relater or because it made me happy inside. It touched me in a sympathetic way. In this poems it talks about family and how well they our appreciated but then it also turns the table and shows how family members are so against each other. My interpretation of her words is that she loves her uncle dearly. Not because he is like her American friends uncles not for the food he eats or the things he has but just for who he is and from what she hears about him. She wants to get to know her family and interact know about her heritage etc but is sadly turned down over grudges held and the family feeling betrayed because her father decided to move to America. Although he tried to embrace his brother this is an on going grudge where neither has heard each others side. I understand how this can effect her way it did it is a very sad situation. It also made me think of how many immigrants we have and if they all go through this shame from  family and are never except anymore because the searched for a better life. Why shouldn’t they follow there dream? Why should they be looked upon as out casted or religion breakers? And then also have to deal with the judging and disrespect from Americans who feel they don’t belong. It looks like either way they can’t win. What kind of world do we live in? If people can take a walk in each others shoes I wonder how different thing would be and how I would feel if it was me.