Cultural Differences:Family Struggles in "Seventeen Syllables"
             These days, it seems as though too many of us take for granted, the hardships and struggles that
             occurred in our families' pasts. Even people in the lowest social class are treated with more respect than
             before. Rosie's family does have their share of differences within their family. When cultures collide,
             negative outputs are given. It seems as though the Hayashi family each has their own thing going on and
             they arent willing to spend time with the rest of the family members. In "Seventeen Syllables", there are
             instances of symbolism and inner family struggles that draw each member further and further apart.
             First of all, Mrs. Hayashi's passion for writing the poems of haiku, has basically caused the most
             problems with Rosie and her father. Rosie often didn't know the meaning of her mother's poems. So this
             resulted in a failure of communication between the two. Rosie is a lazy kid. She preferred English over
             Japanese, which also created a dead end road when she began reading her mother's poems. Rosie hasnt
             matured fully, in my opinion. And she just needs to spend a little more time with her mother and her passion.
             The thing that made the story interesting was Rosie's fathers jealousy and irritation of Mrs.
             Hayashi. Mr. Hayashi was irritated when his wife and her friend were sipping tea and discussing haiku at
             their house. He seems to think she is engulfed in these poems and has absolutely no time for anything or
             anyone else. She becomes an introvert while spending time writing. Mr. Hayashi became so frustrated that
             he told Rosie they were going home and Mrs. Hayashi didn't know why. Rosie was so upset at both of her
             parents. She was mad with her father for denying her mother and her mother for begging. Rosie even wished
             for the family car to have a bad wreck so it could all be overwith. "I wish this
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