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Title
Document Type
Narrative Essay
Publication Date
1996
Excerpt
"Live as weeds," said my father to me before I left Japan for the United States last May. I have still not figured out what my father meant by the words nor have I discovered who I am. Striving to learn who I am, I have been harming people who had no intention to bother me and who even tried to encourage me. It's been only eight months since I came to Valparaiso; however, I would like to proclaim who I am from what I have learned through this period of time. Even today I continue to ask myself, "Am I living as weeds?"
Recommended Citation
Tanaka, Hiroko, "Live as Weeds (1996)" (1996). The Valpo Core Reader. 191.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/191