Conversations with my Parents by Oanh Thi Tran

1. What is ironic about the way the author and the father become close? What has to happen to the father?
What's ironic about how the author and the father become close is that the father is very sick and will probably pass away soon, just as they're getting close.

2. How would you characterise the conversation that the author has with her parents?

Short and awkward.

3. What is it that worries the author most about these conversations?

The author worries that we will grow distant from his parents and the convo's will become even slower.

4. There is a gap between the author’s need to express feelings common in western countries and her family’s lack of desire to express their feelings verbally. How does the family still express their feelings for their child, just not verbally?

The family still expresses their feelings by always wanting to talk to their child and caring about what he's saying.