For many of the writers discussed in class, family stories are a guide to live by. The family stories told, give an outline of morals as well as a way to stay close to their true family. Both Cofer and Stone show how family stories give them a very strong form of acceptance. Acceptance is key for each of the writers because they both face the challenge of living as multicultural people in a world …showed first 75 words of 1191 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1191 total…youth and teach them to be good-hearted individuals. Although Kingston is facing problems of not wanting to live by the lessons she learned in her family circle. She must question these stories and release the silence in order to better the feelings of herself, and her family circle. Family stories make up our family traits and circle, but in order to adapt to ones self beliefs, these stories, at times, must be questioned. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**