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Post by plaipetch on Jan 12, 2015 9:14:26 GMT -5
After the death of Cody's parent, he went to live with his grandmother Gallas in Colorado.There he lived as if he was the shadow of his grandpa. Grandma Gallas met her husband in the time of the Big War, when she was a whirl-a-dime dancer. Grandma Gallas was an energetic, kind, and a very lovely person. Her love for Cody was his salvation from the dept of his sorrow post his trauma considering that the story have so many relations with religion. Their love was like the garden that grandpa kept, beautiful and eternity as if it was stuck in time. By the time Cody came to her house the garden was in disrepair as comparable to grandma's love which was broken from having lost her loved one. Cody was a reincarnation of Grandpa Gallas and he was the one who restored grandma Gallas's heart and her garden again. Despite having different appearance Cody's was so similar to that of her husband as if she was able to reunite with grandpa Gallas. The strong power of love was the factor that changed grandpa Gallas's mind from dying for his country to living for his love ones. My relationships with grandparents are somewhat limited, since i have such short memory. It is always fun to be around my grandfathers as they used to have stories about their old days to share with. Both my grandmothers have passed away so I have so little time with them. In short i respect my grandparents as it is a Thai tradition to respect elders and another reason is that they are the reason that I am here right now typing this work.
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Post by tigerdekdee on Jan 12, 2015 10:13:05 GMT -5
After the incident of his parent’s death in the previous chapter, Cody went to live with his last relative or his grandmother, Gallas. Grandma Gallas was a funny and energetic person as describe by Cody, she would talk about fascinating stories she face especially about Grandpa Gallas. Also she would teach Cody to dance because that would often remind her about Cody's Grandfather, this shows that her grandmother still loves her husband even though he was long gone but her feelings for him won’t. Cody’s grandmother mets her husband during the big war (WWII), at the time she was a dime-a-whirl dancer that piles of soldiers would line up themselves just to dance with her. He love dancing with Gallas so much to the point that he change his belief drastically from dying a hero, instead think of the happiness he will have with her after the war was over.
My relationship with my grandparent can be describe as admiring, although they’re old they wouldn’t brawl up over small things like normal old-fashion elderly would do. Even though I and my parents live separate from them I still respect and feel grateful for how much they did for me when I was young.
Tanatsorn(Tiger)
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Post by ralphralph on Jan 12, 2015 11:11:47 GMT -5
Cody has almost no memory about his grandfather that passed away when he was young, so the story that his grandmother told him at night is the only feeling that he could feel how wonderful his grandfather was. The story was about grandfather, a soldier with weak heart who wanted to die as a hero, met grandmother, a beautiful dime-a-whirl dancer, for the first time and they fell in love with each other. Grandfather was brave enough to pass through the war and came to meet grandmother who was waiting for him. And even grandfather had passed away; Cody still gave him love and respect as a hero.
Grandmother Gallas was a beautiful woman in the eyes of grandfather and Cody. She was an energetic woman who loved to dance. Grandmother’s love that she gave to Cody was magnificent and uncountable that could not be express into words. But the only thing that I know how much she loved him is because she could pass through all the tragedies that happen to her husband, daughter and son-in-law. Love made this woman strong and brave. She was a heroine in Cody’s thought.
My grandfather and grandmother are hero and heroine for me too. They are my inspiration that made me want to be strong and brave as them. Even though my grandfather passed away already but still he left me with incredible feelings of love. And my grandmother who is a strong and independent woman was kind and always makes merit and blessing for her children. They gave me a great and comfortable life, presented me with marvelous love, and are the lights that will always lead me to a brighter day in the future. I love my grandparents very much.
-Ralph-
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Post by phattraporn on Jan 12, 2015 11:43:32 GMT -5
After Cody’s parents died, he moved to Colorado and lived with Grandma Gallas. Cody love his grandma so much because she was the only relatives that he had. She was funny, energetic, and a beautiful woman. Their relationship is very close together. She told Cody about his grandfather and her stories in the past. She taught Cody how to dance and how to become a young man. Cody always arranged flowers on their breakfast table every morning and they enjoyed their dinner at the restaurant in the evening. She also had a close and romantic relationship with her husband. Grandma Gallas was once a 'dime-a-whirl' dancer. Cody’s grandpa fell in love with her and he did everything in order to dance the whole night with her.Unfortunately, grandpa had to go fight in the WWII and he wrote letters to grandma about their romantic life in the future. I live with my grandparents since I was born. I have a very close relationship with my grandparents especially my grandmother. She took care of me when my parents went to work. When I was little she always tell me bedtime stories and played toys with me. When I grew up they always taught me how to be a good person and they also give advice about life.
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Post by Pheraphat Best on Jan 12, 2015 12:13:57 GMT -5
The romance between Grandma Gallas and her husband could be a good reference to the old classical love story that occurred during the world war period. First she started off being a dime-a-whirl dancer who dance with the troops. Then grandpa went to dance with her and they both fell in love with each other. Then the old classical love story begins. Grandpa needed to serve his nation in war, but all he was thinking about was the time he will spent with Granma Gallas in the future. It's related to real life WW2 troops that went to war with a gun in their hands but the love in their minds. This occasion forced them to live separately. Furthermore, even he made it back to Grandma Gallas, but the destiny took him away. He died in his favourite garden. Grandma Gallas's relation with cody is truly amazing and wonderful. It's very amaze how two different people that have a certain amount go age gap can perfectly live together happily. She taught him to dance and also playing with him during his free time as well. With all of those things mention in this captor have given me the fact that Grandma Gallas have a kindness personality. She took care of cody very well as a Grandma. She read him books and taught him to dance. She tried her best to raise this little Grandson of her. Personally, i'm very closed to both of my grandparents since i was living with them since i was born. Both of them formulate different kinds of strategy to raise me. However, both of them shared common goals for me which is to make me a good and responsibility person for the society. So my relations between me and grandparents are like teacher and student relation. -Pheraphat Best
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Post by chakara on Jan 12, 2015 18:30:11 GMT -5
Because his parents died, Cody went to live with his grandmother, Gallas. Cody described her as " funny, always energetic and beatiful". She knew how to dance, and she taught Cody to to dance. In the past, she and her husband would dance all nice. Their love was also really strong, and Gallas should be really attractive because her husband married her just only 3 weeks after coming back from the war. Their love was truly romantic; it was love at the first sight for sure. Her husband borrowed his friends' money so that he could buy tickets to dance with her all night. Even the war could not halt their love; they always wrote letters to each other, and her husband only wrote about jollities at the war, never tribulations. Even death could not break apart their relationship; Gallas would always wear a golden watch his husband gave her, look at the old photographs, and think about him all time. Gallas was the most cordial person Cody knew. She taught Cody how to grow as a young man, told Cody stories about the elated pasts, and taught Cody how to dance to a German Waltz. It would be really rare to see a Grandmother teaches a grandchild how to dance. She knew how to encourage and lighten Cody up. She read book to Cody, made him breakfast, and walked him down to have a perfect dinner. She encouraged him to keep going with his artworks, and praised him for his achievements. On the other hand, Cody was also a caring grandson. He arranged flowers for his grandmother. He loved his grandmother so much that when his grandmother passed away, he cried so hard. He would never sell his grandmother's house because Cody believed it was theirs. This described how much they really loved each other. Since when I started remembering and knowing things, I have had only one grandmother. The other grandmother passed away when I was only about one year old. Although I do not really remember her, but my family members and relatives told me that she was really sick, and she spent most of her days watching me. I was also close to my great grandparent. She spoke Chinese, but I have been speaking Thai for my whole life. So I did not really understand anything she tried to tell me. Although I was really of little age, and could not comprehend her speakings, I still felt true love from her. She stayed with me for a tremendous amount of hours a day. She took care of me. When she passed away, I felt and still feel that her death is one of the most moribund tribulations I have ever faced. I am really close to my grandparents, two grandfathers, one grandma. I was born living in my grandparents, and stayed there until I was in grade 6. They took care of me, taught me, and told stories about their pasts to me. Although I already moved my house, my grandmother still cooks for me everyday; this shows how much she cares for me. I could never imagine living without them. Chakara
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Post by krispronouncekrit on Jan 14, 2015 9:52:22 GMT -5
Cody's grandmother raised him after the violence death of there parents. She was a very energetic lovely person. Her compassion and positively attitude motivated and supported Cody through his hard time. She meet Cody's grandfather during a war, which reminisce the old love story that has inspired many movies and book throughout the time. The love life of a couple during a calamity period of time make us feel both astonish and sorrow at the same time. i am amazed by how people can be in such a good relationship during such time,even that one of them is distant away. They always believed and had faith that one day they will meet again, rather than talking about the current situation (which is bad). But it also make me feel sad because most good love story like this one will eventually come to a bad ending due to an inevitable obstacles (in this case, wars), Despite the tragedy of this relationship, I think that this relationship had reflected the personality of grandmother Gallas. She contradict the personality of a sad old people that everyone though she is due to the lost of her husband during the war. Instead, she was a very energetic and positive people, which personally, i think that she understand whats Cody is going through right now. She show such endorsement to Cody, which is exactly what a 14 years old boy that is going through one of the worst time of his life needs right now. This show the relationship between her and Cody. They were close and seems to love each other very much. After all, she was the last relative of him after his parents died.my relationship with my grandparents is not that close and not to distant. when i was a little kids i used to stay at there house during the summer or during holiday. ever since them I've seen them almost every week. but after I've grown up, i went to there house less often, and usually didn't talk to them all that much (at least not as often). Kris
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Post by pudit on Jan 15, 2015 5:29:12 GMT -5
In the first chatter was a tragedy, in this chapter is the opposite. This tells us that Cody was not alone. I was not surprise that why his grandmother always tell him the story about how she met his grandfather. It was an amazing story. She should be proud to tell that such a story over and over again. Both his grandparents has a nice romantic moment, the memory that she wish to make to eternal, maybe she did it by telling this story to her grandson to tel her in the future, when she cannot remember anything anymore.His relationship with his grandmother appears to be close together, which almost can compensate the love of his parents. She was a lovely women, no doubt why Cody's grandfather chose this kind lade. I wish i could have such a wonderful lady to be my grandmother, but it was not for me to choose.
My relationship with my grandmother are not stable. In the past few years, she was in Chonburi with majority of my family member. She may be a lovely lady, but it is truly a rare moment to see. She was not educated, but she can do many things that others people cannot, I am saying that she is smarter than normal people think. She loves to gamble, with that, she was separated from our family in Chonburi. Actually, she loves to, she was planing to go to Lopburi to see my little cousin. Her mind set is weird, we could not possibly understand her. When I was young, my mother was too young to raise me, so I was raised by both my grandmother and my grandmother, so we are really close together. Now a days, I don't have much time to go visit them, still, I always thinking about them.
Pudit
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