Without a shaman, many Hmong believe they cannot appease restless spirits that can cause illness and bad luck. ... Sending bad luck/bad things away (xa syob txhiaj) is perform when a person has been somewhat frightened of what hey have seen that is rarely seen like seeing flies laying eggs or snakes shedding skins. The purpose of this ceremony is to send the bad luck away. ...
Saida went home but was feeling very nervous deep down inside her brain she was having all these bad thoughts inside her saying "What if something happens to my Sajda, or what if she runs away with someone?" ... That night Sajda came home at about 11o"clock, four hours late before being seen by her mum, Saida was going to ask Sajda what have you been doing today, but couldn't bare the shame if Sajda was to tell the truth, and she felt like she was a bad mother and hadn't brought Sajda up the normal Muslim way of life. ... That night Sajda went to the toilet, she tried to o...
The theme that the world has an outward appearance that seems fair and perfect but really they're as Holden put it "phonies." This is shown countless amount of times in his journey through New York and even before he left. The setting is in the 1950's; so I'm pretty sure that he didn't encounter any transvestites, lesbians, or anything that extreme of phoniest. Or on the other hand he could have liked them for being as Elmemson said a "none conformist." But I doubt it, he seemed to like kids more than anything. ...
