House Keeper and the Professor

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Embrace the Oldest In the novel The Housekeeper and the Professor the author has captured the value of family in the Asian culture. The Asian culture embraces the oldest family member, and the respect this culture has for their elders is unsurpassed by any other culture. The oldest family member is to give insight in great detail when it comes to his experiences. The Professor takes on the role of the oldest family member. The Housekeeper and her son Root take on the roles of the younger family members as the 2nd and 3rd generations in this novel The Housekeeper and the Professor. The Professor uses his math skills to teach, influence, and defend the Housekeeper and Root. The Professor uses his mathematical knowledge to teach. He is a scholar in math, and this enables him to give detailed instructions to open up the minds of the Housekeeper and Root. “He taught them about enormous prime numbers with more than a hundred thousand places, and the largest number of all, which was used in mathematical proofs and was in the Guinness Book of World Records” (12). Being a well-learned scholar in math makes the Housekeeper want to be in his company. The Housekeeper says [the math] “the Professor taught me seemed to find their way effortlessly into my brain . . . because he is such a gifted teacher” (23). The Professor is a skilled teacher and it is evident by the way he gives instructions which makes learning effortless. The Housekeeper and Root admire the Professor so much that his teaching of math comes painlessly to them. The Housekeeper is so impressed, astonished by the Professor’s vast comprehension and the way he gracefully imparts knowledge. She looks forward to going to work and be in his company. The Professor also uses his mathematical knowledge to influence the Housekeeper and Root. He uses math to capture the imaginations of the Housekeeper

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