Task Description: This week I have started and finished reading a different text. This text is called “Good Little Samoan Boy”. This story to me was quite personal and sad, especially the fact that the main character (the young boy in my DLO below) mainly grew up without his father there for him. I think that the reason for this may be because his father wanted him to choose a side, Palagi or Samoan.
This story as stated below, is about a young boy who is an afakasi – half Samoan and half Palagi. This story shows how he accepts both of his races despite being told he had to choose one. Many people might relate to this, being trapped between their 2 cultures. Though, at the end of this book he found that he could represent both cultures, not caring about being shamed by people from both of his races and cultures.
I found this book quite interesting, as every paragraph held a strange sense of understanding and meaning towards the writer. I felt connected to the boy in some way, and on this day he is still alive and is a New Zealand journalist and actor.