MULTICULTURAL ELEMENTS IN "THE GOOD OLD DAYS" by Shirley Lim
SOCIAL ISSUES The economy is fluctuating that year. (p.10) FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS Tension (3 of his sons have different opinions on how to deal with the wealth of the grandfather. E.g. 1 st uncle says they keep the business going and divide the profits equally each month among them. 3 rd uncle(narrator’s father) says he wants everything to be sold and divide the money equally as he needs the money to expand his business. Nonetheless, 2 nd uncle agrees with third uncle but he voices out that the economy is not good and each of them will need to choose which properties of grandfather they want and they can decide to sell or to keep their shares of the properties. 4 th uncle says he disagree with 2 nd uncle’s opinion. He thinks that the properties are not of equal value. He suggests to use a lottery system to decide who picks the properties first. (p.9,10) Fifth Uncle’s widow is claiming her share by suing the family (p.12) Everyone is getting a lawyer to fight for the...