How is Helen able accept her own transition from Buddhism to Catholicism and yet is unable to accept Mona's transition from Catholicism to Judaism which is being done for the same reasons?
Helen is able to accept her conversion to Catholicism and yet unable to accept Mona's transition from Catholicism to Judaism because Helen is stubborn and not open to change unless it relates to her own thoughts and religions. Throughout, the story Helen constantly shows how she only excepts her own choices and isn't as open to other opinions; which is shown in the first chapter when Sherman explains to Mona that he, even though in the US, keeps his Japanese traditions and shows her how he keeps his own traditions unlike her; however Helen walks in and yells at him saying that it was the U.S.A and that he should change from his old ways. In the third chapter, when Mona reveals that she is Jewish, Helen gets angry knowing that not only had Mona gone behind her back, but was now different from her which enraged her. Clearly, you can see that based on the evidence, Helen is stubborn and dislikes any change unless it somehow relates to her own ideas in some way.
Helen is able to accept her conversion to Catholicism and yet unable to accept Mona's transition from Catholicism to Judaism because Helen is stubborn and not open to change unless it relates to her own thoughts and religions. Throughout, the story Helen constantly shows how she only excepts her own choices and isn't as open to other opinions; which is shown in the first chapter when Sherman explains to Mona that he, even though in the US, keeps his Japanese traditions and shows her how he keeps his own traditions unlike her; however Helen walks in and yells at him saying that it was the U.S.A and that he should change from his old ways. In the third chapter, when Mona reveals that she is Jewish, Helen gets angry knowing that not only had Mona gone behind her back, but was now different from her which enraged her. Clearly, you can see that based on the evidence, Helen is stubborn and dislikes any change unless it somehow relates to her own ideas in some way.
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