w ith the st at e government s. Politic is divided int o t w o nam ely dom est ic
policy and foreign policy. Domest ically, Am erican policy is broken down int o three: legislat ive, execut ive, and judiciary. Foreignly, U.S. ‘ s ideology
is capit alism and m et hod of the dist ribut ion is imperialism. However, American foreign policy is illust rated in t he book A M an
Named Dave . A Child Called it and The Lost Boy do not m ention political
aspect . The political aspect ment ioned is only foreign policy not domest ic policy. It is st at ed about Saddam Husein’s invasion to Kuw ait
in which Am erica involved in this war. Am erica supposed t o help t he w orld t o solve t he cont rovercial.
In August 1990, Saddam Hussein’ s invasion of Kuwait shift ed m y priorit ies. AM ND: 216
4. Religious Aspect
The charact ers in the t rilogy are m ost ly Cat holics. Cat holics believe t hat there is only one God and argue t hat he has revealed him self as t he
t rinit y. They hold the Old Test am ent as t heir scripture w hile Prot est ant m ade som e changes from t he Old Test ament to the New Test ament .
Som e Christ ians believe in the original scripture, t he Old Test am ent . Therefore, the charact ers in t his t rilogy believe in Cat holic.
Four days lat er, on a foggy M onday m orning, I parked M r Turnbough’s car in front of t he sam e Cat holic church Ron,
St an, and I had briefly at t ended w it h our aunt years ago as preschoolers. AM ND: 97
Besides, David w as religious for having a bible. The bible is
m ent ioned as the place to keep his brother’s let t er. For now all I could do w as replace m y brot her’s let t er in m y
Bible, and pray for t he best . AM ND: 121 M oreover, David’s family celebrat ed Christ m as since the Holy
days of Christ ians are Christ mas, East er, New Year, Pent ecost , Saint s’
Feast Days. It is the day when Christ ians believe of Jesus w as born. it is celebrat ed generally on December 25.
As Christ mas Day cam e nearer, my brot hers and I becam e m ore and more excit ed. ACCI: 18
5. Cultural Aspect
The cult ural aspect is broken down into t hree: m ent al fact s, social fact s, and physical fact s. M ent al fact s consist of norms, w ay of life, and
value-syst em . Social fact s include cust om and t radit ion. Physical fact s such as fashion, art hefact , and lit erat ure.
View ed from ment al fact s, t he w rit er breaks it into three. First , t he societ y believed t hat people had t o mind t heir own bussiness. They t ook
care of t heir own house and other people had not a right t o int erfere. At t hat t im e, what in the house should be closed. The m em bers of t he
family w ould not t ell what happened in the house or w hat problem they had faced.
“ I have no idea w hat happened back then. That ’ s not m y affair. What happens in someone’s house stays in t heir
house. It’ s no one else’s business. I see no need t o open up Pandora’s box.” AM ND: 129
The second, it is st at ed t hat harshness in children at that tim e w as not cat egorized as an abuse but it w as an act t o discipline t hem .
Everyone might see t he harshness but they could not do anyt hing. It w as because t here w eren’t a great Penal Codes t o prot ect kids.
“ Anyw ay, anybody could see what she w as doing. Back t hen t here w as not hing w e could have done, or w er e
allowed to do. Back then it w as considered discipline, parent al right s, but w e had t o do som et hing. Any one of us
could see w hat w as going on. It ’s som et hing you don’t forget . Ever.” AM ND: 233
The t hird, the societ y had also seen Fost er Child blindly. They looked down to fost er children for not having parent s.
