Multiethnic Literatures in the U.S.

Dave McAndrew
Eng 113
Aloft

Throughout the book Chang-rae Lee shows the Jerry only fly’s his plane alone to think about everything that has gone on. Jerry flying his plane alone is like his get away from everything in the world. The passages I am writing about have Theresa in the cockpit with Jerry, making it both of their getaways. She has been going with him to her Brother Jack’s house every time he fly’s there. This trip is significant because Theresa is asking her father to let Jack and his family move in with him, which surprises him at first. Jack is apparently losing his home and almost everything he owns. Jerry is assuming he will be moving into a condo that he can afford, but Theresa is convincing him to let them move in to his home.
Theresa states Jerry has enough room for Jack’s family and should consider calling Jack to tell him to move in. Jerry soon finds out that this was all planned out from the start, and basically everything was set before her father made the decision. She was just helping him make the decision in an easier fashion. Everything during the plane ride was going fine until they hit a storm that didn’t look like much. Jerry warned Theresa about the turbulence that could come about, and she obeyed his directions. Jerry was particularly scared because he never wants anyone on the plane with him. They flew through the storm and made it safely, although something was wrong with Theresa. Her water had broken and it was spilling all over the ground, at first glance her father said “I hope you peed,” but he knew there was something else wrong.
Sure enough Theresa needed to be rushed to the hospital at Yale. Her hospital was in a different direction of the way they were flying. Jerry had to make a quick decision to call into the tower and get clearance to land on the runway. He then blamed himself for what was happening because he should have said no to her when she asked to get on the plane. Jerry ended up landing the plane and getting her to the hospital where she died because of her conditions. If you read the book or any passage written on the blog you will see that Theresa was not being treated for her cancer because she wanted to have the child first. This makes for NOT a happy ending at all. It turns out that Jack’s family moves in with Jerry after all.
I did kind of enjoy the part when Jack built the pool and Jerry stands in it once or twice a day. I think it is a binary opposite because he loves to be in the plane way up in the sky to think about everything. Now he is in the ground standing in a hole that would soon be his pool thinking about things. It was kind of interesting I really don’t know why.

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