Why is the veseliga (wedding) so important to the community?

The ceremony is important because it is a symbol of tradition. This wedding scene also describes an important theme in the novel, that of the growing “Americanization” of new generations. Sinclair uses two types of objective descriptions to make his case. These descriptions are in the feast’s dancing and in the acziavimas ceremony. During the dancing, Sinclair uses an objective description of the dress of the wedding participants to paint a picture of the way in which younger immigrant generations slowly lose their sense of ethnicity characterized by the conventions of the older generations. In the second example, Sinclair describes the actions of these younger generations, through their refusal to pay the family for the privilege of attending the wedding and their abuse of the free food and drink provided.

The ceremony is important because it is a symbol of tradition. This wedding scene also describes an important theme in the novel, that of the growing “Americanization” of new generations. Sinclair uses two types of objective descriptions to make his case. These descriptions are in the feast’s dancing and in the acziavimas ceremony. During the dancing, Sinclair uses an objective description of the dress of the wedding participants to paint a picture of the way in which younger immigrant generations slowly lose their sense of ethnicity characterized by the conventions of the older generations. In the second example, Sinclair describes the actions of these younger generations, through their refusal to pay the family for the privilege of attending the wedding and their abuse of the free food and drink provided.