The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu 

This short story is very interesting to read about because of how much Kan is throughout the story with his mother. His relationship with his mother is stronger compared to his dad because of the time they spend together. Kan never see’s how much his mom really cared for him, not seeing what she does everyday for him or the little things she does so he could feel better. It’s important because overtime his mother passes away because of cancer which makes him not fully understand her because of the actions he has taken growing up. He never saw her as a loving or caring person because of an accident that lead him to become a different person in the story. It’s important because it shows us how much you should appreciate what you have right now, spending time with the person you love and care about the most because at the end of the day you will never know when is there last day here.Something Ken hasn’t paid attention to and missed out on.