I really enjoyed reading the novel, Native Speaker.  I found it interesting reading about two people who were completely different.  Henry was an Asian American in which all he wanted was to be assimilated into American culture.  Lelia was a speech pathologist in which she worked with children and focused on language.  In the first half of the novel, I did not think that Lelia’s and Henry’s marriage would last. After Mitt died, it seemed like their marriage was not going to last. Lelia moved in with Molly and focused a great deal on her career.  Henry was struggling with Mitt’s death more and wanted to be with Lelia; however, she did not want to be with him at the time.  At the end of the novel, I was so glad to read that Lelia moved back in with Henry. Lelia was definately more loving.  It was as if she had completely changed. The quote, “Then you can work here… “I have too many kids.  I need another set of hands.”  Henry states, “Another mouth.”  She brushes my hair, gently kissing me now. “Yeah” (337) shows how their relationship has turned around. Henry helps Lelia out at work and they seem to be more intimate with each other.  Overall, Native Speaker was one of my favorite novels we have read in this class. Although it had death in it like every other novel we have read, it was a novel that was realistic in which people can relate to, especially being a person from a different ethnic background.