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Tang People Analysis

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The main issues of the Tang people, were gangs, opium, racism, and a corrupt neighborhood watch. An example, of one of these problems is when a brick is thrown into the company’s (family) house. This was when the White Demons (White Americans) were basically raiding the Tang people’s town/village. Many of them were drunk and outraged that the Tang people were taking jobs from them. Another example is when Black Dog (Uncle Bright Stars son) is almost shot by the corrupt neighborhood watch. He frankly didn't deserve to be saved. (He beats up Moon Shadow later in the book). These issues are common to all groups during the 1900’s, a lot of immigrants lived in fear of whites. In a lot of cases the name calling and nicknames was very specific …show more content…

Moon Shadow moved from China to North America, he would need to learn a new language, as well as adjust from his colorful lifestyle back home to a more moderate one here. For example, when he first steps on to the streets of San Francisco he calls the small houses prisons. In which the inhabitants don't know they are living in. Even though they seem to be just fine. However, when he gets to the Tang part of the city it stands out from the rest of the city, because it is more colorful. At first Moon Shadow lives in fear and doesn’t understand a lot of what is going on around him. Eventually he learns to speak english and he makes friends with Robin and her aunt both of which are white. This is when he finds acceptance in this new world he is in and later, after tragedy, realizes they are not that different after …show more content…

This happened when the Earthquake hit San Francisco. When Moon Shadow saw death and destruction before his very eyes. He had seen an entire family crushed by rubble. He responds by helping dig up survivors, as well as helping to rebuild their village. Before this however he witnessed his father kill somebody in self defense, and they had to go into hiding. This is how they met Miss.Whitlaw and Robin.

There weren't really any social changes throughout the book. The White Demons still disliked the Tang people in the end. There was only one true change and that's when Moon Shadow starts to think of Miss Whitlaw as a Tang woman who had been reincarnated as a demon because she was so nice to him. Moon Shadow responded to this by starting to trust Ms.Whitlaw.

There was no surprising information to me on the culture of China. Because I'm taking Chinese in middle school and we are learning a lot about the history of China in that class. But a piece of culture I liked was that the Tang people put statues on their porches to protect them from evil spirits. Another thing I like about the culture is the fact the dragons are considered good and not evil, unlike the western

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