Wei-Chen is just about the coolest character in the book, American Born Chinese, and being the coolest character in the book comes with its perks, or downsides. Wei-Chen is definitely an abstract character especially because Wei-Chen has two different personalities or “egos”. There is a fake Wei-Chen, and a real Wei-Chen. They both are the same person just show up at different times or act very differently than Wei-Chen normally would. The fake Wei-Chen starts with the moment Jin plants a big wet one on Suzy and Wei-Chen gets upset as a result. But even though he is mad at Jin, he's so humble. He says to Jin,"If you had feelings for Suzy, you could have told me. I would have listened. I wouldn't have turned my back on you. Now you've broken …show more content…
Hes a kid who can't dress, or do his hair, and sure his english is very offset, he is just the friend to have there for you when things go bad. He's honest, like when he calls Jin "a cowardly turtle" for not helping with Amelia take care of the animals in biology class after school. He is the smartest, geekiest, nicest guy who, after Jin apologizes to him starts to analyze the pearl milk tea at the chinese cafe saying something like, “The tea tastes like an oily drink, probably made when there was stir fry being made close by.” Then after accepting Jins apology, invites him to a “real” boba tea shop down the street. Basically the message that Wei-Chen sends is that, all is forgiven. Its just how Wei-Chen acts, he isn't the kind of person to bundle up all the anger and hold a grudge, especially if he sees someone doing good. Like Jin when he makes his apology. Which with all that being said is why Wei-Chen is the coolest character in the book, or better yet the hero. He may seem weird and awkward at first but he doesn't care what anyone thinks and he just goes on with his life. In fact, you can even consider Wei-Chen a major character, just like Jin and the other major characters, Wei-Chen goes through some very big transformations
The unnamed narrator of the novel is a thoughtful, intellectual 17-year-old who is sent to the countryside for re-education during China 's Cultural Revolution.
Jing-Mei can not speak Chinese, and Suyuan can only speak broken English, "I talk to her in English, she answers back in Chinese" (23) so Suyuan could never adequately explain why she pushed Jing-Mei so hard.
Matt is loyal to Tam Lin. Matt is loyal to Tam Lin because when Tam Lin told Matt to promise him never to go there. Matt listen to Tom Lin and promised he would not go there. Matt looks up to Tam Lin. If Tam Lim didn’t tell him to go there, Matt would probably have gone there. In the beginning, we expect El Patrón to have a huge effect on Matt. But in the end, he doesn't. Early on, Matt cares about his relationship with El Patrón. It also shows in the text about Matt thoughts that "He was well pleased that he shared something with El Patrón" (Farmer 58). Later Mat realizes that though "El Patrón loved him but he was evil" (Farmer 192). El Patron loves Matt but he was evil in many ways. Matt became from selfish child to a knowledgeable and
However, as their early relationship continued, Shen Fu found that Yün was able to analyze and debate literature and poetry with him. (Fu: 31) Shen Fu soon realized that Yün was as capable as he was, but held back by their society. He recounts a time
Lee was a vital character in East of Eden as he prompted some of the most meaningful conversations and questions for other characters and readers, themselves. Many critics view Lee as the stereotypical, “inscrutable, wise Oriental man” because of the times when he was robustly Chinese. Although, in Part two of the story, Lee tried to convince himself that he was “American”, but acted Chinese as it was what people expected from him. Lee said to Samuel, “Pidgin they expect, and pidgin they’ll listen to. But English from me they don’t listen to, and so they don’t understand it.” (Steinbeck, 163) Lee thought it was best for him to stick with his status quo, and he did with the way he spoke and the way he looked.
Jin Wang is embarrassed to even be apart of his family by the way he acts and how he represents their culture. He now can see how hard it is to fit in.
Each character in the film represents some type of Social structure in China. Focusing on Li Mubai, Yu Shu Lien, and Jen Yu, you are able to get a sense of the social and ethical ideals of each class. Begging with Li Mubai, who embodies the stereotypical “monk”. He is always proper and resilient to negative influences. He spends the greater part of his life studying Kung Fu, and is the master of the Wu Dong clan. He is arguably the strongest character in this movie. He is the embodiment of restraint. This being most
He kills his friend Banquo because he threatens his chance to keep his kingship. After dong so he try’s to override his feeling but can not contain himself and his true feelings are expressed in a stroke of his madness:
In late 2002 the Oscar nominated Chinese Wuxia film ‘Hero’ directed by Yimou Zhang hit cinemas all over China before spreading internationally over the next few years. Yimou Zhang presented this tale that presents the legendary reign of the Qin Emperor and a nameless hero played by Jet Li tasked to assassinate the emperor. Zhang is known for creating films that present the rich Chinese history. This film is no exception. The film presents the culture of China during the Qin Dynasty through many different components. The costume, setting and music present the time period perfectly. Yimou also uses colour as symbolism in the film to present major plot points. As well as symbolising a part of a scene, for instance pink for love during the sex scene and red later on as death. As shown throughout the film, two of the characters Broken Sword and Flying Snow are both dressed in red hanfu robes which are a rich component in the progression of
When she meets Fan Liuyuan, she takes her chances and follows him to Hong Kong. Her decision to leave Shanghai has two implications. Firstly, she wants an escape from her family. After years of following their rules and hearing their complaints about her presence, she finally has a chance to leave it all behind to find her own independence. Secondly, she is strangely attracted to Liuyuan and securing his love and attention is a conquest for her.
For the pathos, Jia Jiang is always illustrating his perspectives through all kinds of stories and these stories are primarily his real experiences. For instance, Jia Jiang talked a story about one of his first grade teacher’s game, the kids got gifts if receiving the compliments from the other classmates. However, he was first rejected and he was only 6 years old. Because he introduces his own interesting experience to
I disagree that in the first half of American Born Chinese, Wei-Chen was Jin Wang’s foil and in the second half, he was Jin Wang’s antagonist. I believe that Wei-Chen is the foil throughout the entire story. This is because Wei-Chen never purposely tries to make things more difficult for Jin, yet still reveals things about him. Wei-Chen is everything Jin is not. He embraces his cultural roots, while Jin tries to block them out entire. Wei-Chen represents “F.O.B.” Asian-Americans, which initially makes Jin not want to be seen with him or associated with him, as he is trying so hard to seem like a normal American. Later in the book, Jin turns into a jerk because Wei-Chen never betrays his trust and does everything in his power to help him. In
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“To treat illness without understanding the viscera and bowels is no different from a blind