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    believe them whilst others do not. American Born Chinese illustrates three stories depicting the custom of stereotypes surrounding society: “The Monkey King”, the story of Monkey King’s thirst for infinite power, and his quest for atonement; “Jin Wang”, the story an awkward boy who tries to “fit in” the community around from but constantly fails; and “Danny”, the story about a high schooler who feels uncomfortable by his stereotypically negative Chinese cousin Chin-Kee. In this day-and-age, stereotypes

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    In “American Born Chinese” Gene Luen Yang tells three different stories all dealing with some aspect of being an American born with Chinese heritage. He begins his graphic novel with a re-telling of the Monkey King, a Chinese legend about a king who is repeatedly denied his wish to join the gods, goddesses, demons, and spirits in heaven. Seeming to be ashamed of being a monkey, the monkey kings adorns a pair a shoes in an attempt to assimilate into the group he wishes to belong to. He even takes

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    be read as “American-Born Chinese”. Jin had always wanted to be more American contrasted to his Chinese background. For instance, he wished he had blond hair or an American athletic talent compared to his intelligence. For him, there was no pride in being Chinese, in fact it was a huge burden for him. He was American at heart, but thrust into the world having Chinese heritage. ​ Throughout the whole story he struggled with his identity. Perhaps if he had been born white, he would come

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    Gene Luen Yang in his book called “American Born Chinese" he illuminates the book in three parts, which is three characters, three stories but one goal. It is a critically acclaimed graphic novel. It possesses strong themes of racial stereotypes, particularly American stereotypes of the Chinese and other East Asian ethnicities. The American Born Chinese also undergoes phases of identity crises that are coupled with some mental or physical transformation. Even though this book is mainly about Jin

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    From the American Born Chinese, the text and image shared the same and exact time to show how many moments from every page of the book about what happened in the story, and how the author and the book can relate something like his experience to the reader. The text and image also affect my reading experience in more entertaining ways of understanding the story and how do I feel about reading the book. For people like the graphic novel, it helps them to read more visually toward them. Also, the text

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    Visa” and “American born Chinese” have span the cultural chasm between China and America; at the same time, show how women and men have different views of being Chinese in America. From the “American Visa,” it declares a woman’s life in New York is better in China because she is no longer only belong to men, but mostly belong to herself, she can do whatever she wants. Meanwhile, she clearly understands her gender and identity and proud of them. However, through “American born Chinese.” It illustrates

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    American Born Chinese, the text and image shared the equal and precise time in moments on every page of the book on what happened in the story, and how the author and the book relate the reader to his or her experience. The text and image affect my reading experience in more entertaining ways of understanding the story and how do I feel about reading the book. For people like the graphic novel, it helps them to read and imagine easily toward them. Also, the text and image of this book American Born Chinese

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    In American born Chinese, there are three plot lines. Two of the plot lines flow separately until they meet at a certain time in the story, which makes up the third plot line. All three plot lines create tension in the story making the reader want to know how it is resolved. In the first plot line, the character called the monkey king goes through several trials and tribulations. The author creates large amounts of tension which leads to the reader wanting to know how it ended. The monkey‘s actions

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    as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.”- Sandra Bierig. In the books Monkey, written by Wu Cheng’en, and American Born Chinese, written by Gene Luen Yang, we have two stories of different beings living in different worlds, but both wanting the same thing: to fit into the most respected faction. In American Born Chinese, Jin Wang moved from Chinatown, San Francisco, to a mostly white suburb, faces many obstacles because of his ethnicity, and struggles with coming to

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    author's overcoming shame and privacy. In American Born Chinese, the characters learn how to overcome and use themselves as they were made and embrace it. The first example is Jin after changing back from Danny, embraces his culture and tries to find Wei-Chen. He was Danny in his mind but when the Monkey King came and explained to him who he really was and the whole story and he changed back. Jin then tries to find his asian friend Wei-Chen at the chinese restaurant. Eventually, they meet up and

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