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    American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang presents a graphic novel, it talk about three different stories that are separate and yet related to each other. The way he presents the characters helps him to show his audience stereotypes in American born Chinese. The author uses the three stories and revolves around people working towards their cultural identity. He successfully creates a story about racial identity, and he does not merely concentrate on stereotypes that define the American-born Chinese. The

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    language and culture. Throughout the books, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and American Born Chinese, and the movie Dead Poet Society characters distinguish themselves from their groups in order to find their real identity. As the road to find their identity continued, the characters felt ashamed and were indecisive, but in the end it was worth it. In the comic, American Born Chinese, the character Jin explores the identity of being an American

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    American Born Chinese Stereotype Essay The most common stereotypes today are dumb blonde, geek, nerd, smart asian, fat american, terrorist. These insults are used everyday, as it is a way for society to label people for being different from everyone else. Stereotypes are used in American Born Chinese to show how stereotypes are used to negatively group people, to depict how others bully those who are different, and are used to show how stereotypes affect those they are directed towards and those

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    INTRODUCTION - ~ THESIS - When evaluating Arnold “Junior” Spirit from Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Jin Wang from Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese, similarities radiate in both characters as their disparity in race deem the two of them as outcasts in the entirety of society. In addition to their lack of social interactions, their uniformity in their impulsive decisions cost them each a dear friend. Although Junior and Jin are quite similar, they share

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    Report Card was constructed showing that 68% of fourth graders could not read at the proficient fourth grade level (Today’s Learners, 2). This evidently, is concerning because literacy skills are a large part of daily life. For this reason American Born Chinese , by Gene Luen Yang, should be instilled in the curriculum of middle school language arts classrooms, to give students diverse

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    choose whichever one of themes as the most important theme depending on the question and the understanding of the novel, the main theme will still be the theme that leads the story from the beginning to the ending. In the graphic novel, American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang, the most important

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    American Born Chinese is a graphic novel written by Gene Luen Yang. This book is about three characters that come into each other's life in the weirdest way possible. The book was unrealistic like it had monkey kings and shape shifters. I thought it was going to be like an autobiography but it was not. I did not personally like the book because of all the racial stereotypes, there was a character named Chin Kee that used the letter¨L¨ instead of “R.” The book was also talking about eating dogs and

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    elements of the hero’s quest. The book American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang is a book that contains 3 different stories that all happen to be intertwined. The story mainly centers around the character Jin who struggles with his self-identity when he has to move to a new school. Later in the book, there are a few plot twists that come up, such as Danny being the version of Jin that he wants to be, Wei-Chen being sent to help Jin,

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    The novel American Born Chinese, by author Gene Luen Yang, entails a story about characters from Chinese culture trying to adapt to America's culture, religion, and standards. Throughout this story, the characters go through many obstacles from their journeys such as Monkey King, Jin Wang, and Danny. Yang's story provides an overview of many circumstances in which people from Chinese culture adjust to American society and those who are exposed to Chinese culture while in America. This essay investigates

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    Facts). Because racial discrimination and prejudice is prevalent, a feeling of self identity is often lacked within cultures such as the African-American and Chinese-American. The historical context presented in both stories helps to support how societal views can affect one’s lack of self acceptance. In, A Raisin in the Sun and American Born Chinese, the characters struggle with self acceptance and identity because of the recurrence of racial discrimination foisted toward their minorities. In A Raisin

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