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understanding his or her limits (Amy 157). Therefore, these two concepts of identity and self-awareness are related. This short story is about a young Chinese student who makes her first trip to China to look for her half-sisters and family. For the purpose of this essay, I will highlight in details how the character finds her identity as a Chinese born in America. The story explores stereotypes as part of humor and interior conflict (a person struggling within her own self to try to find answers

Fitting in is what a lot of people want in this world they want to be able to have a place where they belong and where they are respected. The second book is called American Born Chinese. It starts off about the Monkey King he has mastered kung fu and is the best in the mortal world, but he wants to belong with the gods. He tries his best to hang out with them but it does not go right. He went to a party where all the gods where attending instead of making him welcome they made it known that he is

Chin rewrites the lost of Chinese American history by changing the feminized stereotypes of Chinese Americans. At the beginning, there are a lot of environment factors that have driven Donald to generate hatred towards everything Chinese. For example, his history teacher, Mr. MeanWeight, doesn’t appreciate about Chinese American culture. Also, he always being laughed at his funny cartoon name, “Donald Duk.” Therefore, he formed the attitude of self-contempt of being a Chinese. He always says “they”

In the novel “American Born Chinese ” by Gene Luen Yang Racism there racism occurring also everywhere in books, in the news, people's talk about it, and though people lives. In “American Born Chinese” there is three character different characters that have one simple goal is to “fit in”. Jin Wang wants to be an All-American boy, he loves an American girl, his best friend is Wei Chen. In the end, Jin realizes much about his perceptions of life and identity and sets off on his own path of redemption

Comparison of the American and Chinese Cultures Cultural differences are apparent from one group of people to another. Culture is based on many things that are passed on from one generation to the next. Most of the time people take for granted their language, beliefs, and values. When it comes the cultural differences of people there is no right or wrong. People should be aware of others culture and respect the differences that are between them. The United States and China are two very large

the graphic novel American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, illustrates many struggles that Jin Wang faces as a Chinese American. The graphic novel shows how Jin struggles with his cultural identity based on looking Chinese. When Jin first arrived to Mayflower Elementary School from San Francisco the teacher immediately assumed that his name was Jin Jang and that he has came from China he didn’t feel like an American. She also agreed with one of the classmate that claimed that Chinese people eat dogs

never realize that if they live with themselves they will be a lot happier and have a more positive outlook on themselves. The novels American Born Chinese, A Raisin In The Sun, and War Brothers are all examples of people and books all trying to look different, get richer and change the way they are living also know as faustian bargain. In the book American Born Chinese cousin Danny is trying to get rid of his annoying cousin Chin-Kee because Chinkee won't let him live in peace. The monkey King is trying

I am majoring in International Relations and Chinese studies. Language and cultures have always had a profound impact in my life. I am from a very diverse neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, where I was exposed to many different facets of Hispanic, Asian, and Middle Eastern cultures and traditions. One important facet was the language. The people I interacted with, the students I went to school with, and the shows I watch on television, I was always surrounding by different languages. I would hear Spanish

becomes a lot more serious, it's a way for him to escape his life as an Asian and become white .He gets to live out that wish when he becomes Danny, the white high schooler on the edge of breaking into the in crowd. Over the course of the story American Born Chinese by Gene Yang the main character Jin, changed significantly. He was first characterized as quiet and alienated, but by the end of the story, he became confident and starting accepting himself which shows the reader that he was finally coming

American Born Chinese was a book that I would have initially missed reading because it didn’t appeal to me then. However, it wasn’t until the three narratives intertwined at the end that I realized that this was a great read. Jin, Danny, and the Monkey King all have one thing in common; they try to become something they are not, and they lose their sense of identity until the realization of the truth that we cannot fight who we really are. Jin comes to America and desperately tries to fit in with