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Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel “American Born Chinese”, the Monkey King and Jin, the two main characters in the novel; where Jin's life is a reflection of the Monkey King's story through their desires to fit in with their environment. There are many events with both the Monkey King and Jin where they each do very similar things like changing how they look (etc.). American Born Chinese is a good representation of the struggle of trying to fit in, not just for Chinese people, but everyone. For the

2:The story 2.2-Character (Prepare Character Analysis) Kelvin Palaguachi In the graphic novel “American Born Chinese” every character such as The Monkey King, Jing Wang, and Danny all go through an external and internal conflict and a specific character arc. These characters suffer throughout the novel trying to accept their culture, tradition and aspects. Eventually these characters learn to accept and understand their true identity through a certain conflict. This also changes their

In the book American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang gives us an entertaining story of a common simple goal to fit in. The book being intended for a middle school audience; it does an outstanding job of relating to adults as well in many ways. Reading the book has taught and reminded me of many things. Such as; accepting yourself, being who you are, and not changing for others. These goals are helpful when you’re getting situated in a new environment. Not only does Yang relate to middle school students

As in all revolutionary movements, there are many accelerators that work to transform the countries they involve. Correspondingly, there were many causes that started both the American and Chinese Communist revolutions, some being similar and some being different. One of the main causes of the revolutions was that they both were inspired by the Enlightenment. This factor made both wars and their outcomes more intellectually based rather than physically. Another main accelerator that forced the people

Popular Culture on Chinese American Stereotypes Popular culture has had a great impact on Chinese American stereotypes. Chinese Americans are portrayed as really smart and good at math and science. In television shows and movies Chinese Americans usually play doctors, an information technician or someone else with a highly educated job. People always assume that all Chinese Americans people excel in math and science. Another stereotype surrounding Chinese Americans is that they always

it also enabled Cantonese parents to socialize their children into the Chinese culture through the language and social practices involved in the meal and the ritual and meaning surrounding the tea. However, to Chinese-Americans such as myself, going yumcha with native Chinese people also emphasized my American identity due to my food choices. Yet when I go yumcha with non-Chinese people, I become distinctly aware of my Chinese identity when they fail the language or rituals of this tradition. The

Learning difficulties from Chinese and American culture Question 1 Different culture of East and West can cause problems in each other. American culture trends to individualism. They need for more privacy and personal space. They do not independent of other people. On the contrary, Chinese culture trends to collectivism. They need to more close physical contact and close personal relationship or friendship. They concern about other people live for building up a close relationship. Therefore

which defined by religion, language, food, traditions, music and arts. China and US are two countries separated by oceans, language, and culture boundaries one typically thinks these two nations have nothing in similar. One might think that Chinese and Americans are totally different people, not only in their physical appearance but also in their customs and traditions. Although both cultures are different they both have something in common. These two cultures are different in traditions while they

Though there are many differences between Chinese and American cultures there are a lot of areas where cultures can find common ground. This paper aims to show the cultural differences, compare those differences and demonstrate that while two cultures can be distinct they can work well together. The following will describe styles of communication, collectivism vs. individualism, authority vs. hierarchy, self-promotion vs. humility, and the differences between personal and professional lives in the

Hong Kingston uses ghosts to represent a battle between American and Chinese cultures. The two cultures have different views of what a ghost is. The Chinese believe the ghost spirits may be of people dead or alive. Chinese culture recognizes foreigners and unfamiliar people as ghosts because, like American ghosts, they are mysterious creatures of the unknown. Americans view ghosts as spirits of the dead that either help or haunt people. American ghosts may or may not be real. There spirits are there