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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 Monkey

afterword had two children. Not only was Adeline neglected, but her older siblings were also not as popular as Naing’s children. In the book Chinese Cinderella, Adeline was a weak character when she would not stand up to her friends, could not stand up to her siblings, and would not even think about standing up to her stepmother. To begin with, Adeline was a weak character when she would not stand up to her friends. The friends that she met were at a boarding school in Hong Kong. “They say Adeline is brilliant

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 and her

together, there is strength in numbers. We valued allies so much that we gained them within the animal kingdom. On the other hand, groups can cause tension, and hatred. A character in Gene Yang’s American Born Chinese experiences both sides of the spectrum through his time on earth. The twist at the end of American Born Chinese is that Wei-Chen is not another student, but an emissary-monkey, following in his father's footsteps. He eventually realizes that he dislikes humanity, believing that they

The character of Jin Wang in American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yan changes throughout the story according to the different conflicts he encounters. Jin Wang’s troubles first start when transferring to a new school in a new town, where he is the only ethnic minority in his class. Being outcasted by his classmates he begins his journey in dealing with his own differences. Through internal and external conflict, Jin Wang realizes his true self. The majority of conflict Jin Wang experiences is internal

the experiences of characters who come acknowledge their identities. Gene Luen Yang’s coming of age graphic novel, “American Born Chinese,” chronicles the journeys of Jin Wang, a Chinese-American boy, the Monkey King, a mythological monkey deity, and Danny, an average, white male student, regarding their identities, and how their stories eventually intertwine. Jin Wang moves from San Francisco to an obscure middle school, as one of the only Asian students, and the only Chinese-American student, Jin

‘How does Adeline Yen Mah, author of Chinese Cinderella, portray some character as nurturing and other as neglectful?’ Chinese Cinderella, is an autobiography by the author herself, Adeline Yen Mah. As a child her mother passed away, her new mother, Niang, has a cruel personality and is disrespectful towards Yen Mah and her siblings. Yen Mah’s Father is an extremely busy man who neglects her at desperate times, and however he also is encouraging and supportive on some occasions. Aunt Baba is the

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress In this novel, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie, one of the main characters, Luo, is quite into the Seamstress. In this part of the story, each character, the Old Miller, Luo and the Narrator, are telling their points of view of when Luo and the Seamstress went to their little secret area. In Luo’s point of view, he explains what happened with the Seamstress. The relationship between the Seamstress and Luo reveals that Luo has a

certain degree of things that generally are kept private. However, in the book The Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, the main character (who doesn’t ever reveal his name to the audience, so is simply called the Narrator), comes off as an especially closed-off character-specifically in the beginning half of the story. He rarely ever speaks what he is actually thinking, which makes him a kind of difficult character to relate to. The Little Seamstress, a local beauty, has caught his eye-along with every

feel left out of the group. For Asian-Americans, stereotypes impact their identity, making it harder to assimilate with the dominant culture. In the graphic novel American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang, it presents the reclaiming of one’s original self through a transformation process seen in the three main characters: the Monkey King, Jin Wang, and Danny. With the influence of Hinduism, it helps explain that one should not change who they are because there is something bigger in the universe