Response Paper “American Born Chinese”
In reading one interview by Francoise Mouly and Mina, and another by Michael Mechanc written about Gene Luen Yang, I have much respect towards him. Mr. Yang talks about his first book “American Born Chinese” and his second book “Boxers and Saints”. He talks about how he came to write his graphic comic novel books all while being a computer science teacher in high school. Which I find surprising! My reaction to what I read in the two interviews is that Mr. Yang’s books hold much insight into situations and how one can learn about oneself. His graphic novels are more than just comics, there’s much to take away from them. I find that his books are emotional while filled with lessons for people of different
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Yang’s books are extraordinary and unexpected. I did not think I would learn much in reading his book yet I learned a lot. His work is easy to understand and I believe a middle to high school student could read it with understanding. I never truly understood comics. Nor did I know that there was a lesson or mission for the characters to undergo in order to become who they truly are. In Mr. Yang example, he explained how he and a friend started a comic in school when he was young. I would like to think this was an outlet for him to be another person. I it interesting that his family were Chinse Catholics and I can see how this caused them to have a pulling of their culture and their religion. Before reading about Mr. Gene Luen Yang I had no ideas of the boxer’s rebellion. I understood that he was a teacher and in his books he relayed that teaching quality about himself. Mr. Gene Luen Yang books are great story tellers, teaching people with great emotion. His books have helped break the stereotype of comic reading being just for kids. I love his book “American Born Chinese”, it is a great book and I will recommend it. I like his creative way of philosophy. I plan on reading more comic novels! His work has actually opened my mind to graphic comic novels and what they have to
Toole’s ability to capture the reader’s attention even though the first three fourths of the book seem to be a nonsensical jumble of different plots and stories is telling of his ability to write. To write a book like this and craft such meaningful themes into the content isn’t easy and takes many rewrites to achieve. His ability to criticize and challenge the stereotypes, blind ambition, and hate of his culture in a comedic way is also impressive. Most of his points are blatantly obvious and I think that’s what makes this such a great book. The ease of people to understand the meanings and learn from them while laughing is the tall tale sign of an excellent author. It’s a shame he’s not alive today to see how far his book has come.
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The air would always be humid and stuffy while riding the bus to school, and the slightest bump in the road would result in tossing up the kids like salad. The backseat would provide carriage for all the popular and tough kids shouting out at pedestrians on the street or flipping off a middle finger to the bus driver that would shout for them to calm down. I despised those kids in the back. They were the same people that made my life a living hell, while growing up and attending an American school.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Chinese men began to flock to America. Following stories of the untold wealth and riches that awaited them on the “Gold Mountain” and escaping the stagnant economic position they experienced in China, these sojourners made their way to the United States by any means possible. Often taking money from supportive family members promising them that upon their homecoming they would repay their debts and more with their newly acquired fortunes was the only way to realize their oversea dreams. These men would make the arduous journey by boat to an unfamiliar new land. Upon arriving to their new home it was not riches that they found but a welcome of hostility and conflict consisting of “prejudice, economic discrimination, political disenfranchisement, physical violence, immigration exclusion, social segregation, and incarceration.” Once in the cities where they were to live, these Chinese men were segregated to enclave communities, often known as “Chinatowns”. Despite the hostilities of the Caucasian majority population many people in these enclaves flourished, opening their own businesses and eventually bringing their families to live with them, or simply making new families. This is very similar to the life of Fong See in “On Gold Mountain”. When he came to find his father, he ended up finding an environment in which his natural entrepreneurial ability would let him realize the life of success many men came to find. Fong See’s experience on “Gold Mountain”, however, was different from the daily toil of the “coolie” labour class, as well as the Chinese merchant class of the time as he strived to live by Chinese custom in an untraditional setting. Fong See started and maintained a ...
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All women are too sensitive! All Mexicans are illegal immigrants! If you’re from the South, then you are ignorant! Most people have heard at least one of these stereotypes pertaining to a certain group. Some people 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 are what bring people together, and stereotypes are what set people apart. To be ignorant of stereotypes would be a disastrous event as one would consequentially be ignorant to the prejudices engulfing them daily. Even though this causes problems throughout different communities, the way some individuals choose to address stereotypes is through laughter. From start to finish the graphic novel, American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang purposefully satirizes Asian stereotypes in hopes that the reader opens up to the fact that stereotypes are indeed existent in today’s society.
Growing up, he supported his country. After the Cultural Revolution cut his education short, he even went so far as to join the Red Guards. The Red Guards were a group of youths in China who supported the government and used intimidation to scare any who opposed the new communist ideals. During his time in the Red Guards, however, he began to question China and communism as a whole. After deliberating the topic, he left the organization and, as a result, was sent to be a construction worker for ‘re-education’ (“Dao Bei - Biography in Context”). During these lonesome days was where his poetry career
His timing in his presentation and writing pieces are excellent. The way he talks in person and pauses when appropriate, the way he pauses in his writing with punctuation and word choice, it’s well thought out and easy to read as the typical reader. His use of Ethos is also seen throughout his writing, through his character mostly. The way he writes really shows off the type of person he is or at least what he wants his readers to think, the way he treats the crying passenger on the plane and then the way he thinks of him through his made-up scenario. The way he expresses himself in the video and presentations. He doesn’t directly list his qualities and the person he is but the way he writes, he shows it implicitly. He uses logos when he thinks in his writing pieces, the way to analyzes people and the situations and what he does about them. He also shows pathos, how he empathizes with people and relate to them. He also writes in a way to get the readers to relate to him through
When I read this book, the dialogue, character development and plot, which absorbed me completely. It is quite funny and thought-provoking.
The major prose authors of the Han Dynasty were Liu An, Ssu-ma Ch'ien, and Pan Ku. Liu An was a prince of Huai-nan in the 2nd century BC. The work attributed to him, but probably done under his patronage, is `The Master of Huai-nan'. It is a compilation of 21 chapters on cosmology, philosophy, politics, and ethics. Although the book contains little that is not traditional, its cosmology was highly regarded by the Taoists and became part of their accepted teaching. The masterpiece of the period was the