Fit in Three characters try to fit in. American Born Chinese reveals the following central theme of being yourself. Three characters pass through despair in order to fit in, and in some way they lost their knowledge. They forgot where they come from and who they are. One of them feels better than others. The monkey king feels better than the others monkeys by Luen Yang writes, “All monkeys must wear shoes”(55). The monkey king tries to fit in by telling all the monkeys to wear shoes. The monkey king was not allowed to go to the party because he had no shoes. The monkey king called his name The great sage equal of heaven, then he told all the monkeys to call him by his new name. All monkeys used to call him The great sage equal of heaven.
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His first day in school someone made a comment by saying “My mom says Chinese people eat dogs”(30). Jin did not like that comment but he did not say anything. During lunch, he used to eat by himself because other students make fun of his food. They called him “Buck Tooth” because of his food, but later a student come from China. Jin did not want to talk to Wei-Chen the new student later they became best friends.
Jin like a girl called Amelia he is very timid to talk to her, and they went the movie theater. He couldn't feel comfortable because he was nervous. But Jin lost his might by kissing Suzy Nakamura and she smacks him by saying “What are you doing?!”and “What’s wrong with you, Jin?”(188). Suzy left so mad when Jin kissed her, later there was a big hit in Jin’s face. Then Wei-Chen when to Jin’s house by saying, “why-what is a reason...why you kiss?”(189). He couldn't even talk right because he was so mad with Jin and Wei-Chen smack Jin in the left side of his face.
In particular, in today’s world there are people who don’t fit in. For example, many people come to the United State with different cultures, different food. And sometimes is hard to adapt to different cultures, but with the time people will adapt. However, sometimes people has to face many situations of fit in. Lastly, sometimes people has to change a little of the way they are in order to fit
His first day in school someone made a comment by saying “My mom says Chinese people eat dogs”(30). Jin did not like that comment but he did not say anything. During lunch, he used to eat by himself because other students make fun of his food. They called him “Buck Tooth” because of his food, but later a student come from China. Jin did not want to talk to Wei-Chen the new student later they became best friends.
Jin like a girl called Amelia he is very timid to talk to her, and they went the movie theater. He couldn't feel comfortable because he was nervous. But Jin lost his might by kissing Suzy Nakamura and she smacks him by saying “What are you doing?!”and “What’s wrong with you, Jin?”(188). Suzy left so mad when Jin kissed her, later there was a big hit in Jin’s face. Then Wei-Chen when to Jin’s house by saying, “why-what is a reason...why you kiss?”(189). He couldn't even talk right because he was so mad with Jin and Wei-Chen smack Jin in the left side of his face.
In particular, in today’s world there are people who don’t fit in. For example, many people come to the United State with different cultures, different food. And sometimes is hard to adapt to different cultures, but with the time people will adapt. However, sometimes people has to face many situations of fit in. Lastly, sometimes people has to change a little of the way they are in order to fit