In 2012 a short story “The Third Dumpster,” Gish Jen expresses a fictional but all too real situation of a decision that separates two cultures and two generations. A Chinese American family, ever-aging parents, and two grown sons, Goodwin and Morehouse, face a significant decision of accommodating their parents with their living situation. The title has many connotations: it implies that by the time the “third” generation comes; the culture will be tossed away (dumped) and be uprooted forever. What will be lost? First, the culture will be depleting, then their values and morals, and finally, the culture will terminate. In her story, Jen demonstrates a culture diminishing by displays of the purposeful word choice “dump” with symbolic meanings.
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America has a society where several different types of cultures blend together as one. According to the census, America is integrated with countless subcultures that construct America the land of opportunity in multi-cultural blend. Multi-cultural mingling exists when two or more cultures harmoniously merge together. Being multi-cultural suggests adapting to new and different arrangements. [The act of blending achieved according to the text, “the drink looked like a blended lawn” (86).] fragment? Needs to flow in better Jen’s propose in this quotations suggest that the sons [are] rephrase w/o are a blend of Chinese and American. Since the sons are born and raised in America from Chinese descendent parents denotes that they [are] nonetheless Chinese - Americans. Cultural integrations occur to some without their knowledge especially if they have been in America for fifty years; that’s because America is based on multi-culture lifestyle. Embracing the multi-cultural lifestyle one must live it. Accepting this lifestyle one might suggest it begins in their diet. [Americans of a certain class are more aware of their health and tends to monitor it compared to Asians whom think eating right is decent enough.] rephrase w/o are The parents’ acceptance to monitoring their health shows progress in acquiescing to the American culture. [“Now, though, setting their children straight had at last given way to keeping their medications straight. They also had their sodium levels to think of. One might not think the maintenance of a low-salt diet could be a contribution to intergenerational peace” (86).] integrate the quote in. perhaps brake up the quote and analyze separately? The parents have exhausted to preserve their strong traditions and now have their health to think about. Subsequently, the parents must put their Chinese tradition to the side so they can take care of
America has a society where several different types of cultures blend together as one. According to the census, America is integrated with countless subcultures that construct America the land of opportunity in multi-cultural blend. Multi-cultural mingling exists when two or more cultures harmoniously merge together. Being multi-cultural suggests adapting to new and different arrangements. [The act of blending achieved according to the text, “the drink looked like a blended lawn” (86).] fragment? Needs to flow in better Jen’s propose in this quotations suggest that the sons [are] rephrase w/o are a blend of Chinese and American. Since the sons are born and raised in America from Chinese descendent parents denotes that they [are] nonetheless Chinese - Americans. Cultural integrations occur to some without their knowledge especially if they have been in America for fifty years; that’s because America is based on multi-culture lifestyle. Embracing the multi-cultural lifestyle one must live it. Accepting this lifestyle one might suggest it begins in their diet. [Americans of a certain class are more aware of their health and tends to monitor it compared to Asians whom think eating right is decent enough.] rephrase w/o are The parents’ acceptance to monitoring their health shows progress in acquiescing to the American culture. [“Now, though, setting their children straight had at last given way to keeping their medications straight. They also had their sodium levels to think of. One might not think the maintenance of a low-salt diet could be a contribution to intergenerational peace” (86).] integrate the quote in. perhaps brake up the quote and analyze separately? The parents have exhausted to preserve their strong traditions and now have their health to think about. Subsequently, the parents must put their Chinese tradition to the side so they can take care of