Child of Two Worlds in Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora was written in 2005 by Andrew Lam. In the beginning of the Child of Two Worlds, Andrew Lam talks about how he was not believed that the outside world exist. When he was younger, he would sing the national anthem, “Lets walk together and sacrifice our lived. Blood debt must be paid by blood.” (Lam, 3), every morning with white shirt and blue shorts. He informs that when he was in school, he and his friends would play games. Most of the time, the winners of the games would be Southern Vietnamese and the Northern Vietnamese would often be the one who tries to invade others, which somehow shows us the basic idea of the Vietnam War. As the Vietnam War ended on April twenty-eighth,
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He compared those bloody battlefields during the Vietnam War and the control of the communist party to California, which he and his family think the place the live in is a paradise. After the Vietnam War ended in 1975 (Lam, 12), people had been attracted by America’s charming characteristics – democracy, freedom, and happiness. At the end of the essay, Lam found a photo of himself when he went back to the house where he grew up in Vietnam, and that boy in the picture was willing to do anything for his …show more content…
She said, “You’ve become a little American now, haven’t you? A cowboy?” (Lam, 6), to him because “Vietnamese appropriated the world “cowboy” from the movies to imply selfishness. A cowboy in the Vietnamese estimation is a rebel..” (Lam, 6). This show us that the only reason that his mother came to America is because she wanted to end the sufferings in Vietnam. She was acting a little bit aggressive due to the “the war and the United States’ involvement in it” (Lam, 6). Furthermore, “She sees herself simply as a Vietnamese living in exile. She resists America as much as she can though she knows too well.” (Lam, 8). Andrew Lam’s mother somewhat refuses to adopt American culture because she still thinks herself as part of isolation from
He compared those bloody battlefields during the Vietnam War and the control of the communist party to California, which he and his family think the place the live in is a paradise. After the Vietnam War ended in 1975 (Lam, 12), people had been attracted by America’s charming characteristics – democracy, freedom, and happiness. At the end of the essay, Lam found a photo of himself when he went back to the house where he grew up in Vietnam, and that boy in the picture was willing to do anything for his …show more content…
She said, “You’ve become a little American now, haven’t you? A cowboy?” (Lam, 6), to him because “Vietnamese appropriated the world “cowboy” from the movies to imply selfishness. A cowboy in the Vietnamese estimation is a rebel..” (Lam, 6). This show us that the only reason that his mother came to America is because she wanted to end the sufferings in Vietnam. She was acting a little bit aggressive due to the “the war and the United States’ involvement in it” (Lam, 6). Furthermore, “She sees herself simply as a Vietnamese living in exile. She resists America as much as she can though she knows too well.” (Lam, 8). Andrew Lam’s mother somewhat refuses to adopt American culture because she still thinks herself as part of isolation from