Being children born to immigrants comes with many significant struggles, especially culturally. Parents adapting to overwhelming culture shocks, separation from familiarities and children growing up unfamiliar to their own heritage.I felt as if the premise of the novel held many deep and marvelous insights into different stories about being raised in 2 different worlds.Whilst reading through the novel you are able to clearly identify with all the characters feelings.I think the author was able to illustrate this beautifully.
Throughout the novel,I felt as each of the major characters are able to identify and express the anxieties over their inability to reconcile with their Chinese heritage when surrounded with western influences. Even though …show more content…
In my opinion I do feel as if the daughters do possess quite a significant amount of internalized racism therefore not feeling proud of their ethnic heritage.
“They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful of all the truths and hopes they have brought to America. They see daughters who grow impatient when their mothers talk in Chinese, who think they are stupid when they explain things in fractured English . . . They see daughters who will bear grandchildren born without any connecting hope passed from generation to generation”.
I learned that as they mature, the daughters begin to sense that their identities are incomplete and become interested in their Chinese heritage.I began to appreciate the acknowledgement towards their mothers and their Chinese heritage and finally coming to understand and respect their traditions and their mothers and finally becoming proud of their
Throughout the novel,I felt as each of the major characters are able to identify and express the anxieties over their inability to reconcile with their Chinese heritage when surrounded with western influences. Even though …show more content…
In my opinion I do feel as if the daughters do possess quite a significant amount of internalized racism therefore not feeling proud of their ethnic heritage.
“They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful of all the truths and hopes they have brought to America. They see daughters who grow impatient when their mothers talk in Chinese, who think they are stupid when they explain things in fractured English . . . They see daughters who will bear grandchildren born without any connecting hope passed from generation to generation”.
I learned that as they mature, the daughters begin to sense that their identities are incomplete and become interested in their Chinese heritage.I began to appreciate the acknowledgement towards their mothers and their Chinese heritage and finally coming to understand and respect their traditions and their mothers and finally becoming proud of their