In the realistic fiction book, The Sun Is Also A Star, two teenagers with diverse cultures fall in love in the span of one day and are distressed about the longevity of their relationship due to the deportation scheduled for the next day for one of the lovers. Nicola Yoon’s unique experience with multicultural relationships is reflected through the characters of her novel and impact its theme.
Yoon always had a passion for writing. “As a child, she loved to write, starting when she was 8 or 9.” Although she loved writing, she was a math nerd growing up and majored in electrical engineering. Later in college, she took a writing class where her fondness for literacy was redeemed. Despite her love for the subject, she strayed from her path to …show more content…
“Yoon used her experience of being caught between two cultures to flesh out the lives of the characters in her second novel, The Sun is Also a Star.”The places in her book The Sun Is Also A Star was based off of the places where she was raised and how she felt torn between two worlds. Her personal experience about being an immigrant and her troubles impacted the setting of the book. Nicola was not comfortable moving and wanted the world to see it through the eyes of a teenager in her novel. “I really wanted to write about the immigrant experience, you know, being trapped between two worlds and not really being part of either.” In the novel, Natasha learned to embrace the life she has the way Nicola learned to love …show more content…
“She's also a hopeless romantic who firmly believes that you can fall in love in an instant and that it can last forever.” In the book, Daniel’s parents were racist and so were Natasha’s. But even with their parents’ disapproval, they continued seeing each other. Yoon supports diversity. “The world is better for its diversity; it’s more fun, it’s more interesting, the food is good.”Racism does not matter because love can overcome it.
Nicola Yoon has a family with diverse cultures. “I’m Jamaican-American and my husband is American of Korean descent.” Racism and rejection are unacceptable to her because she is very protective over her multiethnic daughter. She shows her support for multiculturalism through the diversity shown in her novel. Yoon’s concern and worry often come from her daughter’s ethnic diversity. “Our daughter’s skin colour is brown and I need to teach her to love the skin she’s in.” Her daughter’s happiness is her first priority and helping her be comfortable in her own skin is very difficult when the media tells her
Yoon always had a passion for writing. “As a child, she loved to write, starting when she was 8 or 9.” Although she loved writing, she was a math nerd growing up and majored in electrical engineering. Later in college, she took a writing class where her fondness for literacy was redeemed. Despite her love for the subject, she strayed from her path to …show more content…
“Yoon used her experience of being caught between two cultures to flesh out the lives of the characters in her second novel, The Sun is Also a Star.”The places in her book The Sun Is Also A Star was based off of the places where she was raised and how she felt torn between two worlds. Her personal experience about being an immigrant and her troubles impacted the setting of the book. Nicola was not comfortable moving and wanted the world to see it through the eyes of a teenager in her novel. “I really wanted to write about the immigrant experience, you know, being trapped between two worlds and not really being part of either.” In the novel, Natasha learned to embrace the life she has the way Nicola learned to love …show more content…
“She's also a hopeless romantic who firmly believes that you can fall in love in an instant and that it can last forever.” In the book, Daniel’s parents were racist and so were Natasha’s. But even with their parents’ disapproval, they continued seeing each other. Yoon supports diversity. “The world is better for its diversity; it’s more fun, it’s more interesting, the food is good.”Racism does not matter because love can overcome it.
Nicola Yoon has a family with diverse cultures. “I’m Jamaican-American and my husband is American of Korean descent.” Racism and rejection are unacceptable to her because she is very protective over her multiethnic daughter. She shows her support for multiculturalism through the diversity shown in her novel. Yoon’s concern and worry often come from her daughter’s ethnic diversity. “Our daughter’s skin colour is brown and I need to teach her to love the skin she’s in.” Her daughter’s happiness is her first priority and helping her be comfortable in her own skin is very difficult when the media tells her