Summary Of Who's Irish By Gish Jen

What is the purpose of characterization? Without characters, the story is non-existent. The character in Gish Jen's "Who's Irish?" develops throughout the story and shows how character is used to change the story and your perception of the character. Characters are a vital part of the story, they are the story. Character is used in "Who's Irish?", to place the story. Character is utilized for setting, it sets the tone of the story and in this case it was used to set the point of view of the story. Characterization in the story was created in a way that let you know right away that it was a narrative. It tells what race the character is, and where the story is taking place. One way character was developed was that the author wrote the story in broken English, so the reader has insight that the main character is not American but a Chinese woman who immigrated to the United States. …show more content…
Internal conflict is presented and from the point of the character. The author describes the main character's thinking which in turn makes the reader sympathize with the character. The character of the husband is described by the main character, which also gives the main character depth or roundness rather. The main character also describes the mother and daughter relationship. With the description of the daughter's character, the reader can start to see each character come to existence in the eyes of the main character, which progresses the story to the main climax. In the descriptions of the "wild" grandchild, the reader, even with knowledge of social norms in America, tends to sympathize with the main character when things unfold the way they