The All-American Slurp By Lensey Namioka Summary

The world is made up of several ethnic groups with the actual number running into thousands upon thousands. The ethnic groups further divide into several tribes and clans, this state of being makes it tougher for most individuals to completely comprehend and blend into foreign cultures. Different practices exist in different societies all over the world and as such it would take time and overcoming challenges for anyone to get used to the new environment. These challenges are not limited to one ethnic group or race instead all potential outsiders face the same challenge. The short story “the all-American slurp” by Lensey Namioka tries to cover this story from a Chinese angle; she manages this through first person narration and a lot of humor. In the short story, the narrator tells the tale of their initial interaction with a foreign culture much different from the one they are familiar with back in china. The family consist of the parents and two siblings; a girl …show more content…
A case in example is the one the Lin family experienced at the Lakeview restaurant where the family ate in limited light and ended up making a fool of themselves again. Eating soup has its challenges and the plate on which it was served on made it even more challenging for the family and as a result of this they ended up slurping. The slurping noise came as a surprise of those who were in the same restaurant. The next evident example is the reverse of the first dinner held by the Gleasons, the second dinner held by the Lins turned out to the complete opposite of the first one. This time the Gleasons struggled to adopt the Chinese way for just one meal. Each of the Gleason family used what would be unorthodox means to cope with unfamiliar grounds for instance the father opted to pick up a pea with his bare hands instead of using