American Born Chinese

In the American land, a democratic country that believe in freedom, many first generation Chinese immigrants have a big generational distance with their American-born children. Since they were born and grown up in China, they was adopted to their motherland’s culture. Therefore, it’s hard for them to adjust back to the American culture. In the short stories, I select Monfoon Leong, Darrell Lum, and Hsien-Yung Pai to analysis how they deal with a similar issue －cultural maintenance－ in their…

The key conflict in The Joy Luck Club is that between mother and daughter. The mothers were all born in China so they grew up with traditional Chinese beliefs. The daughters, however, were all born in America or moved to America a young age, so their lives outside of the home were American. The source of conflicts in the book is mostly that the mothers are more traditionally Chinese and the daughters are more Americanized. The root of these problems can be traced back to the concept of happiness…

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…

distrust of foreigners grew amongst americans and it found it way to congress which influenced its choices on the multiple immigration acts which were passed. One major group of immigrants that were targeted where the Chinese who came to America looking for a new opportunity. For example, in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in order to prevent competition between Chinese miners and American miners in California. In essence, this act excluded chinese people who were “skilled and…

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, an anchor baby is a child born on American soil thought to have been chosen in order to improve the family’s legal citizenship status. In Lee’s “I Was An Anchor Baby,” Lee uses historical context, personal experiences, and generalizations about what an anchor baby is to build a pathos appeal that contradicts the stereotype that anchor babies are lazy, undeserving, and used so illegal immigrants can be granted citizenship in the United States.…

necessity for my life. I was born and raised in China and immigrated to the United States at the age of thirteen. As a result of mainly eating Chinese cuisine, especially white rice on a daily basis for over ten years, I have gained a special feeling of it. From my personal perspective, white rice can further symbolize my Chinese identity. Nevertheless, I have also adapted to the American cuisine with my years of living in this country. For me, meanwhile eating my own Chinese traditional food…

started elementary school, I was always asked by my friends and teachers why my parents gave me a more customary American first name instead of a more traditional Chinese first name, and what is so special about my first name Kevin. When I was younger, many of friends were too young to understand that my parents were trying to assimilate me into American society by giving me an American name. At the time, I wasn’t quite sure why my parents named me Kevin Kwok or the meaning behind it. I would…

the first Chinese-American movie star, was very influential in the rise of Asian-American prominence in film. She was born as her chinese name Wong Liu Tsong, meaning ‘frosted yellow willow’, and told those around her, “I represent one considerable spot of yellow that’s come to stay in the silver of the screen” (Corliss 2, “Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words”). Through her work, Wong has helped to normalize the image of Asian Americans on screen, and proved the significance of Asian Americans in…

is some basic ethnicity that you were born with such…

Angel Island was home to many Chinese Immigrants during the 1910s. Through 1910-1940 the migrants would go there and wait until they were told other wise. During that time the Chinese migrants would work for their right to go to America. The immigrants would be go through hell because of the hardships during that time. This is the story of the Chinese immigrants going through Angel Island. Angel island was a Place built for the immigrants who wanted to go to America to live there. They would…