American Born Chinese

For my film project I chose, Natural Born Killers, (1994) the film stars Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis as the notorious couple Mickey and Mallory Knox. The film follows Knox’s on their cross-country murder spree that captivates the world as the media glorifies their crimes making them the most infamous serial killers since Manson. Natural Born Killers starts out in a small diner in the middle of the desert, Mickey is ordering pie and Mallory is dancing to a jukebox, a couple of locals…

“I was considering always in my room of the lodging house and besides, felt that it is vain to try. Because reading a lot of books doesn’t indulge my appetite actually, then, I gave it up. At the same time, gradually I couldn’t catch the meaning even myself that what I read the books so much for.” Souseki Natsume wrote this in his essay ‘My individualism’, which retrospect the prehistory of shaping ‘A theory of literature’ and it was the description when he was studying abroad in England in…

One There are many differences between the American and Japanese culture. One must never assume that any one culture is the same, even if the two culture appear similar on the surface. American and Japanese cultures appear similar on the surface. But if one looks any deeper than surface level, it is very easy to see that the two cultures are as different as any two cultures can be. In this section three key differences will be discussed between American and Japanese culture. The author will…

America has a long history of discrimination towards the Chinese. The men who came to America encountered many tribulations in their early immigration. This discrimination, and the personal ambition for an ample american experience is very present throughout the novel Homebase by Shawn Wong. The story follows the familial history of a Chinese American. It is displayed throughout the novel the Chinese Americans have a long history in America but find that they don't feel a belonging, specifically…

2015 Language in the Asian American Community Language is important to everyone. The English Language is used in everyday interaction with people. However, language could impose social and linguistic issues to those whose native language is not English in the United States. Asian Americans are one of those groups who faces these kinds of issues. In the chapter, “Asian American Voices: Language in the Asian American Community,” from Language in the USA, authors, Thom Huebner and Linda Uyechi…

chose to write my research essay on the Chinese immigration and history that is based on the story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan. The story “Two Kinds” is the result of what happened to the mother during the Communist Revolution in China. The mother moved to San Francisco, after losing everything, in hopes for a new beginning and a better life. Chinese people had been through so much during this time. They held a completely different value of life than Americans. Cultural differences made a huge…

Chinese immigrants had come to San Francisco as early as 1838, but large numbers of Chinese only began to come in 1850 for the same reason many Americans were going to California during the 1849 Gold Rush. The Chinese immigrants were mainly peasant farmers who left home because of economic and political troubles in China. Most intended to work hard, make a lot of money, and then return to their families and villages as wealthy men. In this goal, the Chinese did not differ from many immigrants…

extremely important and continues to be highly controversial. Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, is the daughter of Asian immigrants. Chinese immigrants, especially during her childhood, felt a severe sense of displacement. Her father immigrated to the United States in 1947 and her mother, in 1949. After her parents immigrated, she grew up with American and Chinese cultural influences. Tan learned that culture can be passed on and appreciated throughout generations. Culture can be forgotten…

“Amy Tan is the daughter of Chinese immigrants that came to the United States fleeing the civil war in china”. Tan was born in Oakland, California she received her BA and MS degree in English. “In order for Tan to find her ethnic and her voice she started to write fiction books”. Fish Cheeks is a story that Tan wrote about the time when her parents (not knowing that she was in love with the minister son) invited the minister family for Chinese Christmas Eve. She worried a lot because she didn’t…

In the book, “The Norton Mix: American History”, there are two articles regarding the Chinese exclusion act. The first article is about a democratic senate from Oregon, James Harvey Slater, who voiced his proposal in 1882 at the senate house. Slater is in favor of the Chinese exclusion and believes in white American protestant religion. Slater’s opponent is a Republican named, Robert G. Ingersoll. Ingersoll voiced his proposal eleven years later on July 1893 in the same room when Slater voiced…