Chinatown

The plague was always a medieval disease in my mind. I never saw it as anything more than a horror story in history. However, after reading Plague and Fire a book written by James C. Mohr, I learned a lot. The book showed me that my way of thinking was wrong and that there is much more to learn about the plague. Mohr used his book to tell an informative story about something most people have forgotten about. The book focused on the third outbreak of the plague. It happened just over one…

her getaway. He made her leave her daughter’s house without all her luggage and once the detective came, he made them believe they were too late that she already fled. Then pointed them to his friend’s house, just so he can get Evenlyn’s ride to Chinatown. He didn’t care that he was withholding evidence, he wanted to get Evenlyn out of her jam and get her to Mexico where she will be safe with her daughter. This action almost got J.J. arrested if the event didn’t end in Evenlyn’s death. When she…

be born in Los Angeles, California? This extraordinary figures name is Elizabeth Wong or as I call her “ the woman of many hats”. It was a long journey before Wong would become the figure she is today. Wong was raised along side her brother in Chinatown, Los Angeles. As a child, Wong was not accepting of her Chinese heritage. In her essay “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” published first by Los Angeles Times, Wong tells her painful experience growing up in the bicultural atmosphere. …

and grandmother think it’s a bad idea but he goes anyway. After the voyage over to America, Moon Shadow gets inspected by Uncle Bright Star, he goes to hug his father. He learns that all Tang people live in Tangtown or Chinatown. His uncle and father work at a laundromat in Chinatown. Moon Shadow then finds out that most women aren’t coming to…

In the film Chan is Missing, director Wayne Wang creates a detective story in which he allows the audience to be engaged with the characters in the film in order to find Chan. Upon the adventure of finding Chan, the audience comes to realize that Chan is this complex, changing, and elusive figure that Wang has presented. Presenting Chan through multiple perspectives, Wang undercuts the homogenized Asian America stereotypes and shows how they have no solitary identity. In essence, with the…

Irish Immigrants: A Key Player In San Francisco’s Anti-Chinese Movement American society has constantly redefined and changed its concept of “whiteness.” It was not until the mid-20th Century that “white” became the all-encompassing term for those of European and Caucasian descent that we know of today. Prior to the 1940s, it was widely believed that there were several different racial categories among those of European descent (Painter, 2015). One such racial category was the Irish, who faced…

known to be a very poor and dangerous area where gangs reside. Finally, in the city center, it is naturally segregated into sections where Latinos, Chinese, Japanese and homeless people live. Unsurprisingly, overtime, the Chinese have developed Chinatown and the Japanese have formed Little Tokyo. In each area, you can find supermarkets that carry Chinese spices or Japanese restaurants that serve authentic Japanese…

complexity, personality and strength. Even though Evelyn Cross is a character in a vulnerable position, she demonstrates decision making abilities as she constantly keeps Jack Nicholson away from her secret daughter/sister through majority of the film (Chinatown, 1974). Despite the opposing forces of Jack investigating, societies pressure to fit in, and her villainess father, she still continues to go against them and act in a fight or flight state. Even right before her death, she drives off…

struggles of Asian that have immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia. Kae Ying Woo narrates the history of the Wong family, which begins with the story of Wong Gwei Chang, and his wife, Kelora, and the familial relationships that extend into the Chinatown community in Vancouver throughout the 20th century. The female experiences of Wong family involve the matriarchal tyranny of Lee Mui Lan and the complex relationships that she shares as a restaurant/business owner, which challenge patriarchal…

preferred over others, since they did not demand high pay. Though this brought resentment towards the Chinese, leading to the formation if Chinatowns in the inner city ghettos. These Chinatowns contained poor housing and were overcrowded. The overpopulation led to many problems, including the nation’s highest rates for tuberculosis and suicide being in the Chinatown founded in San…