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American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
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Who are the characters in American Born Chinese?
American Born Chinese is a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang that was published in 2006. I am going to present the five most important characters of the story here. Firstly, one has to mention the...
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Why does Danny try to distance himself from Chin-Kee?
Danny sees Chin-Kee as the living embodiment of all the many offensive stereotypes that have adhered to Chinese Americans over the years. His whole identity, from his yellow skin and his buck...
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Why does Greg not want Jin to go out with Amelia anymore in American Born Chinese?
Jin’s parents are both immigrants and the family lives in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood—where Jin enjoys his life surrounded by other Chinese Americans. Wanting a better life, and...
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How do the Transformers act as symbols in American Born Chinese?
Transformers—robots in disguise—aren't just toys from the 1980s. They're also a very important symbol of what Jin wants to be in life. Like the giant robots, Jin wants to transform himself into...
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What is the Monkey King's internal conflict?
The Monkey King's primary struggle is accepting his position as a monkey. While he is described as a deity from the start of American Born Chinese, the gods of heaven refuse to let him enter a...
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How is Jin "othered" or made to feel different, foreign, or unwelcome in American Born Chinese? Trace Jin's encounters with racial melancholia and his responses to racial melancholia. How does racial...
Racial melancholia is a term used to explain the melancholy, or depression and self-rejection, that a person may feel when they do not fit into the mainstream American culture and the expectation...
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How dose the Monkey King serve as an allegory for the evolution Jin in American Born Chinese? Examine the physical and the psychological connections and transformations.
The story of the Monkey King in American Born Chinese serves as an allegory to Jin Wang's evolution, and the comparison is evident in the parallels between the two narratives. The Monkey King...
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What adjective best describes Jin Wang in American Born Chinese?
The best adjective I can think of to describe Jin Wang is insecure. He certainly isn't alone in this description; as adolescents, most of us are/were insecure at least some of the time. Jin has...
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Why does the author consider the theme of acceptance in identity an important message?
For Jin, the acceptance of one's identity and the acceptance needed within it is vitally important. Jin recognizes that such realities are where the hopes of happiness lie. Throughout the...
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What was Jin Wang's internal conflict?
American Born Chinese is a graphic novel that focuses on the themes of identity and self-acceptance through its three storylines. Jin Wang's internal struggle is wanting to fit in at his all-white...
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What are two themes in American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang?
In American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, two themes are identity and acceptance. The book is made up of three narratives, about three different characters who end up having a great deal in...
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What do shoes symbolize, or represent, to the Monkey King?
American Born Chinese, by Gene Kuen Yang, is a graphic novel consisting of three intertwined tales about the lengths people will go to in order to fit in and belong. One such character, a deity...
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What is the author's underlying message to the modern reader in American Born Chinese?
Assuming that you mean readers of today, Gene Yang's message in American Born Chinese revolves around embracing one's identity. In the novel, Jin is plagued by transformations because he does not...
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What is Chin-Kee's true identity at the end?
At the end of American Born Chinese, Chin-Kee is revealed to be the Monkey King. Chin-Kee, Danny's embarrassing Chinese cousin, accompanies Danny to school whenever Chin-Kee is in town visiting...
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I need help with an analytical essay on American Born Chinese.
You could go in any number of interesting directions with an analytical essay on American Born Chinese. Here are a few ideas to get you started, and don't forget to support your thesis statement...
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