Assignment : Short Girls by Bich Minh Nguyen
7 Pages1799 Words442 Views
Added on 2019-09-18
Assignment : Short Girls by Bich Minh Nguyen
Added on 2019-09-18
ShareRelated Documents
Passage: 3Meaningful passage in the short girls by Bich Minh NguyenIt is the story of two girls who were migrated from the Vietnamese who faced many problems since their mother died and they were insulated by the Vietnamese's American community. They found that they were bounded by the cultural, family and demands of their ageing father. Both the girls felt unmetered and the burden of secrets due to which both of them never confide with each other (Hoa et al., 1957). Van has faced many problems in her married life whereas the linnyhas drifted into the serious affair with the white married men. The short girls record the pitfalls which are governed by all families. The author shows the complexity faced by the immigrant girls which include the complexity of culture, ambition and duty. The meaning passage in the story came when the life of Linny got the negative turn due to affair with the white guy who is married, and she is plagued by the bad memories of the unhappy married life of their parents andanother reason was long term suspension of her father's infidelity, and their brothers thought that their mother had died since nine years (Xu et al., 2011). From all the problems in her life despite boyfriend and few girlfriends she felt along in the world, and she saw the husband of the van with other women in the hotel of Chicago then she came to realise that she is not the only one with the problems. It is the meaningful message in the story which shows that everyone is facing the problem in their life.Meaningful passage in the southland by Nina RevoyrThe southland is the compelling story of racial tragedy and family. The author describes the history of southern California brutal and the survival of family with the tenacity, love and
dignity. The author focuses on the past and presents to the racial justice in the Los Angeles. It is the mystery murdered novel which took place in the forties and nineties when the racial discrimination is at the high peak. The two characters, namely, Cutis Martindale and Frank Sakai who were affected by the racism in the neighbourhood of Los Angeles. The meaningful passage in the story includes the reveal of mystery when the investigation is reopened by the Jackie and James in which they are pointing the Lawson because he hates black and he was present at the night of the murder in the shop of frank (Kuroki et al. 2011). When the investigation goes deeper into the past of Cutis, then it tolls on the three years relationship with his girlfriend who Laura. The past and present clues were disclosed which shows that the romantic link between the frank and mother of Cutis. When the suspense of killing is figured then the dark conclusion of racial intolerance and justice is determined. The meaningful passage in the story includes the discrimination faced by the people in the Los Angeles due to which the mystery of family is investigated by the granddaughter of frank. The mystery is a will investigates in which it is revealed that then Cutis was the son of Frank due to which he leave hisstore in the name of his son. The main issues describe in the story was discrimination due to which the relationship between the people of two different community leads to the punishment faced by the lovers which result from the rape by his wife and beaten half to death.Dilemma faced by contemporary Asian American In both the stories, the discrimination is faced by the contemporary Asian American such as racial discrimination due to which the black men are not allowed to befriend with the white women which result in the punishment given to the women by raping and beaten her half to the death. There is the cultural difference which is faced by the innocent immigrants which include
the complexity of duty, ambition and culture. Another issue is of gender relation which the main issue is faced by the contemporary Asian American because they are not allowed to befriend with the people of another community. For example, black men are not allowed to have a relationship with the white women (Alba et al. 2009). Another issue is one-dimensional representation on the television which creates a stereotype image of contemporary Asian Americans among the people due to which discrimination is faced by the people. The model minority is developed for the Asian American which shows that they are separated from the common citizens on the basis of colour, caste, race, ethnicity and religion.Passage: 4Challenges faced by immigrants American & Asian pacific Americans1.Cultural adoptionThe cultural adoption is one of the challenges which are faced by the immigrants becausethe American culture is based on the beliefs and for the Asian pacific Americans, it is difficult to adopt the culture due to which the long legacy is confronted by them. The inequality is faced by the immigrants on the basis of linguistic differences at the workplace, schools, and colleges (Nakanishi et al., 2014). 2.Cultural retentionAnother challenge is to retain the culture by the immigrants and Asian pacific Americans due to differences in the culture. The cultures of every country are different, so it is difficult for the immigrants to retain the culture in another country because the traditional
End of preview
Want to access all the pages? Upload your documents or become a member.
Related Documents
Cultural and Social Attack on Discrimination in the US | Assignmentlg...
|7
|1657
|296
A Muslim Girl in Western Country - A Fictional Booklg...
|5
|572
|335
CNL-500 Topic 6: Comparison Worksheet Theory 2022lg...
|8
|2871
|44
Shakespeare and Hamletlg...
|3
|1162
|95
Family Case Studylg...
|4
|783
|174
Assignment on Family Situationslg...
|8
|2573
|213