¡§Who¡¦s Irish?¡¨ This story ¡§Who¡¦s Irish?¡¨ was written in 1999 by Gish Jen who is a second generation of Chinese American. As a daughter of Chinese immigrants‚ she deeply perceived the culture difference. ¡§Who¡¦s Irish?¡¨ is also based on her identity. Told by an immigrant Chinese grandmother‚ this story is full of thoughts and feelings of being a grandmother. Through the perspective of the grandmother‚ we can understand the inner thoughts and emotions of the protagonist. The point of view
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America Annie Steele Period 9 Coming to America Annie Steele Period 9 1. “Coming to America Question 2: What major difference does the author see between life in the “Old World” and life in the United States? Explain. The author‚ Gish Jen‚ sees a major difference between the way of life in the “Old World” as opposed to the way of life in our society in the United States now-a-days. She states “In the Old World‚ there was one way of life‚ or 2‚ maybe 10‚” and looking back in history
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America can be seen as a once-in-a-lifetime- opportunity. Assimilation is difficult for the reason that it requires an individual to gradually change and become accustom to the culture that is different from his or her own. “In American Society” By Gish Jen‚ the author allows the reader to follow a character named Ralph and watch him struggle to assimilate with American society. Ralph‚ the father of two decided to open a restaurant to provide a future for his daughters. He saw it as an opportunity
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Achieving the American Dream Typical American‚ by Gish Jen is a detailed account of Ralph Chang’s life‚ the friendship he forms and the struggles and achievements he conquers. Supporting the rich story are themes ranging from the paradox of freedom‚ to the assimilation of a race of immigrants. However one major theme Jen emphasizes is the pursuit of the American Dream. All immigrants who come to the United States have this search for success when they first set foot on American soil. It is a dream
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Summary: “Who’s Irish” written by Jen Gish‚ tells the story of a sixty-eight-year-old Chinese immigrant and her struggle to accept other cultures different from her own. The main character is the fierce Chinese grandmother who is the former owner of a Restaurant. She has been living in the United States for a while but is still critical of other cultures‚ such as her son-in-law’s‚ John‚ Irish family and the American values. Therefore she is disappointed that her daughter‚ Natalie‚ insist of living
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| 1. Name the title of the short story‚ the author‚ and the character you intend to write about. Answer in a complete‚ grammatically correct sentence. Answer: I choose‚ the narrating girl from White Umbrella‚ and the author is Gish Jen. (5 points) |Score | | | 2. Write the thesis statement of your essay. It should consist of one sentence that states the story’s main idea and how the character relates to the idea. 3. Answer: My essay
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ABOUT LAN SAMANTHA CHANG Lan Samantha Chang ’s fiction has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly‚ Story‚ and The Best American Short Stories. A graduate of Yale University and the University of Iowa‚ she divides her time between Northern California and Princeton‚ New Jersey. AN INTERVIEW WITH LAN SAMANTHA CHANG Many of the families in Hunger have attempted to sever themselves from the past in order to build a future. Was this how your parents coped with starting over in America? What parts of Chinese
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are the conflicts she is experiencing and how do they affect her? What has motivated her to tell this story; in other words‚ what meaning is Gish Jen trying to convey in her story using the grandmother as the central rounded character who has a change of heart about the Irish?
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as the choice of words especially with regard to correctness‚ clearness‚ or effectiveness (Merriam-Webster). Syntax is defined as the way in which linguistic elements are put together to form constituents‚ as phrases or clauses (Merriam-Webster). Gish Jen use both of these literary tools very effectively in her story “Who’s Irish?” to display the narrator as a foreigner in America who is unaccustomed to the way Americans live. The author uses broken English to cement the feeling of not being at
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The short stories" Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan‚ and "Who’s Irish" by Gish Jen deal with immigrant mothers and their experiences with their daughters. Each story tells how their is a strain on the mother-daughter relationship and a gap with culture. In "Rules of the Game"‚ Amy Tan’s narrator is Waverly Jong. Waverly is forced throughout the story to discover what game she is playing‚ and what rules she must follow in order to succeed in life. Waverly’s chess playing becomes a metaphor for her struggle
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