why to read the book American born Chinese

         One of my favorite parts of the book Was on page 30 when Jin Wang had first come to his new school from San Francisco.

         Narrator(jin Wang): "On the morning after we arrived, with the scent of our old home still lingering in my clothes, I was sent off to mis. Greeter's 3rd grade At Mayflower elementary school"

Teacher: "Class, I'd like us all to give a warm Mayflower elementary welcome to our new friend and classmate Jing Jang!

Jin wang: "Jin Wang."

 Teacher "Jin Wang!"

         I thought that this part of the book was especially funny Because it's stereotypical for people to mess up foreign names The first time they hear it.There was a lot of very funny humor in this book for me. Most of it being Racial based. For example How some of the Asian Characters in the book talk, how some of their school mates stereotype them And how everyone messes up their names. I think that the passage I provided will hook readers through humor because most people are going to want to read a book that makes them laugh regardless of whether it's a comic book or not.

why I chose the book American born Chinese and who I suggest should read

         There were a lot of choices of books to read on the list. There were many reasons I chose the book, American born Chinese. The first reason is the other options of books For example finding Alaska... That sounds like a pretty awesome book until you figure out that it's about some sort of romance story. Whereas in my book, American born Chinese, it is a lot of cool characters that figure out new things about themselves. My second reason is that this book has pictures! I'm not the best reader and I'm not the kind of person who sits inside all day and reads. This book was perfect for me because it was like a comic book. I read the whole book in two hours and actually enjoyed it! This was honestly one of the best books I've ever read!

         This is a really great book for anyone in the world. Old, young, jerks, saints, anyone. But if I could recommend this book to one person it would be my best friend Emerik. He would love all the pictures because he doesn't like reading either. Also all of the humor in the book would have him rolling on the floor laughing. This is the best book in the world for him and anyone else to read.

Conflicts and Book Structure in American Born Chinese

         The characters in the book American Born Chinese are very complex and they all want something.

         The main character, Jin Wang wants nothing more than to be a normal American boy. In his early years of school he moved to a new school and was made fun of for being Chinese. He didn't have any friends until he met Wei-chen, a boy who had move there from Taiwan. He later offended his friend so he had no one and in hatred of himself transformed into an American boy like he had always wanted to be.

         The monkey Kings conflict is very similar to Jin's because he also wants to be someone he is not. The monkey king wants to be an immortal God and he is willing to do whatever it takes to become one. That includes sacrificing his life as a monkey to become a kung-fu master to become immortal.

         In doing this they are both in conflict with themselves. I think the book has this as its conflict to teach the readers to be more accepting of themselves The main theme in this book is it all characters want to be something they're not. So in the end everyone needs to except everyone else and themselves.

         This book is structured in three main parts in the beginning, jin wang, The Monkey King, And chin-kee. The story goes back and forth through all their lives untill it gets towards the end of the book. At the end you see how all there lives are connected and how everything makes complete sense.

characters settings and connections in American born Chinese

         There were many different characters and settings in the book, American born Chinese. The first character seen in the book was the Monkey King. This character is, of course, a monkey king. Born out of a rock, the monkey king is in ambitious kung-fu monkey who wants as much power as he can get And will take down anyone who gets in his way. Two of the main settings where you will find the monkey king is his mountain, flower fruit mountain, And a dinner party for the gods.

         Another big character in the book is Jin Wang. He is a boy born into a Chinese family That lives in America. Most of the book the main settings you will see him in is his school and his house.

          The other two main characters in the book are Danny and his "cousin" Chin-kee. They're both seen at Danny's school and Danny's house.

          One connection I can make with this book  is with my life. In the book there are a lot of characters that want to be someone they are not and I feel the same way sometimes. Like I'm not good enough how I am so I need to change. I wish I would have taken soccer more seriously in the past few years Because then I might be too I wish I was.

blogging

I didn't enjoy reading at all this year. I didn't feel like I could read books I wanted to read. Last year I read fishing magazines and books for my reading log and my teacher was fine with it but this year I felt like I needed to read some book that was given all sorts of awards by the new your times. I don't really care about the use of diction in what I read. No matter how people say things it still means the same thing. So who cares what words you use. But that's just diction... The word cat and the word feline mean the same thing so why not use the one that takes less time to say. I can get every bit of literature I need out of a field and stream magazine and people don't understand that.


 To be honest blogging wouldn't be that bad if I had done it and I know I'm an idiot for not doing it. I just didn't feel like it was important for some stupid reason. and now im realizing that 15% of my grade is pretty important. If I could have blogged about fishing magazines then I would have blogged 24/7 but I didn't.


 This is basically my freshman year. hopefully I don't fall now cause I've been holding on for about 9 months. This applies to all of my classes especially Spanish and English... I'm just not good with languages. And somehow I  have an A in math. I've grown as an individual this year because I haven't gotten in trouble once. I was always the trouble maker. Also going into the second semester all of my grades got way better and I started doing all most of my home work but somehow I still slipped in everything but math and backstage theater.
Next year is going to be different.

books this semester

My ideas on books so far this semester.

            This semester I gave up on reading the book, wild, because I hated it. I didn't like the idea of the book at all and I only read the first quarter of the book. So I read the intro to ferenhight 451. It doesn't seem like a book I'm going to love but it seems ok. But right now as far as I'm concerned the book's about burning books or a college or something...

    Well I did it, I did the exact thing that everyone says not to do. I judged a book by its cover. I was at the book store on Thursday and my mom was making me get a book so I got the book wild. I looked at the picture on the cover and figured it was about a dude that went hiking and got attacked by a bear or something cool like that. But no!!! The illistator for this "book" decided that if some girl walks down the pacific coast and writes a book about it, the correct picture for that is a worn down pair of boots... Shame. That dude should get fired. Soooo not cool dude!