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.