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American Born Chinese pecha
1.
2. a legendary monkey
a Chinese-American who is struggling to fit in
an all-American boy with an obnoxious Chinese cousin
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5.
6. References from 1980s-2000s (original
Transformers TV show, Internet videos,
S.A.R.S., etc.)
Mythical kingdom of
Flower-Fruit Mountain
Average American
elementary, middle, and
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high schools
7. What is valuable from my
background?
How do I cope with the parts I’m
uncomfortable with?
How do I fit into the mainstream?
Who determines how I see myself?
8. Visual elements
Subtle gestures, visual
details, inflection
through bolding or
italics
Dialogue and
overlapping narration
http://www.macroeducation.org/wp-
content/uploads/2012/07/calvin-hobbes-imaginary-numbers-
and-calculus.gif
9.
10.
11. Monkey-King—third-
person omniscient
Jin Wang—mostly first
person, some backward-
looking narration
Danny—no narration,
live, sitcom-style
http://www.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/internals/American_
Born_Chinese.jpg
14. Around 9th-10th grade
Middle school
(Peter Gutiérrez, “Integrating Graphica into Your Curriculum:
Recommended Titles for Grades 6–12,” The ALAN Review 97.1 (Fall
2009), http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/v37n1/-
gutierrez.html.)
15. Jeff: 5! It’s great!
Michael: 5! It’s great, in spite of my
prudishness.
