American Born Chinese
assignments
May 16/17: ABC 133-233
- Finish the graphic novel and answer these 7 questions.
May 11/12 ABC 53-130
- Read up to page 130 of the graphic novel and respond to the following prompts:
- Write a two sentence summary for the following characters: The Monkey King, Jin, and Danny.
- What panel (picture) did you find the most interesting, compelling, funny, offensive, thought-provoking, etc.? Why?
- Jin does some pretty terrible things to his (only) friend We-Chen. If you were We-Chine, how would you deal with Jin's betrayals?
- Some selections of the novel have a small note that states"translated from Mandarin Chinese." Why does Yang bother to add this note for the reader? T
- his book is pretty much all about how (Chinese American) boys feel and think, but there is the Japanese American girl character Suzy Nakamura. What would the story be like if it were told from Suzy's perspective?
May 9/10: American Born Chinese (ABC) 7-52
2) What do the protagonists in each story have in common? This response should be at least a half-page.
3) What panel (picture) did you find the most interesting, compelling, funny, offensive, thought-provo
- Read up to page 52 of the graphic novel and respond to the following prompts (you will need to borrow a book from me):
2) What do the protagonists in each story have in common? This response should be at least a half-page.
3) What panel (picture) did you find the most interesting, compelling, funny, offensive, thought-provo