American Born Chinese Jin Jing Quotes

Everyone struggles at some point with how they want to be seen in the world. In the novel American Born Chinese written by Gene Leun Yang develops a fictional story with Jin Wang as the main Character. Jin struggles with his identity after moving from Chinatown to the suburbs. As a result of the American and Chinese cultures colliding, Jin Wang undergoes both physical and internal changes because he wants to fit in with everyone else.

One type of change Jin Wang made after colliding with American culture is internal changes. Jin has always fit in with the kids he knew because he grew up in Chinatown, but after moving to an American school Jin was different from most other kids. Jin is encountered by Timmy and his friends while eating his

This proved that Jin Wang changed what he ate after his interaction with Timmy. Jin believed that he couldn't eat dumplings anymore because it would show everyone that he had a cultural difference if he had dumplings and the other kids had more common American foods like sandwiches.Another internal change he had was how he wanted to act more American. After Jin first moved to news schools he was constantly changing who he was or how he acted to be able to hangout and fit in with American people like Timmy, Greg, Amelia, Peter, etc. Another example of Jin changing to try and fit is how he talked to people and how he tried to make them perceive him. A time we see this in the book is when he first talked to Wei Chen and said “You’re in America. Speak English . . . I have enough friends”(Yang 37-38). This shows that Jin is trying to fit in with

Jin Wang hasn't had many interaction or relationships with any girls throughout the book until he meets Amelia, Jin has a crush on Amelia and so when he sees her taking to Greg he gets an idea to change to look like him, After seeing Jin Wei- Chen said “Why is his hair a broccoli''(Yang 98). This text explains how the change Jin made to his hair was unexpected and not something that he would do but he made the change because he thought the only way to get the girl would be to fit in more. Another external change came after Jin was told to stop hanging out with Amelia he became very angry and upset with how he was viewed by the world he wished that he could truly change. He got what he wished for when he physically changed he even said “A new face deserved a new name. I decided to call myself Danny'' (Yang 198). This text shows how he got the physical change that he wanted and was excited about it as he believed he would finally fit in with this change to himself. After knowing that Danny is Jin we understand why he was hiding Chin Kee as it represented what he was attempting to hide about himself. This evidence shows the physical changes Jin made to try to fit in and hide who he really