Drainless Steel Along The Soda Fountain Analysis

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In the piece “Stainless steel all along the soda fountain”, Wah uses soda fountain as a symbolism to express the joyfulness and struggle of his hyphen identity. Wah’s father instructed him to keep the soda fountain clean, taught him to utilize the equipment, and finally Wah surpasses his father by making the soda fountain the “smoothest, shiniest, snazziest soda fountain in town” (41) and creating his own special. Wah comes to his own identity that he emphasises his struggles of adhering to western modernity, and expresses his calm facade and his rebelliousness inside him.