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Michael Pemberton Georgia Southern University Student Success in First Year Composition Statesboro, GA 2/6/09
2.) Distinct breaks in narrative structure; new topics, characters, and conventions
3.) Chinese characters at the top of each page that signal which protagonist is the focus
Thank you so much for your support of my work. I'm honored that you are teaching American Born Chinese in your classes. The three characters at the top of the pages signify the three different storylines. They're written in an old form of Chinese. Most modern Chinese folks wouldn't be able to read them. I actually had them done by a chop carver I found in San Francisco Chinatown. The first is a single character pronounced "Sun." It's the Monkey King's surname. The second is a character pronounced "Jin, " the name of the second storyline's main character and my Chinese name. The third is two characters that are a rough transliteration of "Chin-Kee." They mean "Worship of the West." My mom helped me with that one.
Gene
A childrens fable
A dream
Monkey King rejected for being different. Jin rejected at school for being different. Danny embarrassed by Chin-Kees behavior
Monkey King makes himself look different to fit in. Jin gets a perm to fit in. Chin-Kee interferes with Dannys fitting in.
Some connections between the structure of American Born Chinese and academic writing
Repetition of key words and images that make connections to other parts of the text (coherence)
ABC does this primarily through characters and images: Transformers, the Chinese herbalist, cloud/lightning images
An introduction that sets the stage; a conclusion that ties together the points made and suggests future possibilities
Section One: introduces characters and major themes Conclusion: All major characters appear in final chapter; thematic conflicts resolved; Jin and Wei-Chen reestablish their friendship.