Boy starts out the story by telling us about his family and community Boy has a crush on Chardonnay Boy gets in a fight with Kingi Boy cares for his siblings alone Boy meets his father Boy’s dad gives his family presents Boy’s mother died giving birth to Rocky Boy blames Rocky for his mother’s […]
No class Friday afternoon Leave parking lot c by 8:30am Explore Museum and International District Eat at Harbor City Should be back by 4pm No D&R next Wednesday Potluck? Don’t turn in paper early
No class Friday afternoon More paper housing keeping Unaccustomed Earth Dense Traditional Affluence Degree/Advanced Degrees Literacy fiction vs. popular/genre Classic/serious Plot vs. charater delvepoment
Part One Unaccustomed Earth P. 5 After the two weeks Ruma received for bereavement…and Fridays but every day. I’ve heard of stories like these before. Everything from someone preparing the dead and then preparing their own, to lawyers being sued and fighting for their rights rather than someone else’s. P. 7 She couldn’t imagine tending […]
The film starts out in 1990 Binh is noticeably different from everyone else in the village, both in size and treatment Binh’s grandmother tells him that his mother is still alive Binh makes his way to Saigon Binh starts searching for his mother at her old place of work Binh finds his mother working in […]
I enjoyed learning about Vietnamese Americans and Vietnamese culture. I didn’t know that much about Vietnam before this class. I feel like it gets looked over as an “other,” a lot when people study Asian Studies, rather than it being accepted as its own identity. Even as a small presentation, it’s more than anyone in […]
Nothing from Wing Luke My Name is Khan – Week 9 decided Friday blog workshop No workshop next week Credit loss for past due papers now Reminder: No presentations Portmanteau – a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others
Miss Lien P. 6 The adult’s reaction had been different…and feet to enrich and strengthen the family. My grandmother experienced this when my uncle was born, fathered from an affair instead of my grandfather. P. 8 The midwife spread her lips, revealing black-lacquered teeth. I wasn’t aware that Vietnamese woman also lacquered their teeth. I […]
Adopted from Seoul Found Anais through Twitter and Facebook Anais was also adopted, same birthday, birth city Anais and Sam Skype together for the first time Sam and Anais start to look up their records A doctor offers to do a DNA test Sam has a dream that Anais isn’t her sister Sam buys the […]
