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
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
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 […]
Eli gets beat up by Spanish thugs Kamila steals money from her sister Kamila goes to Eli’s and Daniel’s store to work Kamila gets caught stealing a Twinkie from Mr. Kim Eli’s car get tagged Daniel gives $200 worth of shoes away Eli reminds Daniel that they would lose their home Eli explains to Kamila […]
Ben sells his collection of comics to get money for college Shelton’s party is being held on the same night at Rose’s party Ben’s father believes that Ben is too spoiled Ben tells Rose that he paid for his first year of tuition at CalArts Ben’s grandfather learns that he doesn’t understand Tagalog or Filipino […]
I enjoyed learning in the presentation about Filipino comedians and artists. So many presentations that I’ve seen focus on very serious topics and I found it refreshing to learn about the positives of Filipino people and how far they have gone in American media thus far.
