Difficulties of talking to each other hightlighted in American Dragons
Recently I read pages 10 - 25 in American Dragons, by Laurence Yep, and I quite like it because there are many different stories and I can read more different types of stories.
One line from this part of the book that stands out for me is: "Auntie Tsu would have laughed because she had once written to ask whether he had net a nice Chinese girl in New York. And here he was back home with a nice Chinese girl and a baked potato." I think this is quite impressive because Jimmy was really ignored to accept the Chinese culture before. He had a big change and met a Chinese girl in New York. Now, he said "Yahk fahn" in Chinese but before he didn't try to speak any Chinese. We can know how he was affected by his aunt and how big was his change.
Another line that I liked was: "We've got this huge generation gap to deal with, and on top of that we've got a cultural gap too. It really makes a conversation impossible sometimes." This stood out for me because I sometimes feel hard to express myself in English. I am a Chinese and grew up in Hong Kong. It is a bit difficult for me to translate for the words that I use in my daily life into English. My friends and I are sometimes dead air while talking because I can't totally express my thought in English. It is also because of the cultural gap. And I agreed with that conversation between people from different culture are difficult to communicate.
This section of American Dragons reminds me of something that happened to me. One time I went out with a guy and we didn't talk much because I really didn't know much about him at all. And he was not a very talkative guy so we didn't have much conversation throughout the whole afternoon. I feel really embarassed and I regret to date with him. This incident made me refer to this section because I think people in different situations are difficult to talk. It is similar to the story that people have conversation problem in different cultures. But one thing is that I am not as lucky as that girl, Julie in the story. I really had a bad experience.
What's probably going to happen next is there is a start of a new story. I am looking forward to reading the rest of this book because two of the previous stories I have read made me think of some experiences I had before. It makes me feel sympathy and lead me read more about this book.
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Yeah it feels embarrassing
Yeah it feels embarrassing to talk to some1 when theres nothing to talk bout
Dear bethany: I liked your
Dear bethany:
I liked your post, "Difficulties of talking to each other hightlighted in American Dragons," because I think that this whole thing make sense because she took the title from the book. I think that the title is catchy.
One sentence you wrote that stands out for me is: "I think this is quite impressive because Jimmy was really ignored to accept the Chinese culture before." I think this is good because some kids that grew to here in America don't want to accept their foreign culture. I just think that people like Jimmy should try some things that are fun to do so they have experience.
Another sentence that I liked was: "This stood out for me because This stood out for me because I sometimes feel hard to express myself in English." This stood out for me because i feel this most of the time. I sometimes feel that I'm being left back because of my poor English.
Thanks for your writing. I look forward to seeing what you write next, because you write good even though your English and spelling is kind of bad. But don't worry you learn from your mistakes. I really love your writing.
Paolo:)When I was reading
Paolo:)
When I was reading your third paragraph, I wana say that: no, ur english is not bad, mine is worse.
But now, I should eat my words-3- Dont you know that people hate hearing others say something bad about them, although it is the truth, huh? So now I hate you writing LMAO jk x)
Hey Bethany, I'm glad you
Hey Bethany, I'm glad you like that book because for the life of me i can't get into it, or for that matter any of the books that the teacher has. So as a result I chose my own book. I kinda wish you would post more personal writing though, but in any case i'll see you at school.
lol actually i cant tell i
lol actually i cant tell i really enjoy the bood xd and im lazy that most of the time I only upload my global essay in order to get extra credit rather than posting personal writing XD