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While growing up, Yang's parents helped enforce a strong work ethic and a bond to his Asian cultural background. Ever since his childhood, Yang strived to be an animator as his dream career, although Yang wanted to a major in art, he was told to have a practical major, which led to Yang majoring in the field of computer science and a minor in creative writing. A year after graduating in 1995, Yang started self-publishing his very own comic books under the Humble Comics imprint. Ten years later, Yang published American Born Chinese, a graphic novel that won several awards and accolades soon after the novel was released. Despite borrowing past experiences to write the narrative of American Born Chinese, the graphic novel itself is not an autobiography of Gene Luen Yang. Because of its success, American Born Chinese, has been recommend to teachers for classroom instruction. Yang firmly believes and advocates the use of comic books and graphic novels as educational tools for classroom environment and has emphasized the educational strength of comic books, claiming they are motivating, visual, permanent, intermediary, and popular. For more info, check out his website at:  HYPERLINK "http://geneyang.com/"http://geneyang.com/ Summary American Born Chinese consists of three seemly unrelated stories that share a common Asian aesthetic between each story. The first story follows the Monkey King (Traditional Chinese: k[`zz Simplified Chinese: Y[`zz Hanyu Pinyin: Skn WkMng), a character based off of a classic Chinese epic called Journey to the West, who seeks the respect of the Heavenly Hosts. The second story centers around Jin Wang, a Chinese-American attempting to adapt to life in America. The third story features Danny, a Caucasian-American who is enduring the antics of his cousin, Chin-Kee who embodies the most negative stereotypes of the Chinese. Eventually, all three stories converge together to form a message of embracing one's culture and self identity. Quotes  It's easy to become anything you wish... ...so long as you're willing to forfeit your soul. (Page 29) Significance: This line foreshadows Jin's desire to changes from being an outsider to being well liked among his peers. From the beginning of Jin s story, he is shown to playing with a Transformer action figure as a child while talking to the herbalist s wife who says the line stated above. When Jin told the herbalist s wife that he wanted to become a Transformer, this became apparent to what troubles Jin in regards to his self identity. Throughout his story, Jin felt alienated by his white peers showed how much Jin believes that his Chinese identity conflicts with his desire to fit in America and not standing out from others due to being Chinese. This is evident when Jin feels ashamed when he tells his friend Wei-Chen to stop acting like a FOB, making it clear that Jin does not want to openly embrace his Chinese identity out in public.  Every year around this time, I finally start getting the hang of things, you know? I've made some friends, gotten a handle on my schoolwork, even started talking to some of the ladies. I finally start coming into my own. Then he comes along for one of his visits. (Page 126) Significance: The following line reflects on how Danny is able to adapt to his new school with ease until Chin-Kee ruins everything for him in his visit. In some ways similar to Jin s situation, Danny wishes that he could go to a school normally without anything embarrassing to meddle with his social status at school. However, because of being weighed down by his cousin Chin-Kee s odd behavior, Danny is not able to become at peace with each school environment he is given to stay in, as the sheer embarrassment leads to Danny to change schools. In a sense, Danny does not feel like his peers can identify Danny as his own person and instead to be seen as Chin-Kee s cousin. This is based on the antics that Chin-Kee acts upon himself to do, overshadowing all forms of social hierarchical feat that Danny could ever achieve, thus casting the resentment Danny has over Chin-Kee, his own obstruction and obstacle in his social standing.  No, no. Wei-Chen's choice was his own. I am not so foolish as to believe you have power over his will. I came to serve as your conscience  as a signpost to your soul. (Page 221) Significance: This refer to the lead-up that establishes the twist that ultimately connects all three stories together. This line in particular demonstrates how forsaking one s own true identity will cast a falsehood around what matters most in life. No one is able to perfectly view what truly lies through the choices being made for the sake of selfishness while being in the midst of being judged. Therefore, it is not possible for Jin to actually foresee his mistakes in regards to Wei-Chen and being able to perceive a notion of the fact that masking the true nature of his cultural identity will serve as a temporary solution to an ongoing problem. Style In terms of the style of writing Yang has demonstrated in American Born Chinese, he has displayed morale based on self-identity and an universal longing for being able to belong in your own social surroundings that all types of groups can understand and relate to. Yang s use of the comic book format shows the individualized intimacy a graphic novel can provide, unlike a text-only novel. Given that Yang has Christian faith in himself and being a Chinese-American, he has blended elements of his religion and cultural background to feature Buddhist mythological figures in the Monkey King s portion of the story to have similar allusions to important icons in Christianity. Which it is shown in order to illustrate the blending and melding of cultural backgrounds that Jin from one of the two other stories aside from the Monkey King s, was going through while dealing with the division between his Chinese background and living in America. According to Adolescents in the Search for Meaning: Tapping the Powerful Resource of Story, American Born Chinese belong in the categories of books about real-life experiences; identity discrimination, and struggles with decisions; and books on allegory, fantasy, myth, and parable. Text Complexity American Born Chinese is intended for grades 9-12, according to Scholastic and has the Lexile Measure score of GN530L. In spite of the age level provided, it is possible for readers younger and older than the novel's age range to appreciate the messages of embracing the cultural background a person has and even though the story has an emphasis of Asian traditions, the graphic novel has themes and morals that everyone of all races can relate to. ATOS Book Level: 3.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up) AR Points: 1.0 Citations Chen, Alice C. (May 11, 2008). "The Humble Comic: Gene Yang's Christian take on being American-born Chinese fuels his emerging comics career". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 3, 2012. Yang, Gene. "Gene Yang Speaks as Part of Graphic Novel Speakers Series". Retrieved March 20, 2012. "Story Hour in the Library: Gene Yang". 2 December 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2012. Jacobs, Dale (January 2007). "More Than Words: Comics as a Means of Teaching Multiple Literacies". National Council of Teachers of English. pp. 19 25. JSTOR 30047289 "Interview with Gene Luen Yang:". Winter 2007. pp. 84 88. Retrieved March 10, 2012. "Integrating Graphica into Your Curriculum: Recommended Titles for Grades 6 12". Retrieved March 15,2012. Americagov. YouTube, YouTube, 4 June 2009, www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYCZqt5WSOM 2Bn . z  ".> 󸫞naanOJQJCJ^JaJPJ!CJ6>*5PJ^JaJOJQJ(0JB* phUCJ>*PJ^JaJOJQJjUUOJQJCJ^JaJPJCJPJ^JaJOJQJCJ5PJ^JaJOJQJCJ>*5PJ^JaJOJQJUjCJPJaJOJQJCJ6PJ^JaJOJQJCJPJ^JaJOJQJ%!!!##+++p,t,1112>299992;6;T;>>?f????$AABCDXErEEE󹟹r$B*ph333CJ6PJ^JaJOJQJ2B*ph333CJfHq PJ^JaJOJQJ2B*ph&(*CJfHq PJ^JaJOJQJ5B*ph&(*CJ6fHq PJ^JaJOJQJCJ6PJ^JaJOJQJ!CJ6>*5PJ^JaJOJQJCJPJ^JaJOJQJ&4D0 $0@ddd$a$d$a$d$a$d$a$d$a$d$a$d$a$d$a$d$a$d$a$d$a$d$a$d$a$!!##++r,t,1114;6;V;>>?h?ddddd$a$ddd$a$d$a$dddddddddh????&AABCDZEE d$a$^]` d^]` d^]` d^]` d^]` d^]` d^]`d$a$dd 0/ =!"#$2P10p3P(20Root Entry F CompObjjOle 1Table Data  1SummaryInformation(/WordDocument#2PDocumentSummaryInformation82t