Reading Journal 1 - “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” by Elizabeth Wong PDF

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“The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” by Elizabeth Wong...

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Reading Journal #1 (1) “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” by Elizabeth Wong wrote about her and his brother’s change in culture from American to Chinese culture. They were forced by their parents to go to Chinese school, so they could learn about their parent’s culture. However, Wong hated the Chinese culture because of its difference to American culture. She even said “The language was course of embarrassment.” In Chinatown, She thought the Chinese sounded messy and untidy, though she received positive words from Chinese people. Wong’s brother was really harsh on his mother for her bad English and often corrected her. Elizabeth Wong was finally allowed to go back to American culture. She thought herself as a multicultural. In the end, she was sad about being Chinese, but still loved becoming one of American. (2) I liked it when Elizabeth went to Chinese school even though she didn’t like it. I knew how she felt when she had to go somewhere she didn’t want to go. When I was a child I hated going to school and my parents always forced me to go, so our feelings are mutual. (3) I disliked it when Wong’s brother was really harsh on his mother. Sometimes we can’t control feeling, but we have to be respectful to our mother who gave us life and something to live on. (4)

Will person regret for not learning about his/her own Culture? Don’t children do their best when their parents let them be where they want to be? (5)

Clasped: Grasp something tightly with one’s hand. Sentence: I clasped my pen, so it won’t fall down. Raunchy: Earthy and Vulgar. Sentence: The classroom style is raunchy. Fanatical: Obsessively concerned with something. Sentence: She was fanatical about the dressing store.

(6) I like the story because I have connection with Wong’s experience. Wong hated her own Chinese culture and wanted to stick to American culture. When I came to US, I really enjoyed the American culture. I had more freedom and I could play lot of games. The distance between me and my own cultures were drifting apart. I felt my own culture to be really strict and made me feel trapped in one place. However, I don’t agree with the author because I still think my culture is more important because it tells me what culture I was born with and it is what our parents wants us to remember. I think this story was really interesting because Wong was able hold through the difficulty by going Chinese school. She was finally allowed to go back to American culture which she loved....