Pham travels to Vietname to search for his roots in hopes to construct his identity.For Pham in the search of his identity he flies to Vietnam to ride his bike, and also to find his roots. As he first gets off the airplane he is already is immediately receiving dirty aware of others who looklooksat him disdainfully because he is a “viet-kieu” which means foreign Vietnamese. Then as he is at the baggage claim While retrieving his luggage, to his amazement he sees the workers tear up his bike which h

My experiences as a Korean American are similar to Pham’s.As for me being born and raised in America there was plenty of conflict from the start, but I always fought back. However, whenever confronted with racist remarks or other derogatory words, I fought back. Whether being ridiculed by whites or other Asians, there were constant cultural conflicts. While I may have Asian physical features, I refused to have others intimidate me or dictate who I could associate with.For me fighting back helped me to let the ignorant people know that we were not passive and to help them watch what they say to the next Asian person. Being in college I thought that type of ignorance would die out, but there have been many incidents with cultural conflicts leading to brawls. For example the incidetns at “Arlington Farms” and then at the “Rocks.” My friends here in Davis are just like me, and they don’t take kindly to ignorant people that cause conflicts. The other is although I have neve!

For me realizing my identity was good, but knowing that I also had to come to realize the expectations with being Korean. Since Pham was the oldest child, For Pham being the first son his parentsfather had high educational expectations on him for him. were the highest, sending him to a private school hoping he’d come out making all the money for the family. Pham was the only child sent to a private school in Vietnam. In college, Pham did well excelled in school makingattaining membership in Phi Betta Kappa, and eventually then landing a good job out of collegesecured an engineering position after college. It was only the recession that hurt him from supporting the family. (What does this last sentence mean? I don’t remember any reference to Pham losing his job from a recession – he quit his job for his Vietnam tour. Use an example or quote from the book to support this last sentence or delete). You can also add more in this section about Pham’s father’s expectations. !

(If this last paragraph is for the bonus question, please put on a separate sheet of paper – should be one page in length)

After reading the book I learned a lot about Pham and my life. I realized that the life I have now is a blessing, and that I should be grateful for what I have instead of crying over what I don’t. Seeing what Pham’s family had gone through reminds me a lot of what my parents had went through because of the Korean war. I realized that I am truly blessed with all I have and the people around me. Looking through Pham’s eyes I see myself, caught in many of the same situations he has, but the only difference is what we do about the situation at hand.

Remember that his father didn’t consider artists and the sort as real professionals? Those are the types of quotes and examples that you should include in the last paragraph.

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