Growing Up Ethnic In America, By Amy Tan

In the book “Growing Up Ethnic in America”, separation and differences between the mothers and children are focused. Since, American culture and another countries’ cultures are very different. There is difficulty in relationship between them. Therefore, we could specify about conflict that the writers want to tell us. Also, the writer’s way to write this texts are very strictly divided, American culture and parent culture even them personality and skills. However, it is interesting that immigrants’ lives are very much to my stereotype.
In text of Amy Tan, “Rules of Games, the Mother of main character who is from China said “We not concerning this girl, this girl not have concerning us”(30). it is a very difficult problems for immigration …show more content…
That sentence represents her decision that she is going to against her mother. Every child is against there parents. However, in this text she against to her mother that affected by her own culture. That is absolutely the same to my image of immigrant. Also against her parents is only one part of her life. But in this text they focus on separation too much. Of course, as book to enjoy this is fine and exiting. But when I think about stereotype, this text is not great. Also, it is too fit to stereotype so it is too predictable to …show more content…
However, as information about second generation of immigrant, texts are too focus on separation and differences. Of course, these characteristics are fit to my stereotype of them because they have desire to have better situation and they have conflict with family information. Also, our stereotypes to immigrants are not changed since long time ago because now immigrants are much more popular and they don 't have special situation. Technology on transformation and communication and English education system get much beet ability and people use to immigrants. Therefore we don 't try to get information about immigrant a lot now. So old information are still survived. However, I think that is problem because I noticed book’s topic. This book’s topics are concentrated to separation and difference that categorized as difficulty and poor. For reading books it is fine, but in that case, it is problem because it can be reason to create stereotype. From my experience, I understand their situation. When I came to the America, I felt like every thing were terrible and stupid. Also, I felt I was very poor. However, now I can understand that I had very good people and experience. It is very difficult that change feeling about own experience. However, what I think is it is very important to change bad experience to good useful experience for there life. Problem of stereotype in this text is they focus on only small part of there life. Also, they are to focus on