Similarities Between Kamala And Jin
In the we need diverse comics unit, we are presented by two young teens, Kamala and Jin, brought in two different cultural perspectives that grew fond of the American culture but through some trial and error they began to accept who they are. To begin with, in American Born Chinese, the main character, Jin one day visits an herbal medicine store with his mom, sits in the waiting room, and begins talking with an old lady. This old lady asks Jin, what he wants to be when he grows up? To which Jin replied, that he wants to be a transformer, but his mom believes that it is silly for him to become a transformer. Then on page 29, the herbal medicine lady says, "It is easy to become anything you wish… So long as you're willing to forfeit your soul." This
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As Jin got older he began to fall in love with a girl named Amelia to which he then believes that Amelia doesn't like him, to which he changes his hair to become like this white boy who has curly hair to see if Amelia would notice him. As then later seen he creates an identity named, Danny who is an all American boy, tall, blonde, has blue eyes and often hangs out with the jocks who play football. Next, in Ms. Marvel, the protagonist Kamala is shown as your average teenage girl who fangirls about Marvel super heroes, is always on her phone and doesn’t quite understand her culture as much unlike her friend Nakia. One day, Kamala was done with her parents and she snuck out to a party where she is met with uncomfortable moments until a random bomb hits New Jersey that causes her to hallucinate and sees Captain Marvel,Iron man and Captain America. Furthermore, before she changes into her other identity, Captain America judges Kamala by saying, “ You thought that if you disobeyed your parents-- your culture, your religion-- your classmates would accept
As Jin got older he began to fall in love with a girl named Amelia to which he then believes that Amelia doesn't like him, to which he changes his hair to become like this white boy who has curly hair to see if Amelia would notice him. As then later seen he creates an identity named, Danny who is an all American boy, tall, blonde, has blue eyes and often hangs out with the jocks who play football. Next, in Ms. Marvel, the protagonist Kamala is shown as your average teenage girl who fangirls about Marvel super heroes, is always on her phone and doesn’t quite understand her culture as much unlike her friend Nakia. One day, Kamala was done with her parents and she snuck out to a party where she is met with uncomfortable moments until a random bomb hits New Jersey that causes her to hallucinate and sees Captain Marvel,Iron man and Captain America. Furthermore, before she changes into her other identity, Captain America judges Kamala by saying, “ You thought that if you disobeyed your parents-- your culture, your religion-- your classmates would accept