How does this passage show the types of problems chinese
immigrants faced in the early 1900s?
read this passage from dragonwings by laurence yep.
during those trips alone among the demons, father and
learned things about one another, and more, we learned
about being a father and a son. every trip was an adventure
into a strange, fearful city, and yet i felt safe by my father's
side. anyone who could laugh and tell stories and jokes and
sing while he was alone among the demons must know what
he was doing. in my own mind, father was the embodiment
of uncle's superior man
only once during all those trips did we have any trouble.
some demon boys were out in the street. they stooped as it
to pick up things to throw, and father whispered to me to sit
up straight and not show i was afraid. the demon boys
called out some things, but we ignored them until we had
passed them by. a rock whizzed by my ear and hit red
rabbit in the side. he snorted, but plodded on as steadily as
before
the boys are throwing rocks at the narrator and his father
because they are chinese.
the narrator calls the boys demons instead of calling
them americans
the horse has a traditional chinese name, red rabbit
instead of an american name.
the narrator and his father ignore the boys instead of
confronting them for their actions.
save and exit