DianaChang
“AreyouChinese?”
“Yes.”
“American?”
“Yes.”
“ReallyChinese?”
“No...notquite.”
“ReallyAmerican?”
“Well, actually, yousee...”
ButIwouldrathersay
Yes
Notneither-nor,
Notmaybe,
Butboth, andnotonly
ThehomesI’vehad,
ThewaysIam
I’drathersayit
Twice,
Yes
Discussthefollowingquestions.
1) WhoarePatMoraandDianaChang? Howdotheirbackgroundsinfluencetheirwriting?
2) Whatisthethemeof “Immigrants”? Whatisthethemeof “SayingYes”? Dothetwopoemshaveanythingincommon?
3) Whataresomeimagesin “Immigrants”? Whatisthesignificanceofthem?
4) Isthereanydilemmaorhopereflectedinbothpoems? Whatarethey?
5) Whichpoemdoyoulikebetter? Explainyourchoice.
Notes
(1952-): -knownworkisTheJoyLuckClub, whichhasbeentranslatedinto35languages.In1993, thebookwasadaptedintoacommerciallysuccessfulfilm.
: ItisanAmericanbrandofring-shapedmintsandartificiallyfruit-flavoredhardcandy.
: Chessisagameplayedbytwopeopleonachessboard, withsixteenpieces (ofsixdifferenttypes — oneking, onequeen, tworooks, twoknights, twobishops, andeightpawns) , ’ — , thereareseveralwaysthatagamecanendinadraw.
(1944-): SheisanAfricanAmericanauthor, poet, -knownforthecriticallyacclaimednovelTheColorPurple (1982) forwhichshewonthePulitzerPrizeforFiction.
5.“LoneStar” and “WalkAroundtheMountain”: TwopopularpatternsofquiltsinAmerican.
-a-barber: Dee (Wangero)’sboyfriendshebringstodinneratherMamashouse.
(1942-): ’sbooks, poetry, andnonfiction.
(1934-): SheisaChinese-Americannovelistandpoet, bestknownforhernovelTheFrontiersofLove, (bornintheStates) topublishanovelintheStates.
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