When I first read this book, I really didn't like it because I didn't identify with Jin at all. I identified with Wei-chen and thought that Jin was an asshole. (These two sentences probably sum up my problem with most Asian-American Immigrant Narratives, haha.) But upon reread, I thought it worked remarkably well as a sort of Remyth, and I really liked the way that it retold and reworked the story of the Monkey King. (And of course, just because it didn't resonate with me doesn't mean that it doesn't resonate for a large number of second-generation immigrants out there--something that I think I've grown more reconciled to now.)
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Date: 2011-05-19 00:52 (UTC)