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On the back cover of American Born in China, there are 22 awards it won in the United States. As a Chinese-American work and comic book, this book can appear in the annual ranking of The New York Times in 2006, which shows that this book about Chinese teenagers not only touched the ethnic minorities in the United States, but also won the recognition of readers from other circles.

Yang Jinlun is a second-generation Chinese who can no longer speak Chinese. In the interview, he said frankly that children from China are welcome to read this "American comic book", which hit the nail on the head: this book, which begins with the Monkey King, is actually about the United States. Therefore, the conclusion of the book is also strict in the United States, which makes the identity problem that most China immigrants have been struggling with in their lives so simple: of course, you no longer belong to China, but of course you can't belong to that group of white people who have almost no national traditions. So where do you belong? Find the "master" in your heart and you will find that you are yourself.

Let's take a look at this story. An American Born in China consists of several parallel stories. The first is the story of the Monkey King, which is not much different from that written by Journey to the West. The difference is that the Monkey King can't enter the immortal sequence because the immortal looks down on the monkey, even though he wears human shoes, he can practice kung fu that all immortals can't match. In the eyes of Americans, this is probably the mythical version of racial discrimination. Later, the Monkey King rebelled and was crushed by the Buddha at the foot of Wuzhishan, suppressing his mantra, which read "own your own people". This is the key to the Monkey King's heart knot.

Parallel to the Monkey King's story is the story of Wang Jin, a teenager in China (his name is a bit like Yang Jinlun). He was a lonely and unhappy person at school until he met his young grandson in Taiwan Province Province. They became good friends and began to pursue the girl they liked, but when they heard that their classmates laughed not only at themselves, but also at their girlfriends, Wang Jin collapsed. He almost broke up with Sun crazily, intent on integrating into the world of American classmates.

The story came to an abrupt end here, and now we are facing another story, the story of American teenager Danny. He is a basketball genius and gets along well in school. The only regret is that a cousin from China, Xiqin (English means China guy), comes to his house for a holiday every year, and makes countless jokes every time, which makes him lose face and makes him transfer once a year.

Look what Xiqin did. This guy with long pigtails answers all questions in class and then laughs at others' ignorance. He has a crush on Danny's girlfriend, saying to her face that he would pester her feet and marry her back to be his wife. He sings like Kong Qingxiang, which makes everyone afraid. He even secretly turned his classmate's coke into urine ... Let's just say that Xiqin made Danny unbearable and finally triggered a fight between two people.

At this time, the story finally reached its climax, and all the clues were fused together. The hated China Xiqin is the incarnation of the Monkey King, and Danny is the young king who wants to integrate into American society (with the help of transformers and witches, of course). In the process of this transformation, he lost his soul as a China person. Surprisingly, another boy, Sun, is actually the son of the Monkey King. He originally went to practice in the human world, but after breaking with him, he lost his way and no longer believed in human beings.

At the end of the story, of course, there is reconciliation, with a Hollywood ending. Sun He sang like "Left-behind Boys", and they found themselves, so they merged into the United States and really grew up.

This looks tacky and is well worth making into an animation. At that time, not only American children will cry, but children all over the world will probably be moved: for the monkey to find their own hard work, for Wang Jin to be deeply confused, and for two good friends to finally grow up together. Indeed, if you find yourself, you can grow. Although the truth in the book is so trite, we can clearly feel the sadness of Chinese Americans from generation to generation under the background of anxiety, and we are also happy for Yang Jinlun's generation. Although they no longer speak Chinese, the Monkey King can still connect the hearts of China people.