Throwaway Piece of Self

Wong was trying to reach other bi-cultural people who are shunning their original heritage that when they get older, they may regret that decision. She hated being immersed into the Chinese culture as a child.  She could not wait to be able to stop her Chinese lessons and would much rather prefer her new American culture to the Chinese. She always compared the two cultures, thinking that one was better. She had no idea that she would later regret that decision.

Wong used several of the senses in her writing. I particularly liked her visual descriptions of her Chinese school. The principal I could relate to because I had a very stern principal in junior high. She said the Chinese language to French and Spanish, said it was public-sounding. I liked the detailing of the rough sounding of  Chinatown in their daily routines. How she decribed and grandmother impressed me. It was very well described, in saying the roughness of the language.  

Wong's essay was very well written. She got her point across: Even though she preferred American and Mexican cultural things to her own Chinese culture. She sadly looks back on the fact that she lost her own cultural Identity