Trying_To_Fit_In

Trying To Fit In Adapting to a new country is really hard. You need to learn the new country’s language and culture in order to integrate into its citizenship. In the essay “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl,” Elizabeth Wong describes her tough experience of trying to fit in while her mother is trying to remind her that she has Chinese roots and she should not forget about them. For example, she is forced to go to a Chinese school in order to learn her family’s language. However, she does not believe Chinese is the language that is going to help her to fit in the crowd. Besides, people at Chinatown always congratulate her for being a young lady who speaks English. This, gave her more enthusiasm to become an “All-American Girl”. At last, she finally reaches her main goal by being allowed to stop attending the Chinese school, however, she still not happy. Although my experience did not involve attending any school, I had a similar experience that relates to the author’s. When I was a child my mom would buy me as many books as she could so I would not forget to speak Spanish. First, Wong says that parents, chinese, language, about, school, american, , wong, roots, order, new, forget, fit, culture, because, spanish, learn, just, going, girl, experience, another, america, wanted, time, part, mother, however, hard, being, always, way, understand, trying, thought, succeed