usual American by Gish Jen

Gish Jen's usual American - To what continue did Ralph Chang become a usual American?According to the dictionary: If certain thing is typical it shows all the characteristics that you would expect from a stated individual, thing or group. certain thing which is typical might furthermore show all the bad characteristics that you anticipate from somebody or certain thing, often in a way that is annoying. (Dictionary) Ralph, Theresa and Helen, the major characters of Gish Jen's innovative usual American came to America to search the American Dream. They were assured that every person in the US had a chance to become happy, rich and thriving if they worked hard. They yearned for being Americanized; however, there was not their yearn to become "typical Americans". In their insight a term "typical American" had a pejorative meaning: "Typical American no-good", ..., "typical American don't-know-how-to-get-along"[,] ..., "typical American just-want-to-be-the-center-of-things"[,] ..., "typical American no-morals"[,] ..., "typical American use-brute-force"[.] (Typical American, 67) In my attitude all of them followed the myth of the American illusion and became, to some continue, usual Americans.

When Ralph came to the US he absolutely was a Chinese. He did not understand the Americans; he did not have an English name. He asked the receptionist of the Foreign scholar Affairs to give him the name. "'Ralph,' she said finally. She wrote it down. R-A-L-P-H. 'Do you like it?' 'Sure!' He beamed." (Typical American, 11) The American name was the first step to his Americanization. Even though Ralf came to America to study technology and was supposed to come back to ceramic afterwords, things went differently. When, in 1948, China disintegrated and the Nationalists were fighting the Communists, Ralph was not permitted to proceed back there. although, he was not actually certain if he would like to go ...