Finding My Voice

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Summary: Finding My Voice
Review: This book,¡± Finding My Voice¡± talks about a Korean girl who lives in the United States. Actually, it is a good story and a special experience about Ellen. I think she can¡¯t forget everything during her whole life. In my opinion, most of Asian people have this kind of experience when they lived in the United States. I think for people who are racist, it is really difficult for then to change their thinking about living with people who are not American. I don¡¯t know why some people must have a different attitude towards people who came from different countries. I can understand about Ellen¡¯s feeling when she felt all of the unfair things. It was not her fault. She studied hard just for her parents, she liked Tomper but she couldn¡¯t get everybody¡¯s blessing. She didn¡¯t have any confidence when she felt she was so different from other Americans. She thought Tomper wouldn¡¯t fall in love with her. For me, I think if I were Ellen, I must be strong and I must think I can do everything well. If I can¡¯t change other people¡¯s thinking, I only can do my best to prove myself. I think, I live in the world not only for myself, but also for a good life. I will try to find the best way to make me feel good. So I will care about each decision during my life. I think sometimes parents¡¯ opinions can be accepted, so I will follow my parents¡¯ suggestion to think about something.

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Summary: Takes on a not-talked about subject
Review: When people talk about ASIAN AMERICANS, usually the first thing that comes to mind is smart, works hard, quiet, etc. People don't really talk about RACISM. It's almost like you forget about AAs when you are talking about prejudice and how it affects people of color--and Asians are certainly people of color too! I was just reading something about how with the war in Afganistan that crimes of violence against AAs are growing in DIRECT response!!! This shows how misguided people are. If you read this book you get a great idea of what life is like for a teenage
Asian girl who looks like your typical smart, SAT-studying kid and then you see actually that she has a lot of problems that she hides from other people, and her encounters with racist people is a big one. When I went to school we had some Vietnamese boat people and we all ignored them, I think some people might have been mean to them. It (this book) really opened my eyes to what's going on.