Asian discrimination is a serious problem! The author of this book is the victim of this serious problem. Therefore, he decided to choose the title of this book called: " Hello My Name is ___". That title represents what he felt the entire time in his childhood. The story is about an original Korean, who went to the USA at the age of sixteen. His name is Jun Hyuk. The first time met the new world in the USA, he saw that his classmate was completely different from him. The entire time that he lived in St. Louis, he always felt left apart from people. He is disappointed because he's Korean and even changed his name from Jun Hyuk to Jason Kim because his classmate looks at him as a stranger, different from the rest of the class. Therefore, he learned how to hate Asians and act as a local American, and try not to admitted Korean culture. He changes a lot in basic daily life such as: '' Eating fast food, speaking fluent English, . . . ".
Since he decided to live in New York, his life became greater, he felt welcome at all times. People are curious about his daily life because he's an immigrant. He always felt he was special because people were always searching and exploring him. He says: "I began receiving emails, tweets, and Facebook messages from young Asian American writers, actors, and performers, who were excited to see a fellow Asian face on TV. "Many young Asian Americans are very interested in him because he's an Asian. He is completely Korean. For some reason, people might realize his potential ability. People felt the same sense of connection with him. People gradually contacted and reached out to him for inviting him and giving him opportunities for work. On the other hand, during adulthood, he taught people about his own story, and much sorrow and cherish passed him by. At the moment, when he’s weak regrets what he did at a young age. He says: ” Keep your name. You don't have to change a thing. "He meant by saying that is propaganda to those people who want to change their name because the name is what your parents hope you to be. Additionally, deep inside your name may have something very special that's created your personality. The name makes you special, you just need to keep it yourself. ‘’No change, no prejudice, no embarrassment. "
Specifically, this story mainly talking about: " Asian discrimination, prejudice, denied reality, . . . ". He says: ‘’At one point during my 20s, I took a long, dramatic look in the mirror and realized, You will be Korean for the rest of your life. As a teenager growing up in the Midwest, that thought made me cringe. ’’ Now, it makes me happy and deeply proud”. Although your identity may be different but it doesn’t mean that you are not special. You may not know your specialty now but you may get it later when you grow up you will have more real experience and deeply know who you are.
Otherwise, respect what you've done for now and find out what you will be in the future.
Asian discrimination is a serious problem! The author of this book is the victim of this serious problem.
Therefore
, he decided to choose the title of this book called:
"
Hello My
Name
is ___
"
. That title represents what he
felt
the entire
time
in his childhood. The story is about an original Korean,
who
went to the USA at the age of sixteen. His
name
is Jun
Hyuk
. The
first
time
met the new world in the USA, he
saw
that his classmate was completely
different
from him. The entire
time
that he
lived
in St. Louis, he always
felt
left
apart from
people
. He
is disappointed
because
he's Korean and even
changed
his
name
from Jun
Hyuk
to Jason Kim
because
his classmate looks at him as a stranger,
different
from the rest of the
class
.
Therefore
, he learned how to hate Asians and act as a local American, and try not to
admitted
Korean culture. He
changes
a lot in basic daily
life
such as: '' Eating
fast
food, speaking fluent English
, .
.
.
"
.
Since he decided to
live
in New York, his
life
became greater, he
felt
welcome at all
times
.
People
are curious about his daily
life
because
he's an immigrant. He always
felt
he was
special
because
people
were always searching and exploring him. He says:
"
I began receiving emails, tweets, and Facebook messages from young Asian American writers, actors, and performers,
who
were excited
to
see
a fellow Asian face on TV.
"
Many
young Asian Americans are
very
interested in him
because
he's an Asian. He is completely Korean. For
some
reason,
people
might realize his potential ability.
People
felt
the same sense of connection with him.
People
gradually
contacted and reached out to him for inviting him and giving him opportunities for work.
On the other hand
, during adulthood, he taught
people
about his
own
story, and much sorrow and cherish passed him by. At the moment, when he’s weak regrets what he did at a young age. He says:
”
Keep
your
name
. You don't
have to
change
a thing.
"
He meant by saying
that is
propaganda to those
people
who
want to
change
their
name
because
the
name
is what your parents hope you to be.
Additionally
, deep inside your
name
may have something
very
special
that's created your personality. The
name
makes
you
special
, you
just
need to
keep
it yourself. ‘’No
change
, no prejudice, no embarrassment.
"
Specifically
, this story
mainly
talking about:
"
Asian discrimination, prejudice, denied reality
, .
.
.
"
. He says: ‘’At one point during my 20s, I took a long, dramatic look in the mirror and realized, You will be Korean for the rest of your
life
. As a
teenager
growing up in the Midwest, that
thought
made me cringe. ’’
Now
, it
makes
me happy and
deeply
proud”. Although your identity may be
different
but
it doesn’t mean that you are not
special
. You may not know your specialty
now
but
you may
get
it later when you grow up you will have more real experience and
deeply
know
who
you are.
Otherwise
, respect what you've done for
now
and find out what you will be in the future.