Blog 12

Mona has a hard time finding her place in school. She finds her way once she meets a boy named Sherman who is also Asian. They begin to like each other, and through him she finds her place in school. She was Chinese and he was Japanese. Her experience is that she learns that if she falls in love with someone who is going to move away, she will always be looking forward to heartbreak.

Blog 11

Kaitlin holds a grudge against her father. After being single for years, he decides to marry a Chinese woman without any input from her. He has always been upset about some trivial things. He is always cheap and dressed in worn out clothes. She has a mixture of happy and sometimes melancholy tone when she talks about her family. This can happen when families have much different personalities. If people found common ground, they can get a sense of relation and get along better.