hopeful/ supportive family never made her feel less than or lacking financial status caused her anxiety, new she always had a home to lean on went to princeton and harvard frugal with her money even if she has it spend her money on others quit her job as a banker and became a novelist appreciates her time as a professor

never considered herself poor, roof over head and food immigrant family 1979 middle class in india poor in america

decided to return the money to his mother, kids talked about their house being robbed

talking about the robbery to his friends suspected they did it, elaborate bathroom plan, found his books and his mothers money

forbidden stash of money, stolen, mother blamed/ cursed everyone including dad and kids

poor family, working mother, dad cant hold a steady job, 5 kids

innocent youthful view of NYC

Chaasadahyah Jackson, 15 years old 826NYC writing/ tutoring center (essay) portrays the neighborhood and its misconceptions rich, white

bad experience on the train, let it slide assumptions about her and her background not rich, feels as though those assumptions divide her from her home family/goals prevent growth, wants to go to the service and college Air Force Wants to leave, explore and witness the evolution of park slope when she comes back

evolving place, proud to reside there along with her family dislikes the traffic, trash on the streets, littering, the train

Dad, 1980's, famous friend Terrance Howard 5'8, beard, works for Con Edison (13 years) dependable, boombox, dance competitions Present day, quiet, broken up new businesses, PS 321

moved from crown heights, transition/ adjustment fancy restaurants, boutiques Crown Heights- soul food, apartment buildings, parks, families 72 bus, packed cars on the train Park Slope, likes to watch the sunset and loves her room Fav restaurant, La Villa

Brooklyn, Park Slope smell of food(coffee) on her way to school takes the subway business people

"simple" started writing stories for people like her mother used a variation of english in her writing tried to capture her mothers internal english, passion, intent and imagery

other American Asians speak "broken" english at home/ growing up resilient, became english major despite the criticism

standardized test created more confusion for her understanding english Asian Americans not being represented in english

english never her strong suit, based off standardized test in school english seemed like an opinion or judgment call no real right answer

goes to the hospital for a cat scan, doctors loose the cat scan and feel zero sympathy, refused to leave until they called her daughter and reassured them of all their faults as they heard her perfect english.

Called mothers stockbroker as her spoke to him in "complete" english

reflected the quality of language treated less than, no respect, ignored because of her english

"broken" "fractured""limited" seemed as though her english lacked wholeness which is not how she sees it and disagrees with those terms affected the way people perceived her words

her friends understand her mother english 50%, 80-90% or sometimes 0 she understands it perfectly "vivid imagery", formed/shaped the way she spoke and understood english, expressed herself and view the world.

Gangster pays respect to mother during wedding Grammatically incorrect, delivers main points, understandable she understands this form of english as well

uses her own form of english with husband, mother, family etc. grew up using this form of english

"Not waste money that way"

same speech, different crowd mother never heard this english Complicated, advanced, grammatically correct english never used with mother

values language, power/ impact, emotion, idea, truth, image all results of language multiple english languages(uses all of them) "tool"

personal opinion, not fact, no expert English language varies

denied heritage as a child, bilingual: Chinese, English first novel- The Joy Luck Club(1989)

put into perspective

this is a reality that most African Americans face today and have experienced since we can remember African Americans face double standards from the moment they are brought into this world because of the color of their skin

the woman's reaction resulted in self doubt and insecurity he realized how some may see him as danger which has altered the way he views himself in comparison to actual threats to society