American Born Chinese Beginning

I like that "American Born Chinese" by Gene Luen Yang, is written in yet another style that we havent yet touched upon. The last book we read introduced us to verse, which proved to be one real way of imparting information- writing a book- organizing what an author wants to say in a way that works for the author. The last book, "Brown Girl Dreaming", by Jacqueline Woodson and this book both have non-traditional formats which just goes to show that there really is no one way to write. I think this just encourages other readers and writers to focus more on what they have to say instead of how they say it- I think this is a good thing because letting worries about adhering to a singular format possibly could get in the way of the message a writer is trying to impart.

"American Born Chinese", is a graphic novel, and actually a really fun read. It is a lot different from "Brown Girl Dreaming", even though both books were focused on racism. Besides the obvious differences in style and that the two books focused on different groups- there were a few others. "Brown Girl Dreaming" is a fairly concrete story. The poetic style added flair- but the story that was actually being told was realistic and included few if any... abstract elements or plot points. And there was only one story being told. On the other hand, "American Born Chinese", tells multiple stories, and it at times uses abstractions to do that. Its interesting that the two books are so different but at the end of the day both are able to get their main points across. I am interested in where the rest of the book takes me. I prefer this book greatly to "Brown Girl Dreaming" because it is so much more divergent seeming, and therefore, to me, just more interesting I suppose.