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A 6 page discussion of Kim Ronyoung's "Clay Walls". This paper illustrates the differences between Haesu and Faye and contends that this difference defines the Korean American experience. No additional sources are listed.
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II Asian American experience is characterized by the fact that Asian Americans neither reproduced their traditional identities and cultures in this new land nor completely assimilated into mainstream culture.
Instead they developed what is obviously a distinct Asian American identity that in effect was a cross between their Asian and American experiences. That phenomena is clearly evident in
a significant body of the Asian American literature of the time. Kim Ronyoungs "Clay Walls" is an excellent example for discussion. "Clay
Walls" is the story of Haesu, Chun, and their children. Haesu, the mother of the family, and Chun were born in Korea. Because of the Japanese occupation of
their country, however, they have been forced to immigrate to the U.S. The novel personifies the pre-World War II Asian American experience. Haesu desperately wants to return to
Korea yet she eventually realizes that because of the continued Japanese presence there that is an impossibility. While she gives up her dream, however, Haesu never gives up her
love for her birth country. Nor does she give up her strong nationalist identity, an identity that in part is framed around her hatred for anything Japanese.
As was the case for many Korean Americans that left Korea prior to World War II to live in the U.S., Haesu and her family
encounter numerous difficulties. There story illustrates the fact that Korean culture is significantly different from U.S. culture. To further complicate the issue, Korean Americans like Haesu and Chun
often speak limited or no English, and they typically "stick out" in terms of being different due to their distinctive racial features, accent and even religion.
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