Parents Demands in The Good Daughter by Caroline Hwang

That year, I still believe that teeth fairies are real. A famous third grader is when I asked my identity. When I was standing outside the Nguyen room with 29 other students, the sun shone at around noon on my skin. This is the first day of our ELD program, I am waiting for her to call us. When we entered, she opened the door and greeted each of us. Her greetings are short, because she only wants to know our name and surname. That is my turn ... "Shalena Le" I answered.

In the article by Caroline Fan: '' Good girl '? (15) She wrote a struggle between two generations. The first generation is her parents and the second generation is herself. She has some contradictory ideas with her parents. First, she went to study English literature, but her parents wanted her to go to law school. Second, her parents only want her to marry a Korean and give them grandchildren that look like Koreans. Third, Mr. Hwang Woo Suk expressed his feelings. I agree with the American, but Americans do not agree with me. I never know that it is not a community or a big family but what it is like to be a community. "(16). We contrast this point

My experience as an "outsider" will be more closely related to the role of Caroline fans in "good girls" - to some extent, we are all paradoxes of life ... we are Here the country is closely detaining us for that opportunity (Huangguang 141). My parents sent me here in preparation for my future so that I can learn from American education. But the responsibility for marriage faith is to connect me to the country where I was born and to help my brethren improve our country. When I got on the plane, I knew it was not easy. But I am very young and the future seems very bright, I think that I am willing to risk and try my luck in the USA. This is a lesson and continues to teach me the lesson of becoming an "outsider."

These children are people who have to fight against these two different worlds every day. To illustrate this, I chose a story such as "Good Daughter" written by Caroline Hwang, "Living in Two Worlds" written by Marcus Mabry, "Almost a Woman" written by Esmeralda Santiago. Each of these stories reveals conflicts that children must face in coordinating foreign cultures and the roles that family and cultural identities play in emphasizing these dilemmas. In this article I will explain how children face the pressure and demand for living in two different cultures.