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Broken Wigwag - College Essays

Broken Wigwag

In by Suchi Asano follows the story of a twenty-something Japanese immigrant, Satomi. Satomi lives in Greenwich Village along with many of her fellow recent Japanese immigrants, who are struggling to plant solid foundations for themselves in their new homes. Many of these immigrants, Satomi included, are caught between the opposing Japanese and American culture, trying to find a balance in their lives. Satomi comes to New York in order to get away from the stifling Tokyo culture, where her life was neatly laid out for her. Throughout the book, she tells about her effort to adjust to the new and culture that “the land of the free” throws at her feet instantly. I think that she ...

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Satomi sees how maladjusted she is. While sitting at the dinner table at a chic Soho restaurant, Satomi recounts in her mind, “The age I live in, at this place, I was ill at ease. I felt I didn’t belong here at all. I could never act like I was accustomed to this type of demure place like some other people . . . I felt myself starting to hunch over more and more. But tonight’s dinner was in Rie’s honor, I kept telling myself to pull together.” Satomi encounters many situations where she feels like she doesn’t belong. In nearly every one she makes a comparison to how much different and better matters would be if she were still in Japan. Her whining grows stale by the middle of the novel. If she loves Japan so much, why doesn’t she just go back?
In contrast to Satomi, I did see a change in her best (and probably only) friend in America, Kira. Kira starts out as a very outspoken and intelligent woman, eager to change her old traditionalist Japanese culture into a new vivid ...

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Added: 7/9/2007 01:27:06 PM
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