Reflection

Iwatchedepisode16ofseason4fromFreshofftheboat.FreshofftheBoatisaboutanAsian-AmericanfamilywhojustmovedtoOrlando,FloridafromWashingtonD.C.andwhathappenedintheirdailylife.Thelovelyfamilyconsistsofsixpeople,GrandmaHuang,FatherLouisHuang,MotherJessicaHuang,andtheirdifferentstylessons,Eddie,EmeryandEvan.ThissitcombringsalotjoytomewhileIdiscoveredsomecontentsinsomeepisodesareinappropriatewhichreinforcetheAsianstereotypesinAmerican’sminds.EveniftheyareAsians,theycanspeakfluentandauthenticEnglishbecauseactorsandactressesthemselvesareABC.Inthisepisode,Louistaughthissecondson,Emery,ahandsomeguy,howtoinvitehisfavoritegirltothedanceball,andhesaid,”Ridethetigerhighandhard,”whichmeansencouragehimtobebravetogoup.Thereasonwhyhementionedtigerwasthatitwastheyearoftiger,accordingtoChinesetwelvezodiac.Louisalsosaid“bighead”,whichmeanssomeonewhoisoverlyconfidentaboutthemselves.“You’regettingwaytoococky”meansyouarearrogant.Whatisthemostfrequentlyusedphraseis“freakout”,whichmeanssomeonebecomescrazybecauseofsomeoneofsomething.HavingwatchedatonsofAmericaTVseries,IrealizethatnativeEnglishspeakerdon’tactuallyusetheadvancedwordsindailyconversation,andtheyprefertousesomephraseswithsimplewords,likeget,work,andmake.Inthisepisode,EvanandMotherJessicahadacompetitionwhichwastheonewhospokeMandarinlongestwin.Bothofthemarecompetitiveandreluctanttoquitit.Atlast,smartJessicaknewhissonbackwards,wonwiththehelpoftheTVshowandEvan,thekindyoungestson,settleforthefact.EddiewasdepressedandhadnoideaswhyhisBigAuntiedidn’tsendhimtheredpocketmoney.Fortunately,hefiguredoutthequestionbutsandwichhimselfbetweenhisgrandmaandbigauntie.EmeryhadnocouragetoaskhisfavoritegirlsoLouiswantedtogivehimahandsecretively.However,itdidn’twork.Louisyearnedforgivinghimconfidence,though.Emeryraiseduphiscourageandconfidencetodothingshewantedatlast.Tobehonest,thisTVseriesexistedsomeproblems,thoughthesubjectisrareinAmericanTVseries.Forexample,inthewriter’eyes,MotherJessicaseemedtocoverallofthebadfeatures,likeselfishness,andattheendoftheepisodes,shewouldfixthem.Howstrangeisit!ThisbackgroundoftheepisodeisintheChineseNewYear.Thereisacontrarybetweentherootcultureandthecultureoftheplacewhereyoulive.It’seasytoloseone’sidentityinaforeignnation.AnAsianAmericanactor,JimmyO.Yang,wroteabooknamedHowtoAmerican,usingjocularitytotalkaboutimmigrants’lives.Toearnabetterliving,manypeopleinlastcenturyhadtochoosetoimmigratetoAmerica,andprobablyimmigrantsthemselveswhattheysufferedfromthementalandbody.They’vespentalottimefittinginthelocalcultureandsometimestheyarenottreatedwell.本文版权归作者乔伊斯所有，任何形式转载请联系作者。