![]() ![]() ![]() According to Pacy, to Americans she is too Chinese and to Chinese she is too American. It is through her interactions with people from other cultures that she realizes that there are not a lot of Chinese people in movies, plays, and books and that she does not exactly fit in with one culture. ![]() Being that Pacy is part of the minority in her school, Pacy interacts with characters of other cultures, but especially with her best friend Becky Williams. Because of this, Pacy is seen by others as being too Americanized and is called a twinkie, yellow on the outside and white on the inside. Pacy eats different foods and cannot speak Taiwanese nor Chinese. For example, although Pacy and Melody are both Taiwanese American, they do not have the same experiences. In this young coming-of-age memoir, the characters in the story are authentically portrayed as having distinct cultural experiences. Throughout the process, Pacy tries understanding two cultures and the eventually finds her true purpose for her life. As the year goes by, Pacy, who is known at school as Grace, tries to find new talents that will help her decide which career to pursue in the future. Pacy, a young Chinese American and Taiwanese American, is determined in finding herself during the Year of the Dog. New York, Little, Brown and Company, 2006. ![]()
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