Iam the foremost expert on all things asian. the mejii era and the ban of the samurai?
done. confucianism versus daoism? i'll give it to you with no slant!
what's the difference between asian stereotype 1 and 2? well let me tell you.
let me tell you anything you want to know about my culture. let me tell you in a mulanesque
soliloquy of me staring in the mirror asking “who is that girl staring that i see? ” let
me tell you about jackie chan and bruce lee and how they are related by blood to me.
let me tell you about being so marginalized it's to the point of "i really can't believe that's
asian! "
let me tell you about derogatory terms and origins of words such as chink and gook. let me
tell you about the struggle of asian parents not knowing the language so we ate pet food
because it was cheaper. let me tell you about the job of interpreter when you're still playing
with lego blocks but your english is already that much better than your guardians. let me
tell you about honour and dignity. let me tell you about a society that projects us as nothing
but the secondary role and never the leading man.
let me tell you all the things you don't want to know. like how ‘chink’ comes from the
clanking of metal to railroads as the slaves built train tracks for this country to be connected.
like how the zipperhead down the street is called that because of the way our heads split
open when struck with assault weapons or how the jeeps ran over and left marks across
corpses and someone clever thought that we were only good to unzip.
like how every time you lump an asian person into one culture is systematically making us
assimilate into an america we thought was better than our war torn home and every time
you confuse me with some other nationality that i might share similar features to is stripping
away my individuality.
and i still feel the shame of being asian. the heat and pious dedication of june 11th 1963.
the envy of blonde hair and blue eyes. and i still remember thinking where all the boys that
looked like me on tv were? the broken words of my mother and father stage diving off my
tongue. the anger i felt when those kids thought i'd get them sick.
and i still feel the ash of the incense burn my hands when i prayed for my family. and i still
remember thinking my skin was what i was worth. and i still feel the ironwork of my bones
grow stronger with every train of thought that passes by.
and i still feel pride.
year 10 english lesson 1
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and i still feel heritage.
and i still feel chinese.
and i still feel vietnamese.
and i still feel american.
and i still feel.
identify examples of each of the following:

ethos

logos

pathos

writing exercise:
using three of the aforementioned rhetorical devices, write a short paragraph arguing for
the merits of your favourite television program, film, book, computer game or activity.