Asian Americans should be encouraged to embrace and celebrate their identities in America
Explanation:
"My dream... is for our country to become a place where a cameo like mine would go completely unnoticed. And to see every third-grade teacher tell his or her students, 'Keep your name. You don't have to change a thing.'" ( Paragraph 24)
Kim's experiences caused him to have negative feelings about himself and his culture. This makes the reader understand why it was difficult for Kim to build his identity, which he is so attached to today.
Explanation:
This question is about "Hello, My Name Is ____" by Jason Kim. In this work Kim shows how his experiences as an Asian American made him ashamed of his ancestry and felt culturally isolated, for several years. Kim tells how desperately he wished he were not Asian and how it took a long time and a long journey of self-knowledge and self-acceptance for him to be able to build the identity he has today and that makes him so comfortable with himself, with his culture and with its positioning around race and descendants.
Wiesel will not stay in the room because he is getting afraid.
<u>Explanation</u>:
At first, Wiesel felt too good to stay in the infirmary. At that time Wiesel has been provided white sheets, better food and he has time away from usual grueling work.
Even though Wiesel has been provided white sheets and better food, Wiesel got afraid of getting killed.
Wiesel got afraid because another person in the room said that Wiesel cannot make it through the selection.
