![]() ![]() 'a star'.her success does not come without In "Silver", we meet an actress - Anna May Wong. which, the author continues to show us through the years for Chinese Americans. ![]() It's through Ling directly we feel the conflicting emotions of what's to become of historical growth of more and more immigrants. We see different moral perspectives from the choices made - success and growth on one end - but sadness and fear -questioning identity and personal power living in this county right from this first story. He takes several jobs, ( laundry - valet), before eventually becoming an organizer - a leader- of Chinese labor.building the transcontinental railroad. He's an orphan from China.(Pearl River), and we follow him to Gold Mountain in California. Ling, from the first story "Gold", ( 1860's), is one of those characters that stays with you. Real historical characters].challenges are examined of immigrant life. In each of the four stories told by Peter Ho Davies -[three which are inspired by Four Stories: Gold, Silver, Jade, and Pearl. ![]()
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