Question

In lines 17-22 yang uses an allusion a reference to a famous person,place,event or literary work. What does the reference to the characters from The Little House on the Prairie,a classic American children’s book, suggest about how yang has begun to see herself? How does the family’s first house contribute to that self-image

Answer 1

Yang focuses on the plight of the immigrants.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the poem, it seems that Yang is an immigrant of the Asian origin, from one of the Asian countries. Kao Kalina Yang, in her poems, shows the great contrast between the Western culture and the Asian culture. Moving from the Asian region to the west poses many challenges to Yang. This means that she has ti change the ways she perceives some things so that she can quickly adapt to the western culture. For example, Yang confronts the difference in the food as part of the differences. All in all, the in the extract of the lines from the poem, Yang basically talks about how the Asians in America struggle to become part of the American culture and leave their traditions for a while. It demonstrates the naivity associated with change.