Question

Which sentence is an example of an inciting incident in American Born Chinese?

A. The Monkey King tells all of his monkey subjects that they must wear shoes.

B. The guard won't let the Monkey King into the party because he is a monkey.

C. The Monkey King becomes the ruler of the monkeys on Flower-Fruit Mountain.

D. The Monkey King master kung-fu and several other important disciplines.

Answer 1

Another answer for apEX is Jin Wang being seen as different is an inciting incident for the answer>

Answer 2

The sentence which stands as an example of an inciting incident in American Born Chinese is: B. The guard won't let the Monkey King into the party because he is a monkey.An inciting incident is a definite point, an event of a plot which leads to a particular conflict and makes an emphasis on it. The moment of 'monkey discrimination' is the most effective plotline that moves the story forward while keeping the reader engaged, so the answer is B.