This movie was a huge eye opener for me, I did not realize the internal turmoil of a family, especially of an asian american family who is still in the process of assimilation. The characters in this movie do a great job of expressing the differences of people and their process of assimilation. the father seemed to have done a great job, becoming a well liked teacher at a school, however he was definitely going through major withdrawals which was evident in the 30 to 40 attempts of suicide. i feel the father is the most important character in this movie because he truly expresses the life of almost all immigrants who come to america: he seemed to have assimilated, but through false consciousness he sort of believed he was american, but was constantly drawn to his traditional culture from back home, which highlights his double consciousness, of wanting to still be in the life of his home country, and also blending in with the american way.
It seems most immigrants are "happy" to be in america, but secretly almost all of them are longin to go back home where they feel they belong.
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