ReflectionOnGeneYangConfrence

Lucas 1 Janel Lucas October 22, 2008 English 8-5.5 Online Conference with Gene Yang I have never met an author of a book before so I was very eager to meet the author, Gene Yang of an award winning book, __American Born Chinese.__ This conference was a great experience and very kind of Gene Yang to spend his time with us. Gene Yang was also very funny. I found many things very interesting and many things I didn’t know. I found it very interesting that Gene got the idea of Monkey King’s shoes from his mother. It surprised me that he had to go to Chinese school every weekend for 12 years. I really regret not asking him if he was from the states though. This helped me a lot understanding __ABC.__ I now understand that Gene Yang wanted us to use our imaginations during the transformations of the characters. I understand that many of the characters or characters’ story line was based on a friend or one of his students. I also understand why it took Gene Yang a really long time to finish this book because each page takes almost 4 to 8 hours. Gene Yang made a good statement when he said that “ The Chinese Backstreet boys were used in American Pop Culture and William Hung was used by American Pop Culture.” I have to admit that I wasn’t all that excited until we actually saw Gene Yang. Now I think that this is the best information that you could find on a book you really like. I would choose to meet another author and even Gene Yang in a heartbeat. Thank You Mrs. Barth for setting this up with Gene Yang.