wn up in a cynical world and have been cultured in a society of inequality and injustice. If Far had chosen to speak of experiences of racial injustice suffered in her adult life, then the work would have far less emotional appeal on the audience. Far finds dialect to be a useful aid in expression. She uses dialect amongst bystanders, who make fun of her ethnic background from the outside looking in; simultaneously, Far recreates dialect amongst the people in her family, who are on the inside looking out, to elaborate the main points of these individual events in her life. The dialect adds depth to the authors words. For example, Far uses her own words on page 834, The white blood in our veins fights valiantly for the Chinese half, to effectively integrate herself within both cultures. Predeceasing these words is the evolution of unbiased stories. Far establishes herself as part of both cultures within this part of her narrative, allowing her readers to continue reading with an open mind and establishing credibility through the illustration of ethnic tolerance. She is able to tell her life events without belittling either half of her being; therefore, leaving the criticism and intolerance to the people in her life who the stories, she so vividly relives, are based upon. Far also uses three asterisks, within the structure of her paper, in between complete thoughts in her narrative. When she finishes a point in her life and has effectively displayed the theme, she moves onto another point in her life that was influenced by the mixing of her fathers culture, English, and her mothers culture, Chinese. This separation by the asterisks allows the reader to know precisely when a new event is being discussed rather than guessing when time changes. The most critical aspect in capturing the audience is the authors ability to appeal to readers emotions. When reading, nothing holds our attention as well as a story told from p...
