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What Means Switch Project
What Means Switch Project
means
switch”
Rayane Oudghiri & Adam Adnani
Short story show (creative summary)
Conext composition
&
Context OF RECEPTION
Background
● She has written many different novels which follow the same
theme
○ Family, identity, and community
● Popular piece of work that have the same themes and similar
message from Jen
○ “Typical American”
● Her well-known story Mona in the Promised Land, grew from
“What Means Switch”
AUthor’s Inspiration
— TARA FIckle
(American Rules and Chinese Faces: The Games of Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club")
Thanks for listening and
participating!
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Oct. 2020.
“Gish Jen Biography.” American, Ralph, Chinese, and Mona - JRank Articles,