In the novel "Bone", the author Fae Myenne Ng depicts the representation of assimilation of an ethnic minority through the main character Leila and her family. ... "I was locked into living Mah's and Leon's lives for them"(Ng, 109). ... Ng also represents Leila, as an individual who has is seemingly able to assimilate into American Culture and capitalist system but comes with the struggle of bearing her family's burdens, their incapability of leaving their Chinese heritage behind in order to pursuit their American Dream. ... "(Ng, 160) Both her parents a...

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