Through this short story, we can see the similarity of Louie's other short story Birthday, which both show how Asian American man's masculinity and identity are shaped by the white society. ... Pang's masculine characters is defined by the dominant white figure in the American society. ... White working men sought to maintain their "superiority" by limiting Asian men to less "masculine" forms of work. ... This already shows that his masculine is not clearly shown. ... It's through this relationship that his masculine is defamed because he loses to a Japanese man. ...

• Word Count: 1245
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The way that the Black masculine man was portrayed throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s was this big and bad tough guy. ... Although some of these illustrate the true identity of black makes, I cannot agree with all of it. ...

• Word Count: 842
• Approx Pages: 3