Ethnic assimilation has existed since the birth of the American Dream as immigrants have traveled across land looking for opportunity within the United States. ... He refuses to let go his "Chineseness", which results in the closing of his family laundry, constant shipping out overseas, and numerous unmanageable jobs, proving his failure to attain the "dream". ... Fae Myenne Ng's novel "Bone" depicts the idea that the possibility attaining the "American Dream" regardless of an individual's culture, gender, and history is deluded. There is an es...

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• Grade Level: Graduate