When I began reading American Born Chinese, I saw a very common theme in the threads of the story. Each of the main characters is looking for his identity in some way. What was different about this book was the way that the story moved along. Because of its use of comics to relate the story, more was able to be communicated in a shorter time.
In the two scenes where Jin and Wei-Chan are being introduced to the class, we see a very similar experience. These scene are not only extremely similar to each other (by purpose), but they closely resemble situations that most people face at some time in life. The times when we are introduced by someone else who keeps screwing up information about us. The lack of facial features on Jin and Wei-Chan in the panel when they are up front of the class allows the reader to place himself into the situation and feel like the person who is in front of the class. The interjected corrections by the boys are heard as muttered because of the facial expression, mouth shape, and word bubbles that are used. The blank expressions on the classes faces is also very typical of a class like this.
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