Read this passage from Dragonwings by Laurence Yep. During those trips alone among the demons, Father
and I learned things about one another; and more, we
learned about being a father and a son. Every trip was
an adventure into a strange, fearful city; and yet I felt
safe by my father's side. Anyone who could laugh and
tell stories and jokes and sing while he was alone among
the demons must know what he was doing. In my own
mind, Father was the embodiment of Uncle's superior
man.
Only once during all those trips did we have any
trouble. Some demon boys were out in the street. They
stooped as if to pick up things to throw, and Father
whispered to me to sit up straight and not show I was
afraid. The demon boys called out some things, but we
ignored them until we had passed them by. A rock
whizzed by my ear and hit Red Rabbit in the side. He
snorted, but plodded on as steadily as before.
How does this passage show the types of problems
Chinese immigrants faced in the early 1900s?
O The boys are throwing rocks at the narrator and his
father because they are Chinese.
The narrator calls the boys demons instead of calling
them Americans.
The horse has a traditional Chinese name, Red
Rabbit, instead of an American name.
The narrator and his father ignore the boys instead of
confronting them for their actions.