![]() ![]() However, once Jack is a little older, he begins to experience racism from neighbors and friends at school. ![]() When he’s young, the animals-like his Chinese identity-are a source of joy, something he easily embraces. Jack’s mother learned this skill from her own mother back in China, who made the same kinds of toys when she was young, so the animals become an embodiment of Jack’s Chinese lineage. He seems comfortable with his Chinese identity then, which is particularly apparent in his relationship to the paper animals that his mother makes-animals that she literally brings to life by breathing into them. When Jack is very young, he and his mother (who immigrated from China) are very close. ![]() In “The Paper Menagerie,” a biracial American boy named Jack struggles with-and eventually embraces-his Chinese heritage, showing how his identity can be both a source of discomfort and of joy. ![]()
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