When my teacher looked at my paper, she gave me a big hug. And this time I wrote YOON on every line. The next day at school, I could hardly wait to print. I like how the book shows Yoon’s progress in learning English, and, in turn, slowly being receptive to the American culture. Yoon is too young to understand it, but learning to speak, read, and write in English is very important, especially when you’re thrust into the real world. It implicitly tackles the subject of language and literacy. My Name Is Yoon does not only speak of the immigrant experience. I also liked how the two cultures were represented in that passage.Įnglish As the Universal Language. I liked how she tried to reason with her father to no avail. I enjoyed reading the excerpt above because Yoon was simply adorable. Yoon has an underlying fear of losing her cultural identity, the thing that defines and shapes who she is. He showed me how to print every letter in the English alphabet.
But my father handed me a pencil, and his eyes said Do-as-I-say. “Remember, even when you write in English, it still means Shining Wisdom.” “And in Korean my name means Shining Wisdom. You must learn to print your name in English,” he said. This can be seen in the conversation below that Yoon had with her father. While I cannot speak for Koreans and their culture, Yoon values hers so much that she rejects change. Yoon is an example of a child who not only struggles in a new environment but also refuses to be part of that environment. Going to a new school is a completely different experience from, say, moving to a new country. It is in school that I think immigrant children make the most adjustments. Children who go to school spend more time with their friends than they do with their family. School plays a key role in a child’s social development. On School Blues and Losing One’s Identity.
It tells the story of a little Korean girl named Yoon and the life changes she experiences as she starts a new life in a foreign place. The country focus in this picture book is America. Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC)Īs we continue with our bimonthly theme, Festival of Asian Literature and the Immigrant Experience, I share with you My Name is Yoon, written by Helen Recorvits and illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska.Literary Voyage Around The World Reading Challenge 2018.#WomenReadWomen2019 (A Year Of Women Reading Women) Reading Progress.#ReadIntl2020 (Year Of International Literature) Reading Progress.#DecolonizeBookshelves2022 Reading Progress.#DecolonizeReading2023 Reading Progress.
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