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The story starts off by telling us that Kim is supposed to chose a new "English" name so that others can understand and pronounce it better. He chose the name "Jason". Jason Kim.

As the story moves on, we get to know that Kim was often excluded in school, not just by the students, but also by the teachers.

Kim starts to reject his Korean identity and we see that he even distances himself from his family just so that others don't see him as just another "Korean".

When Kim went to New York after graduating high school, people seemed to only want to know about what it was like to be Korean. To others, it seemed like nothing other than him being a Korean in America mattered. This made Kim upset because he wanted to just be seen as any other person perusing a career in New York.

One day, Kim was cast in an TV show called "Girls". He was immediately recognized by the media and young Asian Americans started to reach out to him.

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Kim was casted in the fourth season of Girls, and the reactions that he got, were clearly not the one an usual actor would have got. He appeared for like a millisecond, and by the blink of an eye, he got famous. It's not what you think but he was emotionally trolled for being an Asian - American actor. This incident, made him realise that how much discrimination Asian - Americans feel, just because where they have come from. This, was a shout to all all the Asian - Americans out there, to start raising their voices for being excluded and not getting fair chances.

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1. Have you had any experiences that helped you relate to Kim?

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1. Have you had any experiences that helped you relate to Kim?

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When I used to live in England, I often felt that I had to forget the fact that I was Indian because everyone used to think that I came from a poor place where we “went to school on elephants”. Then again, when I came back to India, I had to try and get rid of the accent that I had acquired while living abroad because everyone would think of it as something “special” and kept asking me to say something.
At first, those experiences made me feel bad and not accepted, but after some time even I started to feel that it was wrong and I was right to want to hide it. When I was around my family, I sort of felt like I had to somehow indirectly tell them how I felt.
Unfortunately, I gave into both situations. When I was in England, I never mentioned anything about my Indian or Hindu culture and then, when I came back to India, I worked extremely hard to get rid of my accent just so people wouldn't bother me. I feel like at least in the second situation, I could have stood my ground and just ignored the people who asked me to say things and instead of trying to get rid of it, I could have embraced it.

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1. Honestly, I never felt like a part of my identity was not accepted or encouraged. My family, friends and all those who are close to my heart, never made me feel like this. The biggest challenge, I ever faced was changing my school. It may sound simple, but in reality, it is pretty hard to settle in. It’s hard because we are going to a completely new environment. But, I did really well in merging with the surrounding and also cause I am a very extrovert person. So, all and all, I was always proud of myself for taking things smoothly.

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2. Nobody can ever be successful, by changing their identity. Even, Kim was not successful by changing his identity. We all have our own identities cause we all differ from each other in numerous ways. Personally, I will never change my identity, because, if I do so, I’ll loose my original self and become someone who was forced to be like this.

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3. People often follow the crowd because they want to blend in rather than standing out. It makes them feel insecure of being left alone in the corner. As such, there is no situation, I remember when I followed the crowd. I like to be original. There’s a quote I truly believe in. You can’t blend in, when you were born to stand out ~ Wonder.

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1. In the text, Kim felt like his Korean identity was not accepted at school in the Midwest. Have you ever felt like a part of your identity was not accepted or encouraged? How did that make you feel? What did you do?

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2. In the text, Kim attempts to change his Asian identity. Was he successful? Can you change your identity? Why or why not?

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3. In the text, Kim feels compelled to adopt certain practices of American culture.Why do people follow the crowd? Think about a time when you followed the crowd and why you did it.

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2. Have you ever followed the crowd? why?

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2. Have you ever followed the crowd? why?

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I actually end up following the crowd all the time. Especially in school, I like to blend in so that I don’t stand out too much. I also hide away things that make me unique so that only teachers know and students don’t make a big deal out of me. According to me, there are two types of people at school; the ones who want to stand out and be “popular” and the ones like me, who just want to blend in and just stay neutral. My best friend is someone who likes to be popular and stand out but she respects the fact that I like to lay low and not stand out too much.

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3. Was Kim able to change his true identity?

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3. Was Kim able to change his true identity?

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Kim wasn’t really able to change his identity but I feel that he internally changed it so that he would not feel different from the others. I also feel that Kim’s personality would have been different if he wasn’t the odd one out because he would be much more outgoing with the people around him.
Technically, you can’t change where you came from. But what you can do is change the way you perceive yourself and the people around you.
You can’t change where you came from because that’s just how things are. You can’t say you were born on Mars if you were born on Earth. On the other hand, you can change the way you feel because that is all based on your actions, behaviour and choices.

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People follow the crowd so that they can “fit in” and be accepted by the people around them. It is human nature to want to be around people and do things with them and when you follow the crowd, you become more likeable and hence, more people want to be around you and socialize with you.