Asian american experience

China Men and America is in the heart both novels are written to describe the immigration and assimilation experience of Asian Americans. The former is written by Maxine Kingston the latter is by Carlos Bulosan, both writers focus on the exploitation of immigrants by the white citizens and better established Asian immigrants. The process of exploitation benefited Maxine Kingston while nearly destroyed Carlos Bulosan. In this essay I will use two examples from each novel to demonstrate the process of exploitation and it's affects on both writers.
The struggle of the immigrants from the Far East to acquire a place in American society can only be compared in its harshness to the struggle of former Black slaves and Native Americans. The plight of assimilation for Asian Americans was marked by violence, exclusion and severe exploitation. Traveling across the Pacific Ocean Chinese immigrants came to the gates of Angel Island to escape the hardships of their homeland and to return wit...