"In Translation" by Jean Kwok details the struggles of an awckward young Asian girl who immigrates to the United States, where she isn't excepted by her rich white peers (big fucking surprise). She goes to school during the day and works in a factory with her single mother at night. Her infatuation with a guy at the factory blossoms into a physical relationship and biggity-bang, she earns herself a fuck trophy. Forced by her mother to keep the child, she has the kid and doesn't tell Matt, the father. The book ends with her unsure whether to tell her son about Matt, or let the kid grow up to be an Asian bastard with an awckward slut mom. Epilogue, 10 years later:
Ninja Volleyball Master
As Kimberly enters the room, she is met by her curious son, Jason. As she tells Jason that his father is Matt, he is forced to contemplate his existence on this earth. A vision comes to him in a dream. He is thrust into consciousness when he realizes his calling in life is to become the world’s greatest ninja volleyball player. He doesn’t know much about the sport, but with his mother’s intelligence and his father’s physical attributes, he would be sure to succeed at anything he put his heart into.
When Jason graduates from high school, he gets serious about his training. He feels a strong gravitational pull to his roots in China, and his mother is obliged to send him back for the elite ninja volleyball training he so desperately needs. When he arrives, he is instantly broken of his western ways. He is humbled and disciplined by masters of the sport. He trains night and day, readying himself to engage in fierce ninja volleyball guerilla.
Jason completes his training and comes back to America. He joins the Olympic ninja volleyball team, quickly earning the spot as the captain, and takes his team all the way to the top. The final match is with bitter ninja volleyball rivals, Ethiopia. The match is intense and Jason hurts his ankle on a reverse McGilla Cutty pile-driver spike. Fearing he can’t continue, he looks to the crowd for inspiration.
He sees his mother and Matt making out. “They must be back together”, he thought. Not sure if he should be overjoyed by the thought of his mother and father rekindling their love or absolutely grossed out by them making out, he chokes back his nausea and presses on. The ball is served by Ethiopia and it comes straight to Jason. He channels his all his emotions into one solid kick and returns fire, killing one of the opposing team’s forwards. He feels both terrible and overjoyed. By striking such a fatal blow, knows he just solidified his spot as the most feared ninja volleyball player ever, and would be the only man in history to kill someone with a volleyball to the jugular.
As Kimberly enters the room, she is met by her curious son, Jason. As she tells Jason that his father is Matt, he is forced to contemplate his existence on this earth. A vision comes to him in a dream. He is thrust into consciousness when he realizes his calling in life is to become the world’s greatest ninja volleyball player. He doesn’t know much about the sport, but with his mother’s intelligence and his father’s physical attributes, he would be sure to succeed at anything he put his heart into.
When Jason graduates from high school, he gets serious about his training. He feels a strong gravitational pull to his roots in China, and his mother is obliged to send him back for the elite ninja volleyball training he so desperately needs. When he arrives, he is instantly broken of his western ways. He is humbled and disciplined by masters of the sport. He trains night and day, readying himself to engage in fierce ninja volleyball guerilla.
Jason completes his training and comes back to America. He joins the Olympic ninja volleyball team, quickly earning the spot as the captain, and takes his team all the way to the top. The final match is with bitter ninja volleyball rivals, Ethiopia. The match is intense and Jason hurts his ankle on a reverse McGilla Cutty pile-driver spike. Fearing he can’t continue, he looks to the crowd for inspiration.
He sees his mother and Matt making out. “They must be back together”, he thought. Not sure if he should be overjoyed by the thought of his mother and father rekindling their love or absolutely grossed out by them making out, he chokes back his nausea and presses on. The ball is served by Ethiopia and it comes straight to Jason. He channels his all his emotions into one solid kick and returns fire, killing one of the opposing team’s forwards. He feels both terrible and overjoyed. By striking such a fatal blow, knows he just solidified his spot as the most feared ninja volleyball player ever, and would be the only man in history to kill someone with a volleyball to the jugular.
I'm pretty sure I'm either gonna fail this class or drive the professor to suicide.
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