American Born Chinese Response

My first impression of American Born Chinese a little confused. While reading there was an overlying comedic feel, but underneath there were significant stereotypes. When the little boy Jin Wang arrives at his new school his teacher mispronouced his name and assumed he was from China, when he was really from San Francisco. He was bullied because his classmates were not used to having friends with different cultural backgrounds as them. Also while reading, I felt as if each story had a strong moral. The Monkey story for sure. The moral being that God created everyone for a reason just the way they are, but the monkey tried to change himself into something bigger and stronger. In the end he ended up being punished.
On pages 32-33 Jin Wang is being harrassed. Three kids see Jin Wang sitting alone eating his lunch. Being the new kid and supposedly from a foregin country, he was the perfect target. One of the boys rudely says that Jin Wang is eating a dog, because he must have heard somewhere that Asians eat dog. He yells at Jin Wang to stay away from his dog. Jin Wang calmly sits there and says that they are only dumplings. One of the three kids gets annoyed by the first boys remarks and tells him to be cool man. They start to bicker back and forth, the rude boy calling him a pansy-box. The three boys start to walk away and say, "Come on. Let's leave bucktooth alone so he can enjoy Lassie." The third boy laughs and says, "HaHa, bucktooth!" I noticed he actually his big teeth and Jin Wang does not at all. Walking away the second boy who stood up for Jin Wang, turns his head and looks directly at him. As if to say he is sorry for how he is being treated. Jin Wang continues to sit alone and eat his dumplings.