Perspectives of Ethical Identity in Ng's Steer toward Rock and Jen's Mona in the Promised Land

In her article "Perspectives of Ethical Identity in Ng's Steer toward Rock and Jen's Mona in the Promised Land" Hui Su examines Fae Myenne Ng's and Gish Jen's novels. In the novels, the protagonists make different decisions: in Steer Toward Rock Jack after displacement in China adopts US-American identity and in Mona in the Promised Land Mona, a second generation Chinese American, selects Jewish identity. Owing to their different situations, the two protagonists reflect challenges of identity building in the case of the "Other" in US-American culture and society. Su argues that Ng and Jen, although varying in their perspectives, suggest enlightening views in their configurations of identity building in order to re-examine US-American literature and culture. Hui Su, "Perspectives of Ethical Identity in Ng's Steer toward Rock and Jen's Mona in the Promised Land" page 2 of 7 CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 17.5 (2015): Special Issue Fiction and Ethics in the Twenty-first Century. Ed. Zhenzhao Nie and Biwu Shang