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Baltasar Espinosa's Jing-Mei Journey

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To summarize, these two stories are comparable to each other. A pair of tickets mainly focus on Jing-mei journey as she discover information on her Chinese background where as in Jorge piece, Baltasar Espinosa is introduced to a different setting and gain more insight about the villagers and their customs. My focus for this comparative analysis is to use the elements of characterization and symbolism while elaborating on my theme. Jing- mei is a thirty six year old Chinese American embark on a voyage with her father to find meanings on her ethnicity. At the age of fifteen she constantly denied her Chinese background. Her mother had passed away few years back and always told her that someday she’ll appreciate her heritage. In the passage it

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