Fact vs. Fiction – The book Dragonwings Is a historical fiction book, meaning the events in the book take place in historical periods of time and history. Such things are the events of immigration of the Chinese into America and the discovery of flight by the Wright Brothers. Although the characters in the book could have existed during the time, they are fictional and aren’t likely to have existed in history.
Time / Place – The book takes place during the 1900’s, (The years 1903 to 1910), Which was around the time that the Chinese were being brought into the United States for cheap labor. The book begins in a poor town in China and then transitions throughout the book to various locations in the U.S.
Eathquake of 1904
Cultural Bridge – This book relates to our culture today in ways that we still use people from other cultures for cheap labor with minimal wage. The culture that we focus on more today would be the Latin Americans or Hispanic people. We bring multiple amounts of this culture into our country to do labor and then we ship them back over the night and repeat the process because Americans are too lazy to do the work themselves, a problem we still haven’t resolved since the 1900’s.
Language and Craft - The book is a Historical Fiction written by Laurence Yep. The book's language is in mainly English although it also has pre-translations of Chinese so that the readers may understand what their saying.
Historical Connections
By: MickyFact vs. Fiction – The book Dragonwings Is a historical fiction book, meaning the events in the book take place in historical periods of time and history. Such things are the events of immigration of the Chinese into America and the discovery of flight by the Wright Brothers. Although the characters in the book could have existed during the time, they are fictional and aren’t likely to have existed in history.
Time / Place – The book takes place during the 1900’s, (The years 1903 to 1910), Which was around the time that the Chinese were being brought into the United States for cheap labor. The book begins in a poor town in China and then transitions throughout the book to various locations in the U.S.
Cultural Bridge – This book relates to our culture today in ways that we still use people from other cultures for cheap labor with minimal wage. The culture that we focus on more today would be the Latin Americans or Hispanic people. We bring multiple amounts of this culture into our country to do labor and then we ship them back over the night and repeat the process because Americans are too lazy to do the work themselves, a problem we still haven’t resolved since the 1900’s.
Language and Craft - The book is a Historical Fiction written by Laurence Yep. The book's language is in mainly English although it also has pre-translations of Chinese so that the readers may understand what their saying.