why does it matter?

Read any story that we haven't read yet and write a review of the story and explain why it matters. Why should anyone care about the story/read?


 Baked beans and Burnt Toast
Backed beans and Burnt Toast is about a Asian Girl growing up in Australia but being 1st born in Australia and dealing with the fact that she really isn't Asian but really isn't Australian either. The reason I think we should read this story is because it asks us "where do you come from?" because in PG 332 "Where are you from Jacquie? Carlingford'" and "Yes but where was the hospital? oh in Chatswood I think" in these 2 quotes the author is asked where she comes from and she replies in Australia both times but because her looks are Asian and she is from Asian heritage they would think she is born in Asia not 1st born Australian. When she goes to Hong Kong she is asked in Cantonese if she speaks Cantonese but she cannot because she was born bred and raised in Australia and never learnt Cantonese. The Author then goes on to write "Lost in the gray area where the borders blur. East meets west, an ABC (Australian born Chinese)." This quote highlights what this story is about the 1st borns in a country who haven't learnt their ancestral language but are thought of what their parents are not where they were born.