I think that if I heard just that part of the story I’d agree.īut here’s the thing. The day that the story is set in, Daniel has a college interview for Yale. His older brother, who is portrayed as somewhat self-righteous, isn’t really helping him in his situation. While he believes in love and destiny, his parents are set much more on the concrete, hard results in life - namely, his future college and career. Daniel is the second son of a first-generation Korean immigrant family, himself being in the second generation.
I found myself being surprised at how incredibly, for lack of a better word, accurate the storyline was. I myself am a Korean American immigrant and I wanted to speak to Daniel’s experience in the book, which is in fact quite riveting. The other follows Daniel, a Korean American immigrant who is on the verge of a pivotal cornerstone in his life. One follows the story of Natasha, an undocumented Jamaican immigrant who is on the verge of being deported back to her home country. There are two storylines that the book follows - both of immigration. Now, three years later after I’ve read the book and have grown into a much different person than I was then, I can confidently say that the most notable feature of that book is not the light reading experience that it gives, but its narrative of the immigration experience. I distinctly remember that I was so relaxed by the easy, light reading experience that it gave, and I went out and bought a copy that night. I first read the “ Sun Is Also a Star” by Nicola Yoon in 8th grade, when I read the first few bits of it from my friend’s copy during English class.
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