1. Realism
Chinese Immigration

2. IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA
Pull Factors Economic Opportunity California Gold Mines American Railroads
Push Factors Political Reasons Economic Factors Famine in China
Challenges Language Barriers Adapting to a new culture Job Competition Legal System

3. IMMIGRATION PROCESS Immigration Process Arrive at Angel Island Station
Temporary stay in barracks
Long Inspections
Medical Processing
Legal Processing
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1872
Placed restrictions on Chinese Immigration
Act banned in 1940s

4. FEATURED WRITER: SUI SIN FAR (FIRST EURASIAN WRITER)
Multicultural Background
“Parents marriage considered an unusual union”
Diverse Locations
New York, Montreal, Jamaica, Seattle, San Francisco

5. FEATURED WRITER: SUI SIN FAR (LITERARY BACKGROUND)
Wrote under a pseudonym
Sui Sin Far (Water Lily)
Began career as a journalist
Openly identified herself as Chinese American and explained her bi-racial heritage to readers
Writing Style
Sentimentalism mixed with realism
Popular themes include biculturalism, interracial marriage, racism, and sexism
Published mainly collections of short stories

6. FEATURED WRITER: SUI SIN FAR
Special headstone on her tomb inscribed with the characters “Yi bu wang hua” “The righteous one does not forget China.”