Charlie Chan is Dead

Charlie Chan is dead. Charlie Chan was very stereotypical of what most America at the time thought Asian were. Smart, loyal, trustworthy, patient, educated, and full of wisdom. Yes, Asian are these things however they felt that by begin labeled this way they were limited. In my opinion this book did limit Asian. Even in today’s day and time we still limit Asian individuals this way. The first thing that comes to my mind when I think about a Asian individual is that they must be smart and educated. Asians have been trying to break these stereotypes of Charlie Chan since his conception. I think that the thing that bothers them the most is that Charlie Chan was created by a white man that lived in Ohio who thought that he was doing something to help a community which in fact he did something to hurt it.
"Charlie," said Sally Jordan.
"Yes, Miss Sally." He turned, smiling, to face her.
"What was that you said about the burden dropping from your sholder? The delectable thud?"
"Now vacation begins," he said. "All my life I have unlimited yearning to face the wonders of this mainland. Moment are now at hand. Care-free and happy, not like crossing on ship. There all time pearls rest heavy on stomach, most indigestible, like sour rice. Not so now."
Madame Jordan shook her head"I'm sorry, Charlie," she said. "I'm going to ask you to eat one more bowl of sour rice. For me-for auld lang syne."
In this passage Charlie is asked to put aside his on feeling and longing to aid Madame Jordan. He is asked to do this because; being the loyal, trustworthy person Madame Jordan knows he is, she knows he won't turn her down. She knows that he will be patient and take whatever she throw his way. Farther stretch of the stereotypical Asian.