The Year of the Dragon (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Frank Chin
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Social
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: San Francisco’s Chinatown
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: Values, 1970’s, Family or family life, Self-discovery, Race, Prejudices or antipathies, San Francisco, Chinese Americans
- Locales: San Francisco, CA, Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Characters Discussed
Fred Eng, a Chinese American travel agent and tourist guide, head of Eng’s Chinatown Tour ’n Travel. Fred, the eldest son of Pa Eng, is in his forties, unmarried, and balding. Born in China and brought by Pa to San Francisco when an infant, Fred feels neither Chinese nor fully assimilated American Chinese. His job, which he despises, makes him conform to the American stereotype of the Chinese American, epitomized in the play by the American film character Charlie Chan. Although he must live and work in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Fred hates the place....
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