아시아계 이민자에 대한 감시와 미국적 규범: 『요주의 인물』을 중심으로
Surveillance on Asian Immigrants and American Decorum in A Person of Interest
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In A Person of Interest, Susan Choi portrays professor Lee’s harrowing experiences, who, unwittingly, becomes a victim of the relentless surveillance system operating against Asian immigrants in a midwestern conservative community. As an aftermath of a mail bomb explosion at his university, professor Lee automatically becomes a person of interest not only in the FBI investigation but also in the white populated community and in his work mainly because of his race. This paper examines how inherent racial discrimination is in different sectors of society in America and how the ideology of assimilation, in a form of scrutiny, can be harshly forced upon individuals for the ideals of model minority. By reconstructing Lee’s experiences in a literary frame, the author opens up a way toward grievances for the grief incurred to Lee, who is helplessly caught in the process of brutal exposure and self-flagellation for his past errors and misjudgement.
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In A Person of Interest, Susan Choi portrays professor Lee’s harrowing experiences, who, unwittingly, becomes a victim of the relentless surveillance system operating against Asian immigrants in a midwestern conservative community. As an aftermath of a mail bomb explosion at his university, professor Lee automatically becomes a person of interest not only in the FBI investigation but also in the white populated community and in his work mainly because of his race. This paper examines how inherent racial discrimination is in different sectors of society in America and how the ideology of assimilation, in a form of scrutiny, can be harshly forced upon individuals for the ideals of model minority. By reconstructing Lee’s experiences in a literary frame, the author opens up a way toward grievances for the grief incurred to Lee, who is helplessly caught in the process of brutal exposure and self-flagellation for his past errors and misjudgement.
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