Chang Rae Lee’s article, “An Immigrant Thanksgiving” is about his personal experience of celebrating Thanksgiving. He first sets the background setting by describing where his parents are immigrants: “My father and uncle wear the same brow-line style eyeglasses that have not yet gone out of fashion back in Seoul (Lee)”. He continues to mention his childhood memories by bringing up his mother’s hatred for bugs and pests, and “no matter what she does she can’t bar them or kill them, and she’s begun to think the only solution is to move.. (Lee)”. Bringing up korean food, such as kimbap and bulgogi to the dinner table is also one of the highlights throughout the article because it accentuates one of the main differences between the two communities in regards to cuisines: American food vs. Korean food. Thanksgiving was a big special event for him as a child because he didn’t eat much poultry. So the turkey they were planning on eating that night, was going to be one of the few nights that they eat that certain type of cuisine.
After reading this article, I reflected upon the ideas within the tensions between discourse communities. I realized that there will always be some sort of discourse between communities because of the conflicting ideas and cultures.
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