Shirleys first year

By tb11329

  • invited to speak

    You are to be invited to speak as a child, this is Chinese custom. Bandit celebrates the New Year holidays and in the midst of the holiday carelessly causes dishes to be broken.

  • bonding

    A bonding takes place with Shirley's peers as they share an interest in the national pastime.

  • Bandit begs

    Bandit begs, "Please, please, I will never do it again." Grandmother and Grandfather explain that this is not a punishment but that Bandit's father has called for her to come to America, along with her mother. America will now be their home. They will not be returning to Chungking.

  • bad luck

    This means bad luck for three hundred and sixty-five days! Grandmother will be so upset. When sent to Grandmother, she informs Bandit that she will be sent away

  • hard for children to enter schools

    You see how hard it is for the children to enter the schools not knowing the language or the characteristics of the people in a different country.

  • bandits father wants them to join him

    Bandit’s father has sent for Bandit and her mother to join him in New York City.

  • Shirley

    All her life, Bandit has lived with her many relatives in the clan’s compound in Chungking, China. Although she is sad to leave them, she is also excited about going to America. At the New Year’s celebration, Bandit chooses her new American name: Shirley Temple Wong.

  • Shirley makes friends

    With the constant support of her mother and father, she eventually makes friends.

  • Jackie becomes a metaphore

    Jackie Robinson becomes a metaphor for Shirley's own struggles to assimilate and achieve whatever dreams she may have.

  • you are invited to speak as a child

    You are to be invited to speak as a child, this is Chinese custom. Bandit celebrates the New Year holidays and in the midst of the holiday carelessly causes dishes to be broken