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Amelia Harris
A blond boy with curly hair in Jin’s class. When Jin first moves to the suburbs, Greg stands up for Jin when Timmy taunts and harasses him, and though Greg seems potentially interested in getting to know Jin, he also puts a lot of stock into maintaining his social status. This is why, in seventh grade, Greg stands up for Amelia when Timmy sexually harasses her, but later tells Greg to stay away from Amelia to preserve Amelia’s popularity. In this way, Greg shows himself to be someone who may know how to behave kindly, but he allows social pressure—much of it racist—to dictate how he chooses to act. Greg’s hair is the inspiration for Jin to perm his own hair, and it’s likely that Greg is the basis for Jin’s white persona as Danny later in the novel.
Greg Quotes in American Born Chinese
The American Born Chinese quotes below are all either spoken by Greg or refer to Greg. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8
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“It’s just that she’s a good friend and I want to make sure she makes good choices, you know? We’re almost in high school. She has to start paying attention to who she hangs out with.
Aw, geez. Look, Jin. I’m sorry. That sounded way harsher than I meant it to. I just don’t know if you’re right for her, okay? That’s all.”
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I replayed the day’s events over and over again in my mind. Each time I reached the same conclusion: Wei-Chen needed to hear what I had to say. It was, after all, the truth. And at around three in the morning, I finally believed myself.
I dreamt of the herbalist’s wife.
“So, little friend. You’ve done it. Now what would you like to become?”
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Greg Quotes in American Born Chinese
The American Born Chinese quotes below are all either spoken by Greg or refer to Greg. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 8
Quotes
“It’s just that she’s a good friend and I want to make sure she makes good choices, you know? We’re almost in high school. She has to start paying attention to who she hangs out with.
Aw, geez. Look, Jin. I’m sorry. That sounded way harsher than I meant it to. I just don’t know if you’re right for her, okay? That’s all.”
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I replayed the day’s events over and over again in my mind. Each time I reached the same conclusion: Wei-Chen needed to hear what I had to say. It was, after all, the truth. And at around three in the morning, I finally believed myself.
I dreamt of the herbalist’s wife.
“So, little friend. You’ve done it. Now what would you like to become?”
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