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The Emissaries of Tze-Yo-Tzuh
Jin’s third grade teacher. Though Mrs. Greeder makes an attempt to defend Jin from a classmate’s racist remark, she behaves in unwittingly racist ways herself when she mispronounces Jin’s name and believes that since he’s Chinese he must’ve come from China. Mrs. Greeder also validates Timmy’s suggestion that Jin and other Chinese people regularly eat dogs.
Mrs. Greeder Quotes in American Born Chinese
The American Born Chinese quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Greeder or refer to Mrs. Greeder. 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 2
Quotes
“Class, I’d like us all to give a warm Mayflower welcome to your new friend and classmate Jing Jang!”
“Jin Wang.”
“Jin Wang! He and his family moved to our neighborhood all the way from China!”
“San Francisco.”
“San Francisco!”
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“My momma says Chinese people eat dogs.”
“Now be nice, Timmy! I’m sure Jin doesn’t do that! In fact, Jin’s family probably stopped that sort of thing as soon as they came to the United States!”
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“Class, I’d like us all to give a big Mayflower Elementary welcome to your new friend and classmate Chei-Chen Chun!”
“Wei-Chen Sun.”
“Wei-Chen Sun! He and his family recently moved to our neighborhood all the way from China!”
“Taiwan.”
“Taiwan!”
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Mrs. Greeder Quotes in American Born Chinese
The American Born Chinese quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Greeder or refer to Mrs. Greeder. 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 2
Quotes
“Class, I’d like us all to give a warm Mayflower welcome to your new friend and classmate Jing Jang!”
“Jin Wang.”
“Jin Wang! He and his family moved to our neighborhood all the way from China!”
“San Francisco.”
“San Francisco!”
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Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
“My momma says Chinese people eat dogs.”
“Now be nice, Timmy! I’m sure Jin doesn’t do that! In fact, Jin’s family probably stopped that sort of thing as soon as they came to the United States!”
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Page Number and Citation:
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“Class, I’d like us all to give a big Mayflower Elementary welcome to your new friend and classmate Chei-Chen Chun!”
“Wei-Chen Sun.”
“Wei-Chen Sun! He and his family recently moved to our neighborhood all the way from China!”
“Taiwan.”
“Taiwan!”
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