![]() ![]() My conscious brain might not remember, but something in me does.” Patron Saints of Nothing, 226-227 ![]() ![]() The foods your nose first smells and your tongue first tastes. “Surely the air your lungs first breathe matters. I deeply understood Jay’s insecurities about being raised apart from his heritage and not feeling “enough.” The bullet to the heart was when he was considered to be “basically white.” I think I was screaming in frustration then.Īnd lastly, this quote (Jay was born in the Philippines and moved to the U.S. People judge how “much” you are of a certain culture, which I do not understand at all because, I’m sorry, I didn’t realize there was a universal definition of what a Filipino (in Jay’s case) or (for me) Chinese is. I was Jay as Seth unintentionally invalidated his cultural background, and thus, a major piece of his identity. I personally winced during the part where Jay has a conversation with his friend about race (they don’t talk much about “feelings). ![]() He works towards removing that language barrier, and while he definitely is not fluent when the story ends, he’s trying and that matters for his journey of identity. Jay tries to move a little closer to his Filipino roots by visiting his family again but also by learning Tagalog. There were some things that Jay says related to language and questioning whether he *really* is Filipino that struck me to the core as a Chinese adoptee living in America. Discussion of diaspora, particularly the Filipino diasporaĭiaspora is at the heart of this story. 5 Reasons to Read Patron Saints of Nothing ![]()
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