American Born Chinese Humility Quotes

Wong Lao-Tsai is the model of humility in the book. Why? Because he's naturally that way. No one forces him to be humble and serve Tze-Yo-Tzuh. Tze-Yo-Tzuh doesn't bully him into helping others. The key to Wong Lao-Tsai's nature? Love (and logic): "'I am no more worthy of love than you, yet Tze-Yo-Tzuh loves me deeply and faithfully, providing for my daily needs. How can I not respond in kind?'" The monk's got a point.

The Monkey King meets his opposite, Wong Lao-Tsai. We'll just point out that the Monkey King ends up becoming a model of humility. Why? Because he sees Wong Lao-Tsai physically suffer on a roasting pit for the Monkey King's stubborness. By the way, if you're thinking "Hey, this is a lot like Jesus dying on a cross or something," you're definitely not far off.

Danny's fight with Chin-Kee results in their return to their true forms: Jin and the Monkey King. What's neat about their final reveal is how simple the panels look once they return to their original forms. The fight makes them larger-than-life characters, literally: Danny and Chin-Kee both look huge and their violent body parts extend outside of the panel frames. But once they become Monkey and Jin, the picture immediately becomes subdued: it's just a little monkey and a teenaged boy facing each other. It's as simple and down-to-earth as the book gets.