jiamin's comic (english)
TRANSCRIPT
By Jiamin Chen
Class P
One child Policy was very serious in China in order to control Chinese population. A couple can't have more than one child. During 1990s, the economy was very bad in China. Many People didn't have jobs, Including my father. Our family was punished seriously because we had two illegal Children. My Father had no choice. He came the U.S.A. to find a job to get money to support our family.
JiaMin- i was born in 1995s in
China. i like fashion design. i wanted to record my father's difficult as a graphic novel. i lived with my mom and brother in china until 2009, when my father brought us came to America . Now, I am a student from brooklyn international high School. i am happy to have finished the project.
chinese map.
Changle- grandpa'shouse in China
Fuzhou- where we lived before moved to grandpa's house
Hello!
Daddy, school
have a project. i
want to ask you.
did you have
difficult
years?! Well. Yeah... I am going
to tell you how does one child policy effects us during
the 1995.
Hmm... Who am i
going to interview?
all right. i
got it.
The economy was so bad during 1995 in China.
Many people were had no jobs, including my father.
Also, one child policy is very serious in China.
But, i was born during 1995s. The first child in our family.
A girl!!
I hope you
can born a boy in next
year.
After that, your grandfather came to our house to discuss to born a boy.
But, daddy! Our family is not
rich. We don't have enough money to support more
children.
Oh! all right. i knew that.
Yes! dad. We all knew we can't have one more children.
I will think about that after you born boy!
Later,our family moved to grandpa's house in the village.
Next year (1996), my brother was born. Father still had no job. our family became more poor.
After, grandpa came to our house to discussed with my father. We must move to village.
Well! you know the end. huh~~
I think we
should send jiamin to live with her
aunt
One day, Grandpa came to FATHER'S ROOM DISCUSSED WITHE FATHER. hE WANTS TO
SEND ME LIVE WITH MY
aUNT
Father, I don't...
What did you think? did You want to send me to AUNt there?
Humm...Hehe...
Father! i disagreed.
Please, i want to take care of my
daughter.
A year later.
A Group of people from the government found us. They told us to pay the money for the second child. we don't protect. we all knew the one child policy was very serious in china. So we paid for the second child. After that, our family lived more hard without those money.
A few months later. Father came to america. A strange place. nobody with him there. He started to find a job to get money to support our family.
Take care! I will miss you!!
I will. you have to take care,
too!
nInE YEARS LATER, FATHER
BROUGHT US TO aMERICA.
fINALLY, oUR FAMILY CAME
TOGETHER. tHE REAL
HAPPINESS CAME TO US. bUT,
IT IS NOT EASy TO CAME.
The end!
All right.
Finished the
story. got go
to do your
homework.
Well. All right. Bye bye, daddy!
dURING THESE 9 YEARS, fATHER WAS WORKING FOR MANY HOURS FOR EACH. ONLY tRIED, LONEY, SAD WITH HIM.