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Throughout the book, Mona in the promised land, the main characters are faced with stereotypes which they cannot control. Stereotypes in society shape the way people are perceived. Everyone deals with their stereotype’s in a different way. The two charact ....

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.... am American." By telling her mother that she is an "American" girl, which implies to her mother that she is free to make her own decisions, Mona is trying to change the "Chinese" girl stereotype. This shows that Mona is a strong individual willing to fight stereotypes. Barbara Gugelstein is Jewish. It is brought up almost every time Barbara is talked about in the book. One of the first stereotypes that Barbara is faced with is the Jewish nose. Barbara asked her parents what a Jewish nose was and they told her that it is a large nose the classifies her as a Jew. According to her parents, a Jewish nose is unattractive. They also tell Barbara that ....