I Was a Member of the Kung Fu Crew

Organization and Ideas

1. Paragraph 1：Lau met his Kung Fu Crew members a year ago and started to talk the Kung Fu in the early 1990's China by the story.
    Paragraph 2 ~4：Law was in eighth grade and has the great physical strength. And then , the author started to introduce the categories of the kids in Chinatown.
    Paragraph 5：Introduce how the hair is important in determining one's order on the street.
    Paragraph 6：When the examination of the hair is sufficient, the writer introduced how the pants is important in determining one's order on the street.
    Paragraph 7 ~12：Lau wrote somthing about what had the K.F.C. done in Chinatown.
    Paragraph 13：The K.F.C. disbanded.

2. There are four categories of kids in Chinatown. First, the pale-faced kids who study all the time to get into the Ivies are regarded as nerds. Second, the kids with uncombed hair and crooked teeth who sing karaoke in bars are the recent immigrants. Third, the kids with high-lighted hair who cut school, and the gangsters, whom everyone else avoids are viewed as the punks. The last category is K.F.C. They worked hard like the nerds, but they identify with the punks.

3. I think the writer's point is to show the readers how the apperance, such as hair, pants, and school bags, is important to the kids in Chinatown. Through the differences between the other groups, kids can find their own self- esteem and self- approval.

4. To Lau, Chinatown is his hometown and his spirit belongs to there. The author lived in Chinatown for a longtime and also had the great time with his friends to amble on the Canal Street. All of these shaped the magnificent memory of living there. As a result, Lau gradually has the identity of being the member of Chinatown.

5. I think Lau's thesis is explicit. Because Chinatown is a ghetto, it may remain many customs of the imigrants. Therefore, the whole essay supports this idea and the author also takes pride in his own culture.