All these things make her believe that Jamaica does not hold anything for her, and therefore she is fully American. Natasha is also proud of the fact that she does not have a Jamaican accent, and she does not reminisce about her childhood in Jamaica. She passionately rejects her Jamaican roots and clings to her American identity since she believes that doing so is the only way through which she can make it in America. In addition to the fact that Daniel was born in the U.S., whereas Natasha was not, the major difference setting the two apart is that the parents of Natasha overstayed a tourist visa, and lived under the radar for many years so as to avoid deportation.īeing an illegal immigrant is extremely anxiety-inducing to Natasha, and has a great influence in the manner in which she conceptualizes her identity as an American. when she was six years old, while Natasha and her mother followed two years later. Samuel and Patricia, the parents of Natasha, emigrated in waves: Samuel moved to the U.S. Dae Hyun and Min Soo, Daniel’s parents, relocated to the U.S. The lives of both Natasha and Daniel are shaped by the facts surrounding the immigration of their parents to the United States. While Daniel inhabits the gray area between being fully Korean and fully American, Natasha sees herself as being entirely American.
Both of them are immigrants: Natasha’s family illegally immigrated to the United States from Jamaica when she was eight years old, while Daniel is a second-generation Korean-American. The novel follows seventeen-year-olds Natasha and Daniel through their one-day romance in New York City.
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