But as soon as they have read a number of these stories about the struggles and conflicts between two cultures, second generation Asian Americans, whether they be of Chinese, Japanese or Korean descent, are less powerfully attracted to them, and these works gradually come to form an ossified genre that has worked its way into a cul-de-sac. The level of readership is naturally limited.
但一旦這類兩種文化間掙扎、衝突的故事看多了，無論背景是中美，或是日美、韓美的兩代情懷，吸引力會越來越低，成為死胡同中的定型文學，讀者層面自然益發侷限。