Summary Of Land Of The Giants By Alex Tizon

Reading Response #2 ‘Land Of The Giants’ In the essay ‘Land Of The Giants’, author Alex Tizon tells us his story about how the America dream changes him and his parents. Tizon and his parents were originally from the Philippines. They abandoned their native language, moved to California and tried for a better life. Thinking that the American dream would just happen to them, they were in for a rude awakening. They soon realized to be successful, you need to look the part. Tizon’s father started stretching his nose every day. Slowly trying to elongate the bridge of his nose to change the anatomy. He also started learning to speak English more fluent. He started eating more to gain weight and look bigger, try to compete with the giant