To be frank, sentence structure wise, it's much nicer and clearer than last one. And the way you compare these two books is very original and intriguing.
Wanna yap something on this big topic, but too tired~.
As a Chinese immigrant with very similar background
>> with A very similar background
No matter what your background is, no matter how poor your family is, you have an equal chance to make it in America as long as you work hard.
>> No matter…., no matter are two sentences
No matter….. AND no matter?
However, near the end of the novel, we see Nan, disgusted by his realization that he has been making up excuses for not writing poems during all these years of pursuing the so-called American Dream, burns a bunch of banknotes.
>> We see Nan…..burn/burning a bunch of banknotes ?
see ***** do/doing sth