"As the Crow Flies"

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This paper looks at the influences that the writer's upbringing has on the writing of the play. The writer, of American Chinese descent, examines the delicate relationship between a Black maid and her Chinese boss. The writer manages to stress the common traits in people of different cultures.

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"In this short play, Chinese-American author David Henry Hwang applies multi-cultural beliefs and observations to a simple setting, and in doing so ultimately brings forth a melding of worlds and dimensions. The title, "As the Crow Flies," indicates that a direct path is going to be used to arrive at a desired destination. Hwang uses humor as a tool to transcend the contrasting cultures and races, and to reveal universal similarities of people regardless of race or cultural stereotyping. His humor also keeps the audience completely unaware of all that is actually taking place in front of them until the final moment, and keeps them unprepared for the revelation of the inevitable destination symbolized by the crow."

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