“Unmasking Expectations: How Hyeseung Song’s ‘Docile’ Shatters the Stereotypes of the Perfect Asian Girl”
Hyeseung is a first-generation American, born to Korean immigrant parents, and struggled with the unique culture shock that can result when your parents grew up in a very different context, a theme Hyeseung explores in beautiful detail, bringing the reader away from potential stereotypes.
As Hyeseung’s story progressed, so too did my empathy for her. Her struggles with depression were faintly familiar to me, as were her varying prescriptions to address that depression. One of the medications she is given triggers minor seizures and eventually amplifies her suicide ideations. When she attempts to overdose on Ambien while at Harvard—pursuing both a law degree and a doctorate at the same time—she is admitted to the Short Term Unit at McLean Hospital for several weeks.
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