Drawing on the week 8 article by Daniel Eisen entitled “Identity Formation,” discuss the Asian American identity development of each of the following five individuals: Jin Wang (of the graphic novel American Born Chinese), Ben Tanaka (of the graphic novel Shortcomings), visual artist Dinh Q. Le, Sumita (of the short story “Clothes”), and Mary Uyematsu Kao (author of the week 8 article “Ma’s Killer Won-Ton Soup Recreating Ethnic Rituals”). Cite examples from their life experiences that provide evidence of the various stages of identity formation they may be undergoing at different periods of their lives. [For instance, Jin Wang experiences more than one stage of identity formation in American Born Chinese, so you need to discuss all the stages he goes through. Strengthen your analysis of these stages by drawing upon/discussing various key scenes from the novel that highlight the stages of identity formation he experiences.] By the end of their respective “stories,” do all five individuals end up at the same stage of Asian American identity formation, or are they at different stages relative to each other? Also, you should consider if any particular stages of identity formation (for example, the White identification stage, the pan-ethnic Asian American consciousness stage, and so forth) seem to be viewed more positively than others, and if so, why do you think this might be?