摘要
Gish Jen is a second generation Chinese American writer, and she has drawn much attention from American readers and critics. Mona in the Promised Land by Gish Jen is the canon of American initiation stories. The novel concerns the growth experience of the second generation of Chinese American, the protagonist Mona Chang. The paper analyses the initiation theme of the novel from the perspectives of puzzlement, epiphany and guide in the journey of Mona＇s growth.
