Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Crazy Rich Asians, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Wealth and Absurdity
Marriage and Money
Family vs. Individuality
Chinese vs. Western Culture
Summary
Analysis
Peik Lin bursts into her parents’ screening room and tells Wye Mun and Neena that she just came from Nick’s grandma’s house—and the house is huge and sits on at least 50 acres. She and Wye Mun try to find Tyersall Park on Google Earth, but it doesn’t exist on the map. Wye Mun, a property developer for the last 40 years, is intrigued. He and Peik Lin decide to drive to the property, which from the road, looks uninhabited and just like it’s part of the neighboring Botanic Gardens.
Again, it’s an intriguing detail that Tyersall Park doesn’t show up on Google Earth. Given Peik Lin’s earlier assessment that the Youngs are “richer than God,” this invites the possibility that they paid to keep their property off of a public forum. This way, the Youngs get to control how—or if—anyone interacts with them, further cementing their power.
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