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Hsu's Zines

These creative objects symbolize Hsu's expression and youthful energy and ambitions during college.

Mix Tapes

These objects represented points of cultural connection between Hsu and his friends and family all throughout Hsu's youth.

Hsu's First Dorm Living Situation at College

This represents Hsu's introduction into adulthood and his process of connecting more deeply with peers his own age for the first time at Berkeley.

Derrida's Ideas of Friendship

These philosophies are influential and vital to Hsu's own ideas about friendship in his formative early adult years.

Nirvana

This musical group represents an alternative, edgy angst that Hsu connects strongly with.

"God Only Knows"

At first, this song represents beautiful, enchanting harmonies to Hsu, but after Ken's death he can not bear to listen to it.

The Last Dragon

Hsu and Ken bonded deeply over this film and its representations of Asians, even using it as a...

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