In Ken Liu’s short story, “The Paper Menagerie,” Jack’s identity changes and develops through his action. At the story’s beginning, Jack’s mom made a paper tiger for Jack on Christmas night, which was emphasized by the author as an extremely important representation throughout the story. That indicates to the audience that the paper tiger was the main symbol that represents the mom’s love to Jack. Later, Jack played with his neighbor Mark. However, Mark ridiculed Jack’s paper tiger because of the tiger’s shabbiness, which revealed the severe prejudice on Asians from the Americans to the readers. As a result, these events caused Jack to suspect and question his mom why she made such shabby Chinese toys for him. He was crossed, angry, and desperate for what his mom had done to him. The audience could probably imagine how severe Jack hated his mom because of Mark through his actions. However, Jack altered his mind after his mom passed away since he read the letter his mom wrote which included many information such as personal background. He felt regretted for what he had done to his mom. The plot revealed that Jack’s actions were well-reflected under a condition with prejudice and a lousy relationship with his mom, but felt regret after he read his mom’s last letter before her death.