Autobiography of a Nation

by Dillon Yi
(Title Pending)

Named after the song of the same name by the American post-hardcore band, Thursday, Autobiography of a Nation is a true story of a young Asian American boy growing up in a small rural country town in South Georgia learning how to be a man.

Losing both his parents at a young age, Dillon was adopted into an abusive and traumatic household where the slightest misstep would mean suffering.

Isolated from society and emotionally chained, Dillon had a yearning for love and deep friendships that were denied to him out of jealousy and spite. Even some of his family members and friends from public school were unaware of what was happening behind closed doors into the late recesses of the night.

He found solace in media including books, games, magazines, music, radio, television, and the internet. He recalls receiving hand-me-downs and fixing computers in his basement from spare parts to nourish his desire for learning and making connections with the world.