When one is exposed to two cultures, he or she encounters a conflict within himself or herself. Gotanda's The Wash is concerned with the conflict between old Japanese values, represented by Nobu, and new values in a new changing social and cultural climate, represented by his wife, Masi. The study aims at giving a true image of the Asian American man and woman through demonstrating historical facts, such as Internment camps; Asian American stereotype, such as woman's passivism and submission; the injustice, and racial discrimination of the white.