Character Relationship Map: Take Out

Characters

• Ming Ding (played by Charles Jang) — protagonist
• Young (played by Jeng-Hua Yu) — protagonist
• Big Sister (played by Wang-Thye Lee) — supporting
• Wei (played by Justin Wan) — supporting
• Ming's Cousin (played by Eva Huang Shengyi) — supporting
• Ma (played by Jeff Huang) — supporting
• Portuguese Delivery (played by Maria Greenspan) — minor
• Horn Delivery (played by J.P. Partland) — minor
• Nice Tipper (played by Javier Cortes) — minor
• Older Sister (played by Renae McCullough) — minor
• Running Toddler (played by Sharinee McCullogh) — minor
• Mother with Children (played by Sandra McCullogh) — minor
• Fried Hard (played by Victor Sally) — minor
• First Delivery (played by Ethel Brooks) — minor
• Collector #2 (played by Joe Chien) — supporting
• Collector #1 (played by Shih-Yun Tsou) — supporting
• Second Delivery (played by Tanya Perez) — minor
• No Speakee English (played by Theodore Bouloukos) — minor
• Ming's Roommate #2 (played by Ed Jansen) — supporting
• Ming's Roommate (played by Waley Liu) — supporting

Story Analysis

A day-in-the-life narrative following an undocumented immigrant's desperate race to meet a financial deadline through relentless delivery work.

Plot Progression

1. The Immigrant Reality
2. The Debt and Deadline
3. The Financial Puzzle
4. The Race Against Time