When a tourist travels to the unknown (the karate kid)

The Karate Kid is the story of Dre Parker, An American boy who moves from United States to China because of his mother’s job. His mother is a traveler and is quick in adapting to the change, but Dre is more of a tourist since he has little experience as a traveler and it is lost at China. It is made Difficult for him to adapt to China and is seen making some fools mistake like wearing the uniform on causal day and not knowing how the bathtub in China works. Throughout the story he is able to turn his life in China to more of a traveler life and begins to learn martial arts in order to defend himself from some bullies and understand more the culture in China. At the ends he becomes an outsider who has fit perfectly into Chinas lifestyle.

                12-year-old Dre Parker  and his mother, Sherry arrive in Beijing from West Detroit to start a new life since Sherry got a job at China. Dre develops a crush on a young violinist, Mei Ying , who enjoys his company, but Cheng,  a kung fu prodigy, attempts to keep them apart by beating Dre, and later bullying him. During a particularly brutal beating by Cheng and his friends, the maintenance man of Dre's building, Mr. Han, comes to Dre's aid, revealing himself as a kung fu master who adeptly dispatches Cheng and his friends.

After Han mends Dre's injuries using fire cupping, they go to Cheng's teacher, Master Li, to attempt to make peace, but the brutal Li, challenges Dre to a fight with Cheng. When Han declines, Li threatens him, saying that they will not be allowed to leave his school unless either Dre or Han himself fights. Han acquiesces, but insists the fight take place at an upcoming tournament, and that Li's students leave Dre alone until the tournament. The amused Li agrees.

Han begins training Dre, but Dre is frustrated that Han merely has Dre spend hours taking off his jacket, hanging it up, dropping it, and then putting it back on again. After days of this, Dre refuses to continue, until Han demonstrates to him that the repetitive arm movements in question were Han's method of teaching Dre defensive block and strike techniques, which Dre is now able to display instinctively when prompted by Han's mock attacks. Han emphasizes that the movements use in life are also used in martial arts, and that serenity and maturity, not punches and power, are the true keys to mastering the martial arts. During one lesson in the Mountains, Dre notices a female kung fu practitioner  apparently copying the movements of a cobra before her, but Han informs him that it was the cobra that was imitating the woman, as in a mirror reflection. Dre wants Han to teach him this technique, which includes linking Han's hand and feet to Dre's via bamboo shafts while practicing their forms, but Dre's subsequent attempt to use this reflection technique on his mother is unsuccessful.

As Dre's friendship with Mei Ying continues, she agrees to attend Dre's tournament, as does Dre her upcoming recital. Dre and Mei Ying  cut school for a day of fun, this cause her to almost arrive late fr her violin recital, her parents deemed him as bad influence, and forbid her from spending any more time with him. Later, when Dre finds Mr. Han despondent, he learns of his wife and son's deaths, which occurred years ago when he lost control of his car while arguing with his wife. Dre reminds Han that one of his lessons was in perseverance, and that Han needs to heal from his loss, and tries to help him do so. Han then assists Dre in reading a note, in Chinese, of apology to Mei Ying's father, who, impressed, allows Mei to attend the tournament.

 At the tournament, Dre is slow to achieve parity with his opponents, but soon begins to beat them, and advances to the semifinals, as does Cheng, who violently finishes off his opponents. Dre eventually comes up against Liang, another of Master Li's students, who breaks his leg although it causes him to be disqualified.

Despite Han's insistence that he has earned respect for his performance in the tournament, Dre convinces Han to use his fire cupping technique to mend his leg, in order to see the tournament to the end. Dre returns to the arena, where he confronts Cheng. Dre delivers impressive blows, but Cheng counters with a debilitating strike to Dre's already injured leg. Dre struggles to get up, and adopts the one-legged form he first learned from the woman on the mountain, attempting to use the reflection technique to manipulate Cheng's movements. Cheng charges Dre, but Dre flips, and catches Cheng with a kick to his head, winning the tournament, along with the respect of Cheng and his classmates, both for himself and Mr. Han.