In the third chapter of Takaki’s book, ‘Stranger from a different shore- Gam Saan Haak’, talks about many Chinese immigrants moves to America for getting jobs. At first, the majority of Chinese immigrants went to California for the gold mining or the Gold Mountain. Takaki mention that, at first the Chinese were welcome to the America and offering working opportunities to them. However, because of their skin tone, language, faces were considered to the threat to the mining area. In May 1852, to halt the threat, the committee recommended the enactment of a foreign miner’s license tax. (p.81) Then the new tax required the foreign miners had to paid 3 dollars a month whom did not want to become a citizen.…
The short, sudden fiction “Popular Mechanics,” is written by Raymon Carter. The text portrays a couple who fight for their child. This story symbolizes the hardship of love and letting go. It shows the both the man and woman not letting go of the child, literally. If had they let go, the child will have been in the possession of the other person, but the child will be unharmed. The baby symbolizes the bond they had in the past. Neither of them want to let go of the beauty they share, but one or the other is left to be torn apart from their loss. Knowing this brings a deeper metamorphic side and greater intensity toward the reader.…
Big Med: Restaurant chains have managed to combine quality control, cost control, and innovation. Can health care?…
In Joy Kogawa’s novel “Obasan,” a Japanese-Canadian, Naomi Nakane, recalls her dark childhood during World War II. Since Naomi is a Japanese Canadian during World War II, her childhood was full of racism and prejudice and is treated harshly because she is Japanese; thus, affecting the story by bringing in flashbacks of sadness and devastation.…
“Understanding come with life. As a man grows he sees life and death, he is happy and sad, and he works, plays, and meets people”, says Rudolfo Anaya, the author of Bless Me Ultima. In the novel, we are first introduced by Antonio to his childhood. Antonios mother is a staunch catholic while his father is the son of a vaquero. His father want him to become a cowboy, however his mother want shim to become a priest. This is when Antonio begins to question his destiny. (insert when Anotnio asks is it possible to be both) In chapter one, Ultima comes to live with the Marez family. Ultima is a curandera, a healer who uses folk remedies. Ultima is more like Antonios mentor. “I felt more attached to Ultima than my own mother,” said Antonio. (123)…
Yukichi Fukuzawa was definitely one of the greatest Japanese theorists and thinkers during the Meiji era. He played a leading role in the development of Japan’s education system based on the ideas of Western civilization. The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa is a book dictated by Fukuzawa offers a vivid portrait of the intellectual’s life story and a rare look inside the formation of a new japan. This book gives his accounts of growing up in the land of Samurai and emperors. He lived through the Meiji Restoration and died around the turn of the century and referred to the overhaul of the educational system, the growing industries, and the establishment of a strong military.…
Discussing the outcome of a Roundtable discussion of federalism in Australia, John Wanna reported that "...all three levels of government - Commonwealth, state/territory and local - tended to see federalism as a malaise, not as a source of effective government" (Wanna 2007: 276).…
In the painting “Pictures of Junk”, it reflect the simple life of Vik Muniz . And Vik Muniz known as famous imaginary of art. He strong to face the trials just for his career. Even in the critism he had to face it and continue of what he was doing. He also love photograph were in the capture a different kind of photos.…
Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” is a story about reflection. It is about a girl reflecting back upon the past. Maybe she just lost her mother or maybe she is grown and finally realizes why her mother told her all of these things. At the time, I’m sure she thought her mother was always on her and barking orders at her. She grew up in a different era. Times were different obviously then based on the…
My book is ''The Hunt'' by Andrew Fukuda. One of the emojis above that I would use to relate to my book is the nervous sweating wide eyed emoji. In my book, the main character is considered an outsider compared to everyone, so he does everything that he can do to fit in. He gets nervous a lot in fear of being caught by the others. One quote from the book that supports my explanation would be ''What's the matter with you... you look sick.'' Another quote from the book that supports my explanation of the nervous emoji relating to my book is ''A soupy sensation steals into my stomach, churning it upside down.'' These quotes prove that the main character gets so nervous he gets sick. The expressionless emoji relates to my book as well because…
During the time in American history known as the romantic period, two poets began to stray from the traditional methods of writing poetry. These poets were Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. These two poets led different lifestyles. Oddly enough, there writing was very similar besides having different lengths. “Whitman 's poem "Song of Myself, No.6" and Dickinson 's poem "This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies" are examples of pieces which, on the surface, appear completely different, but in fact contain several similarities. Indeed, several similarities and differences can be found between these two poems”.…
Self expression is one of humanity’s greatest gifts. It is very important that humans express themselves in many different ways, whether it is writing in a journal, painting, singing, or just speaking with someone. Holding in one’s feelings can be unhealthy and it can lead to depression, anxiety, or insanity. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the narrator, an upper-class woman rebels against her husband’s “cure” for her depression, which forbade her to exercise her imagination. She keeps a secret journal in which she records her thoughts and fascination about the yellow wallpaper. As a result of the mental restrictions placed upon her, she loses control over reality.…
In the book, A Man Without Words, Susan Schaller takes an interpreting job at a community college in Los Angeles, California. On her first day, she finds a young man named Ildefonso who is around 27 years old with his arms tucked in and his head following the each student as they passed. Schaller sits with the young man and tries to talk to him, thinking that everyone in the room could understand sign language. Schaller learns that Ildefonso, an illegal alien from rural Mexico, deaf since birth had no concept of language—signed, spoken, or written. At first, when Schaller would sign to him, he simply mimicked her signs, which frustrated them both. After working with…
A good case in point is the poetry of Basho Matsuo whose work is often considered by Western critics and observers as the highest representation of Japanese haiku. By and large, the intricacies of Basho's writings in the haiku form are only understood with effort by Western readers. By examining one of his famous haiku, it is possible to take note of those aspects of Basho's writings which are intrinsic to the aesthetic power of his work and also which may be slightly beyond easy appraisal for many readers.…
Bearden’s Tomorrow I may be far away in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C is a collage piece that was inspired by the blues classic: “Good Chib Blues,” recorded by Edith North Johnson in 1929. The song is of the female ballad blues singer, who sings of lost love and heartbreak but eventually overcomes both of the terrible experiences. In Tomorrow I May Be Far Away, Bearden tried to express the history and culture of black in America based on his experience living as an African American. Romare Bearden often enjoyed listening to jazz and blues recordings which led him to begin improvising his artwork like the…