facts‚ personal accounts‚ and varying opinions of women’s value and the influence culture plays in self-definition. In 1976‚ Chinese-American writer‚ Maxine Hong Kingston‚ became a significant voice in this discussion in her seminal work‚ The Woman Warrior: A Girlhood Among Ghosts. This memoir enticingly blends Kingston’s youth as a Chinese-American girl and the stories she developed from Chinese myths her mother retold. Kingston recounts a variety of talk-stories from her mother‚ Chinese myths‚ and
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the 36th Congress that guaranteed the seceding states that the federal government would not intervene with the particular domestic institutions; however‚ the word slavery was never used in the document. Stipulating that the amendment had passed‚ the 13th Amendment to the Constitution would have been unconstitutional‚ and the banning of slavery would never have occurred.
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Race and mass incarceration. It is a harsh topic for many‚ but Ava DuVernay’s documentary 13th provides all of the background information needed for that conversation. On the other hand‚ the Selma director’s film manages to capture the depth and insidiousness of more than a century of cultural‚ societal and economic oppression along racial lines and then condenses it into a brisk 100-minute movie. Furthermore‚ unlike many films that surface the same conclusion‚ DuVernay pinpoints the injustice of
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Jocelyn Serrano Art 118L 10/28/16 Assignment 3 Ava DuVernay’s film “The 13th” showed the history of mass incarceration‚ especially Black criminalization. She got the title from the 13th amendment from the Constitution that freed the slaves and stopped servitude except for those who committed criminal offenses. She explained how America has used this loophole in order to exploit it and jail as many people as they could. After the Civil War there was a huge shortage of labor so in order to basically
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In both cases‚ we see cultural tensions and conflicts that give rise to rebelliousness‚ against oppression in the former‚ and against cultural conflicts in the latter. 3. Brave Orchid takes the stage‚ as “Shaman” shows her conflicting sides as a “warrior” with capabilities and intelligence‚ who has gone beyond the traditional role of mother and housewife‚ but also the woman entrenched in age-old Asian tradition who believes her slave-nurse to be worth more than her own flesh and blood. In this demonstration
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In the Woman Warrior‚ Kingston develops a motif throughout the story about silence and voice; however‚ in the woman’s culture they are typically silenced and do not have a voice proving the Chinese society and culture is unfair and cruel. During the novel Kingston regularly brings up the concept of silence and lack of voice. For example‚ Kingston relays how when she is a young girl it is hard for her to voice her opinion‚ and she spends a vast amount of time sitting in silence. The author fails
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A short literary analysis of Maxine Kingston’s classic “No Name Woman” As part of the first generation of Chinese-Americans‚ Maxine Hong Kingston writes about her struggle to distinguish her cultural identity through an impartial analysis of her aunt’s denied existence. In “No Name Woman‚” a chapter in her written memoirs‚ Kingston analyzes the possible reasons behind her disavowed aunt’s dishonorable pregnancy and her village’s subsequent raid upon her household. And with a bold statement
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historian as well as literary critic has taken to tearing apart this work of Homer in order to make it fit whatever theory they want to prove. I will use my limited knowledge as a student to show that Achilles in not the heartless warrior that most readers take his as‚ but a warrior that fights for noble causes with honor and pride‚ with maybe a few bad calls in the heat of battle. In our discussions
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” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Respond to this question with close reference to one or more text(s) you have studied. The Heke family that feature in the ground-breaking New Zealand film from 1994‚ ‘Once were warriors’ directed by Lee Tamahori are clearly a family living on the margins of society. They live in a state house next to a busy and noisy motorway in South Auckland‚ New Zealand. Their story is undoubtedly a compelling one: an abusive husband with a love
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Thousands of years ago in ancient China‚ there lived a beautiful and smart young woman named Mulan. She lived with her parents‚ her grandparents‚ and her dog named little brother. Mulan’s father had once been a great warrior‚ but his leg had been injured in battle. As an only child‚ Mulan felt responsible for keeping the family honor.One day‚ a man arrived with terrible news from the Emperor. The Huns‚ China’s enemy‚ had attacked. The Emperor had ordered that one member from each family‚ man or
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