Butterflies and Hibiscus Flowers: the Transformation to Womanhood during Times of Violence The transition from childhood to adulthood is never easy. For the characters in Julia Alvarez’s book In the Time of the Butterflies and Elizabeth Nunez’s Bruised Hibiscus‚ the struggles to grow into one’s self are even starker in worlds of brutality and strife. As both works of historical fiction and coming-of-age narratives‚ these stories stray from the typical coming-of-age tropes and discuss topics of violence
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If history truly repeats itself‚ then what can we look at from our own past to compare with our world today? During the most recent presidential election there a lot of talk about building walls along the Mexican border‚ outsourcing of jobs‚ and illegal immigration. These issues particularly that of illegal immigration‚ are some that have plagued the United States since the Civil War came to an end. One of the major rhetoric’s in current politics that can be heard is about illegal immigrants taking
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type of human beings‚ the personality‚ and the soul of the civilization. “The real Chinaman may be coarse‚ but there is no grossness in his coarseness. The real Chinaman may be ugly‚ but there is no hideousness in his ugliness. The real Chinaman may be vulgar‚ but there is no aggressiveness‚ no blatancy in his vulgarity. The real Chinaman may be stupid‚ but there is no absurdity in his stupidity. The real Chinaman may be cunning‚ but there is no deep malignity in his cunning.” The spirit of Chinese
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his lonely life. By deciding to live alone‚ and to not remarry‚ we see the controlling power of fear. Guilt has also strongly influenced Grainier’s life. “Walking home in the falling dark‚ Grainier almost met the Chinaman everywhere. Chinaman in the road. Chinaman in the woods. Chinaman walking softly‚ dangling his hands on arms like ropes…” (7). Earlier that day at work‚ Grainier and a group of workers tried to kill a Chinese man. On the way home Grainier started seeing him everywhere‚ feeling guilty
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homogeneity effect was observed in wide and diverse groups‚ which contains national‚ religious‚ political and age groups. For example‚ the black guy who robbed the car hit an Asian man and he called him “Chinaman”. Is Chinese the representation of Asian? In this movie‚ anytime he saw Asian‚ he called them “Chinaman”. However in the following story‚ I know that the Asian man is actually Korean. This example indicates that people tend to think that all the Asians are the same and usually they are recognized
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Dylon Johnson English 101 Jim Hayley November 10‚ 2013 January and February Like Water For Chocolate January 1. Who is narrating the story? Tita’s great niece is narrating the story. 2. What happened to bring on Mama Elena’s early delivery of Tita? Tita was crying while Mama Elena was chopping onions one day and this caused the early delivery of Tita. 3. Where was Tita born? Tita was born in the kitchen. 4. How come it was not necessary to slap Tita on the bottom at birth? Tita didn’t
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149. A woman went to see her doctor. The doctor asked‚ “What’s wrong?” “Oh‚ Doctor‚ I don’t know whether I’ve got amnesia‚ or is it magnesia? I don’t know where I/m going.” The doctor said‚ “Lady‚ if you had magnesia‚ you’d know where you were going.” 150. A new preacher‚ attempting to increase the membership in his country church‚ drove out in the country. He saw a farmer plowing a field. He pulled his car to the side of the road and started a conversation with the farmer. Soon‚ he said
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Scientists and historians debated the ethics of using an atomic bomb from day one of the Manhattan Project. Not only did the atomic bomb result in approximately 200‚000 deaths instantly‚ but the real reasons for the detonation do not always appear to be strictly military. Some historians have found that other reasons behind the use of the bomb sprout from racism‚ and it has been predicted that politicians did not necessarily care about those outside of the Caucasian race. Furthermore‚ the dropping
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planted apple treees all acoess the country; and the stomp of his mighty boot caused the stock market to crash. He and his friend‚ Huck Finn‚ traveled down the Mississippi river and freed the slaves. Walt Whitman believed that the only good Chinaman was a dead Chinaman‚ so he went to Tiananmen Square and gave them all candy. Except instead of candy he killed them. Walt Whitman’s might seem like a real cool guy‚ but in reality he’s a whiny. His Livejournal‚ which he doesn’t think anyone knows about
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Michael Gillaspie American History Ms. Rankin 15 December 2003 Chinese Immigration In many aspects‚ the motivations for the Chinese to come to the United States are similar to those of most immigrants. Some came to "The Gold Mountain‚" and others came to the United States to seek better economic opportunity. Yet there were others that were compelled to leave China either as contract laborers or refugees. The Chinese brought with them their language‚ culture‚ social institutions‚ and customs
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