The main protagonist is Amy Gumm. She is a girl from Kansas and she hates it there. Her mom is never there to take care of her and a girl named Madison always bullies her. Her life was disappointing‚ boring and tough. Amy always managed on her own somehow but she wanted to get away. Far away! One day she was sitting in her trailer like any other day but the suddenly off the ground and floating in mid air. She passed out in the middle but when she woke up‚ she was in the magical land of Oz. She arrived
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WE ARE STRONG TOO! Over five-thousand women are abused every single day‚ because guys see us as weak as if we can’t defend our self’s‚ but I can assure you that we can. Man think we are just supposed to: clean houses‚ feed the kids‚ make dinner‚ and just stay home while the men go make money‚ and bring food to the table. No that is not how it works us woman can make as much money as man. We have the same strength as man. Just because we are looked a certain way doesn’t mean treat us the same way
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rarely notice when we change from one form to another. In Amy Tan’s article “Mother tongue” she shows how her mother’s unique English led her to go through many trials and obstacles and was overlooked by many. In this essay‚ I will show how some of the issues that Amy Tan talks about in her article can be applied to my everyday life and is still very relevant. Peer pressure is a major factor in communication with other people and overseen‚ why would we even switch the way we talk with one person to
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Transitional Phases "Mother Tongue" written by Amy Tan shows the many differences between immigrant families and non-immigrant families. Amy Tan describes the difficulty of growing up in a Chinese home and the transitions that she had to overcome to "fit in" to an American society. Personally‚ the transition between living above the Mason-Dixon line and then moving below it‚ was similar to that of Tan’s situation. Even though mine and Tan’s experiences vary from cultural and ethnic backgrounds
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The Struggle of Being Yourself Amy tan born in 1952 she lives in Oakland‚California. Her parents fled from China’s Communist revolution and settled in the United States ("Meet the writer"). She wrote her first novel in 1989 it was called "The Joy Luck Club" it was a best seller for nine months (Werlock). Tan believed she was born in the wrong family because her mother was impossible to be pleased (longnecker). In the story of "Two Kinds" Amy Tan whose life is reflected in the Uses the
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Mother’s tongue – Amy Tan Introduction: I. My background and how it has not hindered my learning English language. I come from a Jewish Italian parent but it has not affected me or my language as I do have perfect English. I compare my experience similar to Amy Tan and I can definitely correlate with her with respect to coming from non English background but it has not hindered my quest to learn English language. Body: I. About Amy Tan’s essay – “Mother Tongue” In Amy Tan ’s essay - "Mother
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Mother Knows Best Have you ever wondered why parents often force their children to do things that their children feel are either unnecessary for their age level? One narrator feels the same way when she complains to her mother‚ “You want me to be someone that i’m not”(Tan 231). In the story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan‚ a daughter explains the obstacles she has conquered in her childhood. In this story‚ Jing-mei‚ the protagonist has a rough and complicated relationship with her mother. Her mother has
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Rights in the Abbasid Many Muslim women around the world have restricted rights. In some communities today Muslim women are not supposed to leave their homes without their husband’s permission‚ are not educated‚ and are not thought of as equals to men. Understanding the historic cause of these restrictions is crucial for the promotion of change. Although many scholars argue that the status of women declined in the Abbasid period due to increased diversity‚ in reality women lost rights in the Abbasid due
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Women are beautiful By Maria Batrakova Group 21 D Free and beautiful‚ that was how one of the greatest innovators of photography‚ Garry Winogrand‚ pictured women. (Here you can see a photo of him: http://imgur.com/AjnXCe6) Due to Art Blart (Art Blart‚ 2011) he was considered as one of the most distinguished photographers of the twenties-century in America. Winogrand’s amazing exhibition includes 85 spontaneous photographs taken between 1960 and 1975 in and around New-York city. (Series of his
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The oppression of women as women PHIL 202 – Assignment 1 26/01/2012 The patriarchal society in which we live has systematically oppressed women for centuries. It is not until extremely recent history‚ with the Women’s Liberation Movement‚ that women have been able to take meaningful strides towards a more equal and just society. We have come a long way since that time‚ women can now vote‚ work‚ practice politics and live independently of men: it seems as though we have come very close to the
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