Culture affects how we perceive others and the world in many different ways. Culture is constructed by a number of different elements that define who we are. Depending on a person’s culture there are many different positions that often affect what we do on a daily basis. Every culture teaches others how to communicate‚ connect‚ and cooperate with one another. They teach them how to handle situations according to their cultures guidelines. Most cultures often think that their customs should be carried
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Rhetorical Reading Response: Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” In the essay “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan (1990)‚ which discusses her mother’s way of speaking through “broken English”‚ Tan explores the different “Englishes” that she has come into contact with in her everyday life; these variations have presented struggles in her mother’s life. Tan illustrates this to her audience by giving examples of the struggles her mother was faced with due to “her” English and the many versions of English that surrounds
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“In The Cemetery where Al Jolson is buried” by Amy Hempel uses the word masks throughout the story to convey guilt‚ fear and unacceptance of death. The first mention of the word mask is in the beginning of the story. We are just beginning to understand that Hempel is describing two people in a hospital‚ the narrator is visiting her friend who is sick. They are both wearing masks‚ the narrator checks to make sure that she is still breathing and that she is not “ used to the mask yet.” The friend has
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Have you ever felt depressed because of losing in a competition? I had got this experience once. I remembered that the incident was happened in last year. I had participated in the joint-school athletics competition. It was the largest athletics event through out the year and I joined it since I entered the high school. But this year was particular meaningful for me because it was my last competition before I went to study overseas. Therefore‚ in order to strive my best to
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The life experiences of the sisters are different in the sense that in China‚ she had no freedom‚ but was strongly tied to her Chinese identity‚ while in America‚ she traded her culture for her freedom. However‚ they are similar in how they were still tied to their origins as a Chinese woman. A difference between the life experiences of the sisters is that the sister in America had more freedom. The Chinese culture had great limitations on women’s freedom. The sister that left for America did not
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According to Frus and Williams‚ Mulan was Disney’s first animated film with a Chinese lead character with its first film produced in 1998 (156). Mulan was produced by Pam Coats and directed by Barry Cook and Tony Brancroft . According to Frus and Williams‚ Mulan tells a tale of a strong and smart young Chinese woman who is bored with life and in need of an adventure. She pretended to be a boy in order to be able to fight in the war in place of Fa Zhou‚ Mulan’s disabled veteran father and bring honour
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Throughout this semester I’ve read a lot of poems and short stories. Some were very graphic in a sense that while reading them I felt like I was within the poem or short stories and some even helped me to understand different point of views including my own life. For example‚ “Suicide Note” written by Janice Mirikitani helped me to understand more of another’s personal life and what they’re going through. As for my own life‚ “Dusting” written by Julia Alvarez helped me to better understand what I’m
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In The Woman Warrior‚ Kingston develops the metaphor of China wrapping double binds around her feet in order to illustrate how China’s traditional beliefs of women restrict Kingston from acquiring her family’s love and support to find her own identity in America. When Kingston is describing her life in America as a disappointment‚ she compares the expectations of men in relations to women. If a man has a dream‚ he can pursue it‚ in contrast to if a woman has a dream‚ she must abandon it and think
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Let It Snow From the first couple sentences of David Sedaris’ short story you may think that this story is going to be about how North Carolina never had any snow on the ground. Until one winter when North Carolina had a tremendous amount of snowfall and the author had never been happier. “School was canceled‚ and two days later we got lucky again.” (Sedaris 89) After the first couple sentences‚ you realize this story is about so much more. You realize that David Sedaris’ main concern is the relationship
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