The reading that I decided to summarize is called “The Emergence of the Star System in America” by Richard DeCordova. The topic is very useful because it emphasizes the idea of the star system. The system includes different kinds of information that was created about actors. The evolvement of the system was influenced and developed through three transformations like “the discourse on acting‚ the picture personality and the star” The reading is significant because the write takes the reader thought
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A LETTER TO AMY CHUA Dear Amy Chua: I am a student who is raised by demanding eastern parenting style you described in your article “Why Chinese Mothers Are superior” and can easily find this kind of parenting style in China. As a typical Chinese mom‚ you demonstrate an general idea held by most Chinese parents that keeping working “makes the once not fun activity fun” with your own experience about enforcing Lulu to finish the task which seems impossible. And you also notice that children due
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inspiring new “rags-to-riches” billionaires of Southeast Asia is Andrew Tan of Alliance Global Group‚ Inc.‚ the new multi-billion peso holding company for his three major businesses – condominium-developer Megaworld‚ the world’s biggest brandy producer Emperador Distillers‚ Inc. and a HUGE percentage on shareholdings in the nationwide Philippine franchise of McDonald’s fastfood chain. The latest 2007 issue of Forbes magazine lists Tan as the country’s fourth wealthiest billionaire after the Zobel-Ayala
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alternative point of view is the "sexual script" theory which states that sexuality is socially learned (Seidman 2003). In the film Chasing Amy‚ many features of the "sexual natural attitude" are both evident as well as challenged. The film also shows many of the characters to have "sexual scripts" which seem to be based on age‚ race‚ and class. The film Chasing Amy is based on a middle class‚ white male (Holden McNeil) who falls in love with a lesbian named Alyssa Jones. Holden is portrayed as a conservative
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When I was in Form 2‚ we had a temporary science teacher. His name was Mr. Tan. He taught us for a couple of months before he obtained a place in university to further his studies. We found out that he was leaving us just one day before the day he was supposed to leave. He did not tell us. Another teacher did. As we liked very much‚ we got together and planned a farewell party for him. The girls agreed to make some tidbits and the boys agreed to prepare some drinks. It was to be a small party‚ as
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Nikolai Friedman Oct.5th‚2015 Oral communications Amy Cuddy Response David Cameron is an Ass Amy Cuddy is a social scientist and like many experts in their field has given a TED talk on the subject of her main work. In this TED talk she explores how our body language greatly affects who we become. Cuddy also shows how snubbing a handshake from your personal security after a visiting president shakes said guard’s hand‚ makes U.K Prime Minister David Cameron look like an ass. This 20 minute TED
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In the world of ‘The Arrival’‚ a young father begins to make his descent through new lands in search of a perfect city for his wife and young daughter. As the man begins his journey across the world‚ he travels by means of land and water transportation via a train and large boat. As the days go by‚ windy and warm‚ the man at long last reaches land‚ new land. While going through the transit of the “airport”‚ the man finds it difficult to go through simple tasks due to the new language he begins to
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James Lawson and Nonviolent Direct Action Despite efforts to garner legislative equality for African Americans after the Civil War‚ the actual implementation of change did not occur for some time later. The 13th and 14th Amendments‚ which ended slavery and granted the rights of citizenship to black Americans‚ were often ineffectual in promoting racial justice. Throughout the following decades‚ race relations struggled against the remnants of Jim Crow to the forefront of American social issues‚ but
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Mother tongue by Army Tan employs the aspects of simplicity to appeal to the audience. In her introduction‚ she brings herself to the same level as his audience which makes them attentive and desires to know more. The author uses easily understood English which makes the readers easily relate to what she is saying. The author employs the aspect of the flashback where she tells her audiences about her experience speaking broken English and where this makes today‚ her viewers curious and to listen
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Tickets" written by Amy Tan is the representation of liminal characters between two cultures. When talking about Liminal character‚ it means the characters that are in battle in searching for their true identity. People have to search for their true identity because of the difference of cultures they are raised in; being part of two different cultures makes it hard for someone to identify themselves. Therefore‚ the feeling of being confused and lost will always be around. In this case‚ Tan introduces the
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