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    "Two Kinds‚" by Amy Tan is a story in which a Chinese mother believes that her daughter can do anything in the United States as long as she puts her mind to it and decides to push her daughter‚ Jing-Mei‚ into being a prodigy. Unfortuantely‚ Jing-Mei and her mother do not share the same views on things. Jing-Mei wants to establish her own identity apart from her mother and feels that she can be successful through her own efforts and determination. Jing-Mei’s desire to be an independent person leads

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    “Rules of The Game” “I was six when my mom taught me the art of invisible strengths.” As Waverly says in the first sentence of the short story “Rules of The Game” by Amy Tan. Waverly‚ her mom‚ and her two brothers go through a hard‚ but important life lesson. The lesson taught them something important that no matter what‚ love will always be there.Waverly particularly meets her mother’s expectations by herself to be more mature‚ more respectful‚ and a child or young adult with discipline. As

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    by analyzing 3 different scenes or sequences from the movie. Each part of the body should focus on a different sequence‚ with one part focusing on an element of logos (logical appeal)‚ one part on an element of pathos (emotional appeal)‚ and another part focusing on an element of ethos (appeals to the author’s credibility or trustworthiness). The body of your essay should analyze how Kenner uses these appeals and whether or not you find them effective (See St. Martin’s Guide‚ p. 539-43). You may

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    my little sister has grown up. We were wiping each other’s tears as June May’s dad took a photo of us. We stood around as the picture June May held developed. I remember when we first learned about our real mom. Mei Ching‚ who we thought was our mother‚ told us how she saw us on the side of the road when we were babies. “How could I resist?” she later said about that day. It was when everyone was fleeing when the Japanese were taking over Kweilin‚ and we were left on the side of the road. Mei

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    Club‚ by Amy Tan‚ centers on the interconnected story lines of four immigrant Chinese-American mothers and their now grown‚ adult daughters. The mothers meet every month to play Mahjong and enjoy Chinese delicacies in their social group‚ the ‘Joy Luck Club’. When Jing-Mei “June” Woo’s mother Suyan Woo dies‚ June takes her mother’s place at the meetings. At June’s first meeting‚ the older women tell her stories about the past in China and lament the barriers between The other three mothers worry

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    with discipline and taught to work hard because it is debatable if this will result in successful children or if they will hold a grudge against their parents. This is the message the professor and mother of two Amy Chua writes about in the article written in 2011 “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” Amy Chua has raised 2 children with discipline and

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    during his school years‚ “Hair’’ from the Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcom X and Alex Haley focuses on how it can be hard to accept oneself when society tries to say different‚ and “Two Kinds’’ from The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan tells about a distraught relationship between a mother and daughter over piano lessons. Culture Clash is

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    Pathos‚ the element that evokes sympathy and sadness‚ is a fundamental quality that overarches both Joyce Maynard’s “Honouring Mothers: Four Generations” and Janice E. Fein’s “A New Perspective”. Both stories utilize the oftentimes overlooked theme of family to express emotion‚ and thus uses pathos to engage and allow the reader to fathom and sympathize each situation‚ both concluding with a death of a motherly figure. However‚ the two stories utilize a different approach in terms of the mood and

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    her prejudices and listen to his arguments; mainly that the time for talking has passed and the only thing left to do is raise arms. Paine wields the argumentative appeals‚ EthosPathos‚ and Logos in a strong and yet eloquent way that adds immense power to his disputes with Britain. Paine begins by establishing a credible ethos that he adapts throughout the discussion. Paine “offers nothing more than simple facts‚ plain arguments‚ and common sense” and is not “induced by motives of pride‚ party or

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    different modes of persuasion. While the main message of each abolitionist was individual freedom and they were very impassioned about this cause‚ Sojourner Truth mainly used ethos and Biblical references in her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech to appeal to her audience based on her character as a woman‚ Harriet Jacobs applied mostly pathos in her raw and first-person narrative Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ and lastly Frederick Douglas utilized primarily logos and political references in his fervent

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