opportunity to succeed. Covering makes individuals similar and appropriate identity for the related situations while flaunting emphasizes individual’s uniqueness that is essential for individuals’ characteristics and self-esteem. Amy Chua‚ in her essay “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”‚ insists her successful Chinese parenting ideas that are considered to be tough and indifferent to children’s development by the western culture. Kenji Yoshino‚
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Amy Tan’s "Fish Cheeks" and Maya Angelou’s "Champion of the World" Maya Angelou and Amy Tan discuss religious problems and culture differences in their literature. The authors have captured these differences by their past experiences of friends and family. Both authors come from a diverse culture‚ but both face the same harsh society of the American culture and beliefs. The Author’s both tell about situations in their short stories of being outcasts and coming from different racial backgrounds
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enjoyed reading Richard Rodriguez’s essay‚ “None of This is Fair.” He clearly pointed out the irony of Affirmative Action and how although it was designed to give the underprivileged a standing chance‚ it ended up making it too easy to receive a job. Rodriguez talking to his friends‚ realized just how hard of a time they all had in looking for a suitable job‚ or in the case of one of his graduate friends‚ had to settle for a job in which he would be separated from his daughter. Rodriguez seems to be
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In the short stories of Mother Tongue by Amy Tan and Public and Private Language by Richard Rodriquez‚ both essays describe an influence on the English language and what impact they had while coping with that language. For Amy tan in Mother Tongue‚ she roots the common source for who had what kind of impact on her learning of that language. In Public and Private Language‚ Richard Rodriguez establishes a view point on why it is important to be given a public identity. Both stories come together to
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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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Sue Rodriguez- Assisted Suicide By: Monique Sue Rodriguez‚ once a woman who was lively and healthy women much like the rest of us was given the horrible news that she had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in early 1991 changing her life tremendously. Little did she know her fight for equality of life would create a milestone in Canadian Law. Sue Rodriguez fought long and hard to demand the right to assisted suicide‚ which at the time was illegal under
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away lacking the communication that could bring them together. In Amy Tan’s essay‚ "Mother Tongue‚"� she tells about her mother’s immigrant experience and her feelings towards her mother’s struggles with the English language. Many people come to the U.S. hoping for a better life‚ but are faced with tough challenges. Of all the challenges they are faced with‚ the language barrier is one of the hardest to break through. Tan’s mother has gone through many experiences that shows how hard it is for immigrants
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backgrounds. Discipline creates a label of parenting‚ by either being critiqued or accepted by others. One parent in particular‚ Amy Chua‚ makes her own label as a strict parent. In Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior by Amy Chua‚ the main focus is to show how Chinese parenting leads to stereotypically successful kids. A critic Victor Sherman assesses that “Chua’s premise that Chinese mothers raise ‘stereotypically successful’ children hinges on a limited definition of success‚ and‚ ultimately‚ this undermines
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In the article‚ “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”‚ author Amy Chua discusses many of the morals of Chinese parents and what is ultimately behind the decisions they make for their children. She begins by acknowledging the stereotypes of Chinese parents‚ and she explains that she too fell into this category. The author explains how she did not permit certain activities for her daughters because they were not in their best interest. She further explains how being a Chinese parent applies to more
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Rodriguez characterizes Mexico as a country with a culture of tragedy and America as a country with a culture of comedy. However‚ America is comedic in the Greek sense-in the sense that America is not comedic at all. Rodriguez feels that Mexico‚ in being the place of tragedy‚ is better off. America‚ on the other hand‚ has to face the burden of optimism‚ and the subsequent let-downs. Thus‚ in a sense‚ he characterizes them in ways that oppose what he truly thinks of them. Mexico is described as
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