The Arrival‚ by Shaun Tan‚ is a book that I found to be very interesting. I have never read a book without words before‚ so this was a new experience for me. During the times I read it‚ evaluated it‚ took notes on it‚ and read it again‚ I questioned how something so complex could be a part of children’s literature. I began to ask myself what age group would be able to look at this book and understand the story within. Children’s literature is usually seen as simple‚ straight forward‚ and easy to
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learning. Effective communication often relies in the utilization of language. In a school setting‚ the medium of instruction often plays a fundamental role in the success of the teaching- learning process. The K-12 Curriculum emphasizes the use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction with the intent of improving the learners’ understanding. The familiarity of the language is purported to be a great factor in the pupils’ learning. A better understanding of lessons would also lead to the learners’ better
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The Grammar of Visual Design In the picture book ‘The Arrival’ by Shaun Tan‚ there is an image shown in chapter three on page 18 and 19 that illustrates a chaotic scene taking place involving four gigantic beings looming over a municipality that holds frightened citizens running for their lives. A technique that Tan has used is the viewpoint in which the illustration is placed. The citizens are drawn as minuscule‚ petrified objects cowering in terror contrasted against the huge‚ dark‚ mysterious
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Cassidy Carter 3/19/13 Engl 1302- Prof. Evans Style Analysis Firoozeh Dumas’ essay‚ "The F-Word‚" addresses the very relatable struggle every person with an ethnic name faces in the American culture. Her prime example being herself‚ Dumas humorously and realistically depicts the trauma a person endures from constantly having to educate people about your name. She also uses the names of her siblings to provide a comparison of the names’ meaning in Persian versus their American mispronunciations.
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After reading Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior by Amy Chua‚ I learned three key differences between Chinese and Western “mothering.” First‚ Western parents are focused on the physiological behavior of academics and self-esteem issues with their children while Chinese parents are not. Second‚ Western parents view their children to try their best and do not need to repay the parents‚ in contrast Chinese parents view their children to be permanently in debt to them. Last‚ Chinese parents believe that
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Amaarah: 1 www-muslimprisoners-com: 33:4 www-muslimprisoners-com: Allâh has not put for any man two hearts inside his body. Neither has He made your wives whom you declare to be like your mothers’ backs‚ your real mothers. [Az-Zihâr is the saying of a husband to his wife‚ "You are to me like the back of my mother" i.e. You are unlawful for me to approach.]‚ nor has He made your adopted sons your real sons. www-muslimprisoners-com: That is but your saying with your mouths. But Allâh says the truth
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Rhetorical Analysis: “Mother Tongue” Amy Tan Amy Tan‚ the Author of “Mother Tongue” very well makes the point across about cultural racism without showing any anger or specifically pointing out racism; Amy makes the reader realize how really not being American can affect how well you could handle everyday situations. The fact that this story was written by an immigrant‚ and provides real life stories about her mom and herself struggling in America‚ makes this novel a wonderful eye
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have their own way to raise their kids. According to the article Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior‚ Amy Chua is the one who will force her kids to do what she think it is good. However‚ my opinion goes against the thought of Amy Chua about how to raise children because I believe that children should not only be prepared for their future but also enjoy their childhood with the pure innocence. According to the article Mother Inferior? written by Hanna Rosin‚ I agree with her idea that‚ “Children have
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Amy Mcgrath mentions that she is a retired marine in the beginning of her political ad as an exertion of Ethos. Often it is presumed that veterans are either heroes and should be treated with respect for their service to America‚ or that they make up a large portion of the homeless and disemployment population. Both perceptions‚ in reality‚ are strongly skewed by the media as less than ten percent of the homeless population are veterans‚ and about 70% of people believe that veterans help America’s
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Mother Tongue‚ by Amy Tan This story is about a young Chinese-American‚ who grows up speaking Chinese and English (many different forms of English). She talks about how not being able to speak English can create some real difficulties. She tells stories about how her mother spoke‚ what she calls “broken” English‚ and how it affected her everyday life‚ as well as her daughters. At first she was ashamed of her mothers English‚ and that if reflected the quality of what her mother was trying
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