After re-reading Mother Tongue‚ and per “about the author”; Amy Tan’s goal is to share a part of her life story as a first generation Asian-American as well as sharing some of the struggles she faced during her educational period. She talks about how she speaks one English with her mother‚ such as “broken” or “limited” English‚ and speaks “standard” English with the rest of the world‚ in which she learned in school. The author’s purpose really did not change much for me‚ I feel she still refers to
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“Never compromise your culture because you are your culture”. In the short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan‚ The Red Headed Hawaiian by Chris McKinney‚ and The Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera‚ Jing Mei‚ Rudy Puana‚ and Frida Kahlo reveals how culture informs the way you view others and the world because it defines their perspectives‚ boundaries‚ and life experiences. “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan is about Jing Mei and her mother with a relationship of complexities due to the different opinions they
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Limited English In Amy Tans’s short store "Mother Tongue"‚ readers are introduced to Tan who is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant mother. While in school‚ Tan always excelled in mathematics and science‚ but felt she had a disadvantage with English and Literature. This disadvantage was caused because her limited English she had to use with her mother. As a young girl growing up Tan was embarrassed because of her mothers poor English "I know this for a fact‚ because when I was growing
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GM03 Quantitative Techniques for Managers Assignment No.I Assignment Code: 2011GM03A1 Last Date of Submission: 31st March 2011 Maximum Marks:100 Attempt all the questions. All the questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. Section-A Ques.1 In a certain examination there were 100 candidates of whom 21 failed‚ 6 secured distinctions‚ 43 were placed in third division and 18 in the second division. It is known that at least 75% marks are required for distinction‚ at least 40%
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How to Write a Best-Selling Book Maggie Peter Xidian University Author Note Maggie and Peter‚ Department of English‚ Xidian University. Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Maggie‚ Department of English‚ Xidian University. Contact: 2459746969@qq.com Abstract Maybe anybody have the ability to write a book‚ but not anyone can write a best-selling book. So‚ we found some useful skills about how to write a best-selling book to help fresh writers or someone want to write
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about them. The two articles author‚ Amy Tan (Mother Tongue) and Gloria Anzaldua (How to Tame…) both discussed the topic about the language and life. They have many common points such as they all born in a bilingual family‚ and it brought a great change in their lives. The difference is two articles have different focus. “Mother Tongue” Focus more on the change what the bilingual family culture has brought to her‚ in other words‚ how this change her life. Amy Tan uses a neutral tongue in the article
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Modern Management Techniques In context with Toyota Ltd "The past 15 years have seen a series of new developments within Management Accounting to meet the ever changing needs of the organisation in the light of rapidly changing technologies". Author: Kobby Darko-Ampem Tutor: STEVE DUNGWORTH 16th December 2010 CONTENTS Page Introduction..................
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PERSONAL SELLING IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONSUMER PRODUCT (A CASE STUDY OF INDOMIE) CHAPTER ONE- INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Personal selling is an ancient art‚ which has spawned a large literature and many principles. Effective salesperson have more than instruct‚ they are trained in a method of analysis customer interaction. Personal selling takes the form of oral presentation in a conversation with one or more prospective purchasers‚ for the purpose of making
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Assignment 1R (20 points) Assignment 1R: Selling and Pricing Instructions Save this file in your course folder‚ and name it with Assignment‚ the assignment letter‚ the section number‚ and your first initial and last name. For example‚ Jessie Robinson’s assignment 1R for Section 1 would be named Assignment1RJRobinson. Type the answers to the assignment questions below. Use complete sentences unless the question says otherwise. You will have more than one day to complete an assignment. At the end
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Is it ethical to buy or sell human organs? For this ethical issue‚ a college student with heavy financial burdens chooses to sell his kidney to meet his urgent financial needs‚ however‚ he later learns that it is illegal to sell his own kidney. Therefore‚ why should it be illegal for him to sale his own kidney if we have free will over our own bodies and we have the right to what we can or cannot do with our bodies? If medical companies can turn a profit on dead people’s donated bodies and organs
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