In his short story “Victory Lap”‚ George Saunders used characterization to draw attention to how some people find it easier to cover up reality instead of facing it. He first emphasizes on that covering things up habit near the beginning of the story when Alison Pope’s imagination bring her to recreate a situation where a hunter kills a deer. Alison then asks the hunter to‚ “lay her out in a field of clover‚ with roses strewn about her.” With that particular act of putting flowers around the body
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“The hardships that I endured in the past will help me succeed in the future.”-Philip Emeagwali. In the memoir Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah‚ Adeline is in a constant war with the challenges and the people in her early life. These challenges shaped who Adeline was and who she was yet to become‚ the hard times helped her pursue her success in the future. Chinese Cinderella is a depressing story because of all the hardships Adeline had to endure. Adeline had to face every challenge that came
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I am a Chinese‚ called Lily. I studied in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry when I was twelve. Today‚ I would like to tell you something funny in my school life. Hogwarts allowed students bring their pets to school‚ BUT THEY DID NOT ALLOWED MINE. Mine is a small‚ red Chinese dragon. On the first day‚ Miss McGonagall‚ headmistress at Hogwarts‚ told me to send my little dragon back to China. “Please have a look on your handbook‚ we allowed owl‚ cat‚ dog and snake only.” Miss McGonagall said
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Another voiceless character who neglects to detach herself from the Chinese diaspora is Kingston’s aunt‚ Moon Orchid. In the story "At Western Palace‚" Moon Orchid struggles to confront and speak with a husband who abandoned her in China. When Moon Orchid reluctantly faces her Americanized husband‚ her silence denotes how virtually voiceless a Chinese woman is who lives in a traditional patriarchal society. Although Brave Orchid provides a chance for Moon Orchid to question her husband‚ Moon Orchid
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When leaving a party‚ take what comes‚ others don’t that much‚ of even the party favors at the end. Some people are living off of $2 a day. They don’t get party favors at the end of parties. They don’t even get real parties. So when handed something at the end of a party‚ take it. It’s worth it. “‘Monkeys at a birthday?’ she said. ‘Get away with you‚ believing any nonsense you’re told!’” page one paragraph five. Rosuara’s mother was telling her that monkeys at a party was nonsense‚ and that Rosuara
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In Abuela Invents the Zero by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ Constancia meets her grandmother for the first time‚ which leads to her being ashamed of being with her grandmother because she acts and dresses differently; that makes Abuela very sad that her grandmother. The theme is given people with the utmost respect‚ or you will lose the respect from the other person. To begin‚ the main character named Constancia and her family picks up her Abuela. Constancia’s mother tells her about the stories of her mother
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In the article "Two Ways to Belong in America‚" author Bharati Mukherjee writes about the experiences and the common struggles that immigrants face in the new environment. She writes the article in hopes to tell the general public of her experiences and struggles that she and her sister faced in the timeline that she publishes this piece. As new immigration laws are being passed in Congress‚ Mukherjee wants to tell her story and her sister’s to be able to communicate the life before these laws and
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Patrick Macdonald 1‚294 9100 St. Charles Rock Road St. Louis‚ MO 63114 (314) 493-6100 macdonaldp831@ritenourschools.org Title By Patrick Macdonald There he was‚ sitting in the middle of the front yard five yards from a smoldering heap of sofa. How was Harold going to explain this one to his grandmother when she got home? Since he had moved in with her the year before‚ Harold had
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In the autobiography ‘Chinese Cinderella’‚ Adeline Yen Mah shares the story of her childhood as an unwanted daughter. Throughout her story‚ she faces many challenges that she must overcome. These challenges test her; they are able to make her stronger‚ wiser‚ but also weaker. With the right coping strategies‚ the difficulties she encounters will make her stronger and wiser; however‚ without developing the right attributes‚ the hardships she opposes will make her weaker and more incapable. Adeline’s
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Other cultures provide viewpoints different from what Americans typically see. For example‚ Chinese culture has many aspects that might seem strange to those living in the United States. The Chinese consider symbols such as the Chinese dragon and certain numbers and colors important in living their day-to-day life. They have a great focus on family throughout their life‚ and the teachings of Confucius are integral to their society to this day. A fifteen-year-old female living in China experiences
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