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    Analysis of the extract from “The fun they had” The story under the title "The Fun They Had" was written by a highly prolific American writer‚ one of the three grand masters of science fiction - Isaac Asimov. The key in this text is lyrical. The theme is probably "the influence of technology on the process of teaching." In this story the author uses colloquial speech and jargonized words‚ such as “gee‚ I guess‚ I betcha“ here‚ to show us that these children are rather ordinary‚ and looks similar

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    Joy Luck Club

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    Consequences The Joy Luck Club presents the stories of four Chinese immigrant women and their American-born daughters. All of their lives‚ the Chinese mothers in The Joy Luck Club have struggled to make their own decisions and establish their own identities in a culture where obedience and conformity are expected. For example‚ when Suyuan Woo is a refugee during the Japanese invasion‚ she decides that she will not be a passive victim and will choose her own happiness. She forms the Joy Luck Club to provide

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    The text I`m going to interpret is written by Isaac Azimov. He was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University‚ best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time‚ having written or edited more than 500 books he published influential sci-fi works like I‚ Robot and the Foundation trilogy‚ The Naked Sun and Foundation’s Edge‚ The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Science which was the encyclopedic

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    Joy Luck Club

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    The Joy Luck Club “The elements were from my mother’s own vision of organic chemistry. Each person is made of five elements‚ she told me. Too much fire and you had a bad temper. That was like my father‚ whom my mother always criticized for his cigarette habit and who always shouted back that she should keep her thoughts to herself. I think he now feels guilty that he didn’t let my mother speak her mind. Too little wood and bent to quickly to listen to other people’s ideas‚ unable to stand

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    Throughout The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan inserts various conflicts betweens mothers and daughters. Most of these relationships‚ already very fragile‚ become distanced through heritage‚ history and expectations. These differences cause reoccurring clashes between two specific mother-daughter bonds. The first relationship exists between Waverly Jong and her mother‚ Lindo. Lindo tries to instill Chinese qualities in her daughter while Waverly refuses to recognize her heritage and concentrates on American

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    The Joy Luck Club

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    Petrignani The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club is a story of a monthly mah-jong gathering whose members consists of four Chinese mothers with American-born daughters. The novel is narrated by the four mothers and their daughters. At these meetings‚ the mothers share their concern of the growing rift between their daughters and Chinese customs. Each mother shares her story of her life in China and each daughter tells her story about her life in America. In The Joy Luck Club‚ the consistent

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    Many women find that their mothers have the greatest influence on their lives and the way their strengths and weaknesses come together. In Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club‚ the lives of four Chinese mothers and their Chinese-American daughters are followed through vignettes about their upbringings and interactions. One of the mothers‚ An-Mei Hsu‚ grows up away from her mother who has become the 4th wife of a rich man; An-Mei is forced to live with her grandmother once her mother is banned from the house

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    Traditions‚ heritage and culture are three of the most important aspects of Chinese culture. Passed down from mother to daughter‚ these traditions are expected to carry on for years to come. In Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club‚ daughters Waverly‚ Lena‚ Rose and June thoughts about their culture are congested by Americanization while on their quests towards self-actualization. Each daughter struggles to find balance between Chinese heritage and American values through marriage and professional careers

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    with the rest of the world. I own a Samsung Galaxy S4‚ and I know that if I were to lose or not have it one day‚ I would go ballistic! My phone keeps me in touch with everyone around me‚ not only that but‚ it stores a lot of my personal events and pictures‚ and not to mention the amount of money I paid for this expensive trinket was ridiculous! To begin I am a very busy woman with a very busy schedule. I am a full time mother and student throughout the whole week‚ and I work at a salon on the weekends

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    Luck vs Success

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    Success vs. Luck Luck has no absolute role in success; success only comes when you are dedicated in having two major factors: an education and a career. People need to have an open mind that if he or she puts in hours of hard work of anything it will give back success and what you expect of the end of the bargain after putting in long hours of hard work. Time is a huge take away if you decide to wait for luck to become successful might as well just procrastinate because there is not telling

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