Amy Chua is a Chinese mother of two daughters who is well known for her book "The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother". This book led to a huge national debate over "western parenting methods." Mrs. Chua protests that parents must override their childrens’ desires in helping children succeed. Many of Chuas’ critics oppose her parenting methods‚ while others agree with her. As with anything there are many positive and negative aspects to Chuas’ strategy. Overriding a childs’ desires prevents them from
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Amy Sze’s company downsized three times in two year s. As she had been a productive and dependable employee‚ her bosses managed to find a job for her each time. Amy was assigned three different jobs over the two years pe riod. Johnny‚ Amy’s current boss‚ thought she was smart and the kind of employee the company had to keep once the economic crisis was over. Johnny and the other mana gers thought Amy was lucky to have a job in the company. However‚ as far as Amy was concerned‚ the last
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English III AP/ Period 5 9/15/13 “Mother’s Tongue” by Amy Tan 1. Amy uses emotional appeals throughout her essay as she does in her first couple paragraphs. Amy says “I am a writer” to show that she simply loves to write down her mind and that is it. 2. Tan’s argument is simply referring to the somewhat embarrassment she has when people notice her mother’s broken English. As she goes on it begins to bother her to a point where she feels sympathetic for her mother. As she feels this‚ she
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Kinds by Amy Tan‚ there is a mother who motivates her daughter by making her participate in several trainings to enhance her skills. Amy is signed up for many practices and events that she does not want to do. However‚ throughout the story we see a dramatic change in Amy from being an obedient to defiant caused by her mother’s pressure to become someone who she was not. From the story we see countless bad parenting habits. The first habit that we capture is the unsympathetic feeling towards Amy. A parents
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Culture-Relationship Paper Having outlined the nature of leisure in general‚ the more specific definition of leisure can be described with some exactitude how the concept may and may not be applied. In the first place‚ leisure should be distinguished from free time‚ that is‚ time left free not only from regular employment but also from overtime and from time spent in travel to and from the work place. Free time includes leisure‚ as well as all the other activities that take place outside
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nastiest‚ ugliest possible way.” Amy (Rosamund Pike) and Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) were the perfect couple to those whom saw them‚ although their facades soon dissipates as Amy tries to have Nick framed for her murder in Gillian Flynn’s top seller and movie Gone Girl. The movie enraptures the audience by the seething resentfulness and the revenge obsession that occurs between Nick and Amy which shows strengths and weaknesses throughout the entire movie. Furthermore‚ Amy manipulates and denigrates Nick
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by your family? In the memoir “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan‚ Amy‚ a Chinese-American girl is embarrassed by her family’s Chinese customs at Christmas Eve dinner. The reason she is so humiliated is because her family invited the minister and his family over for dinner‚ and Amy‚ who has a crush on their son Robert‚ is acutely aware of the cultural differences between the two families. In spite of the fact that the meal was a horrifying event for young Amy‚ she eventually learns to appreciate her mother’s
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Teds Hughes and mark doty poems are written in animals point of view ‚ Showing each unique animal character and their point of view about this world from their perspective. The poet uses literary devices in their poems using tones‚ personification ‚ and visual imagery to evoke the reader’s emotions and to make the poems more comprehensible. In this two poems the poets made a unique quality of personifying the hawk and the dog because they cannot articulate their thoughts and emotions into
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Margaret Atwood : (1983) “Happy Endings” is six different story lines and alternate endings‚ with only four characters. All of the stories have different plots and motifs‚ they all have the same ending and that is with death‚ throughout the stories she is never shy to use death. Atwood uses satire through diction‚ she also uses flat characters‚ and she tricks with the different gender roles in a relationship‚ based on commitment‚ and adultery. She uses the gothic concept of inapt ability to escape
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lu zhai 13-10-12 2:12 PM Thumbprint 批注 [1]: Alliteration (start with the same By Eve Merriam letter of “w”) In the heel of my thumb lu zhai 13-10-12 1:33 PM 批注 [2]: Symbolism: design probably refers are whorls‚ whirls‚ wheels to in a unique design: lu zhai 13-10-12 1:59 PM mine alone. 批注 [3]: Consonance: end with the same What a treasure to own! sound of “n”
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