From Chinese Cinderella Growing up in a wealthy family in 1950s Hong Kong‚ Adeline Yen Mah should have had an enviable childhood‚ but she was rejected by her dominating stepmother and despised by her brothers and sisters. She was sent to a boarding school and left there. In this extract from her autobiography she relates one of the few occasions when she went home. Time went by relentlessly and it was Saturday again. Eight weeks more and it would be the end of term … in my case perhaps the end of
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The Behistun Inscription (also Bistun or Bisutun‚ Modern Persian: بیستون < Old Persian: Bagastana‚ meaning "the place of god") is a multi-lingual inscription located on Mount Behistun in the Kermanshah Province of Iran‚ near the city of Kermanshah in western Iran. Authored by Darius the Great sometime between his coronation as king of the Persian Empire in the summer of 522 BC and his death in autumn of 486 BC‚ the inscription begins with a brief autobiography of Darius‚ including his ancestry and
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and a Chinese myth named‚ Heaven and Earth and Man‚ contrasted in the aspects of conflict‚ solutions‚ heroic action‚ and the education of the first humans. Conflicts arise for different concerns but after the battles cease‚ peace is restored because of supernatural intervention‚ the world advances and progresses to prevent future misfortune. Firstly‚ if peace is kept in the heavens of Greece then there will be less despair on Earth. The battle of authority results in a punishment system being enforced
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FROM CHINESE CINDERELLA Adeline Yen Mah’s ‘Chinese Cinderella’ is the story of pain‚ rejection and triumph. Mental pain‚ contempt and cruelty were the harsh realities of her life. But the will to succeed and win recognition proved to be powerful motivating factors. The subtext is based in the years 1940-1950 and on memoirs of Adeline’s childhood. This extract is based on one of the few occasions when she went home. The title has a dreamy fairy tale like tone. It is used in an ironic manner and appropriately
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In ‘Half Caste’ John Agard expresses his strong feelings about being treated differently for being mixed race as he has a Caribbean father and a Portuguese mother. He makes fun of the term ‘half caste’ by using the idea of him being half a person. Agard uses repetition of the phrase “Wha yu mean‚ when yu say half-caste” and “Explain yuself”. He is asking the audience as he thinks the term ‘half-caste’ does not make sense and he is emphesising his anger. He wants the audience to feel guilty and
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The Chinese Man What word or phrase in the story couldbest describe you as person? Being SMART – Because being smart is the key to success. What is the relation of the story to our subject matter? Lesson 2 BASICS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE What is a Community? Johnson in Felizmeña and Yangco (1997) - “a group of people gathered together in a geographic area‚ large or small‚ who have common interests‚ actual or potentially recognized in the social welfare field” Medina (2001) - “a group
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Ancient China and Ancient Egypt are very different and very alike. The differences and similarities between Ancient China and Ancient Egypt‚ such as their writing systems‚ their calendars‚ and the areas they lived in are very interesting‚ and they deserve to be discussed. Ancient China and Egypt are different‚ but makes them similar? One detail is that both Egypt and China were very civilized for the times that they lived in. The second detail is that both civilizations had been ruled by dynasties
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A: Why do you want to get a part-time job? B: I’d like to make some spending money. If I earn the money myself‚ I can spend it however I want. It’s liberating and I can ease my parents’ burden at the same time. A: Do you have time to work? Will it affect your studies? B: I’d like to work during the summer break. It won’t affect my studies. A: Where do you want to work? B: I plan to go to medical school later‚ so I’d like to get a job at a hospital to see if I liek to deal with patients. What
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Subject: -History Annihilation of caste - Dr B R Ambedkar Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born in 1891 into an ‘untouchable’ family. He was one of the most radical thinkers of India. He transformed the social‚ economic and political landscape in the struggle against British colonialism. The Annihilation of caste by Dr. B R Ambedkar is an undelivered speech written
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Evolution of Chinese Calligraphy China is known for its beauty and intellectual prestige but the one thing that mostly stands out when speaking of Chinese art is the form of calligraphy. It is known to be one of the earliest forms of writing that can be translated‚ which began thousands of years ago and is still used today. Chinese calligraphy was invented and developed by the ancient Chinese who used the innovation as a method of written communication. Throughout the years‚ the Chinese calligraphy
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