American Tongues Film Commentary In the film “American Tongues‚” enormous majority of American from different cities have different regional accents of English. Some people have positive attitude towards the different regional accents of English. They believe that the way people speak is always changing based on what they hear from their linguistic environment. There are a few scenes in the film where people share what they think about using certain dialects in positive attitude. In one scene
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Asian Literature and Philosophy Jennifer Barzona ENG/301 June 3‚ 2013 Marc Bonanni Asian Literature and Philosophy Asia‚ the world’s largest continent‚ expands from the area formerly known as the U.S.S.R. to the Bering Strait and as far south as the Indian Ocean. Scholars limit the areas of Asia to focus predominantly on the Eastern Asian area in regard to Asian American literary guidelines. Asian American literature allows a further exploration of the past and traditional Asian philosophies
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As the film American Beauty‚ released in 1999‚ comes to a close‚ Lester Burnham final arrives at peace as he realizes the beauty that is depicted in the title. Be as is may‚ he is suddenly met with his ultimate demise‚ but not before his penultimate realization. Although this film is coming upon nearly two decades old‚ the cinematography cannot be undermined‚ nor can the message as it becomes ever increasingly relevant in today’s society. For that‚ American Beauty is the quintessential movie that
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or mocked the accents of Asian nail salon workers‚ I became determined to work towards a better understanding of my fellow Asian Americans.
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Education difference between East Asian and American One of the phenomenon I experienced and observed a lot is East Asian students‚ comparingly‚ speak less in class than American students. More precisely‚ the students impacted by western education is more talkative (in a class discussion) than the students learned under East Asian education system. Besides the language issue‚ I am more interested in the foundation of different that drove behind this phenomenon. And I believe this is a good example
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Look closer. The chilling tag-line of multi award winning American Beauty has great relatability‚ from the lives of all of the characters to the hidden beauty on showcase throughout the film. It cannot simply be filed into one genre‚ instead being a drama‚ comedy‚ tragedy and more. Director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Alan Ball fine-tuned the film‚ resulting in a triumph of writing‚ acting and directing. The movie follows the last few months of everyman Lester Burnham’s (played by the seemingly ideal
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The American Dream in the Film Scarface The film Scarface can be directly compared to the myth of the American Dream. The contemporary perception of the American Dream is one monetary gains and power in society. Scarface is a gangster movie in which the main character Tony Montana tries to reach his dream of overwhelming power and wealth. Tony Montana like Jay Gatsby believed that after obtaining enormous power and wealth‚ one would live in happily ever after. The director Brian De Palma like
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in the family structure -Nuclear family: Both mother and father reside the home. 1960 – only 90% of kids lived with a single parent. 2006 – Only 25% of kids lived with a single parent. (Main reason for this was divorce) *Exception to Asian-American families. -Blended family: Two divorced families/Widowed families. “Brady Bunch” May produce a child together Half brothers an sisters -StepFamily: Kids coming together from each family. -Extended Family: Multi-generation relatives
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Asian Pacific Islander Americans have long since been considered to be minorities in America‚ and as such‚ we are‚ at times‚ underrepresented in American politics and so forth. This being said‚ that doesn’t mean that we should allow ourselves to be underrepresented in this prospect. In order for us‚ as a group‚ to overcome this‚ we should be voting and participating more when it comes to politics and civic engagements. Even though we are called a minority‚ that doesn’t mean that we are small in number
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Film Response #1 “American Tongues” Synopsis: The video American Tongues is a documentary‚ illustrating the aspects of geographical linguistics within the United States. A dialect or an accent means the words we use and how we pronounce them‚ and in this case the language is American English. Variations of English that result in local dialects are discussed‚ reasons for dialect differences are given‚ and attitudes about dialects are shown in the video. There are several ways that dialects form
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