The author of this essay will critically appraise tow nursing articles. A qualitative paper published in the Journal of Advance Nursing (JAN) which will be referred as ‘article one’. A quantitative paper published in the Journal of Wound Care which will be referred as ‘article two’ in this essay. Both articles are wound care related. In order to examine the strength and weakness of the articles‚ the author of this essay will use a set of tools using a methodological analysis. Therefore demonstrate
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Brittany Tiano Ms. Wenzel WLS Tutorial 24 October 2012 Reality vs. Fantasy: Kingston’s use of Juxtaposition in The Woman Warrior In The Woman Warrior‚ Maxine Hong Kingston writes an honest memoir that focuses in on the lives of five woman; the most important being Kingston‚ and is told in 5 chapters. As a reader‚ we get a glimpse into the realities of life for many Chinese emigrants in America and their children. Kingston‚ who is the narrator in the book‚ creates an elaborate fantasy in
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The Power in Storytelling The idea of power takes an entirely new meaning in Maxine Hong Kingston’s memoir‚ The Woman Warrior. Rather than power insinuating a political or social advantage‚ power in Kingston’s writing relates to her recurrent childhood experiences of being told stories and listening to “talk-story” from her mother. The importance and impact that the stories have is stressed from the first page of the memoir until the last story‚ which demonstrates the way Kingston uses and displays
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The Woman Warrior is the memoir of Maxine Hong Kingston’s experience growing up as a first-generation Chinese American. In it‚ she tells the stories of several other women to reveal the struggles and issues that have affected her own life. In telling their stories‚ she is telling her own stories because Kingston herself is a compilation of all the women in her book. In The Woman Warrior‚ Kingston reveals the cultural conflicts that have affected her and how‚ ultimately‚ she is able to fight back
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Chapter 1: Conception: The Origin of a Story The origin of a story may come from a plethora of triggers in life such as a notebook‚ memory‚ or even pure intuition. In Kingston’s novel‚ The Woman Warrior‚ she primarily uses her memory to recall the legend of Fa Mu Lan‚ a Chinese girl who took her father’s place in battle illegally (21). Kingston uses this familiar Chinese story that leaves a “direct personal impression” on her and links it to her own imagination (Lanning and Macauley 3). This
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When an Ordinary Object Becomes an Extraordinary “Thing” To most people the rocking chair is just that; a chair that you can rock in. To myself and so many others‚ the rocking chair is so much more. The rocking chair takes on human characteristics‚ it has two arms and it has a seat in which you can become one with the chair. The rocking chair is by far one of the best ways to soothe an irritable infant or bring peace and comfort to an adult. My rocking chair may seem like an ordinary one‚ the
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Eric Perinotti Professor Sachdev Writing and Thinking The Woman Warrior Argumentative Essay Maxine Hong Kingston’s novel The Woman Warrior is a series of narrations‚ vividly recalling stories she has heard throughout her life. These stories clearly depict the oppression of woman in Chinese society. Even though women in Chinese Society traditionally might be considered subservient to men‚ Kingston viewed them in a different light. She sees women as being equivalent to men‚ both strong and
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First Impressions of the Loman Family In Arthur Miller’s beloved American play ‘Death of a Salesman’‚ he presents the Loman family in one way‚ but uses subtle clues to give us‚ the audience‚ Miller’s direct interpretation of the characters. The first characters we are introduced to are the protagonist‚ Willy and his wife‚ Linda. From the start Miller portrays Willy as a struggling salesman‚ his last name being ‘Loman’ which is a homophone for ‘low man’. During Willy and Linda’s first exchange
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Midterm Redraft English 251 May-1-07 Kingston’s Women Warrior gives voices and identities to Chinese and Chinese American women. Growing up with a family of five sisters and myself as first generation Korean Americans‚ The Women Warrior focuses on the author’s life were she struggles to find her voice. Maxine Hong Kingston’s writing of this book is an example of how ancient talk stories‚ myths‚ and beliefs help one find her voice in America. The Women Warrior takes us on an adventure through
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In Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior‚ Hong Kingston shares a tragic story involving one of her aunts. Originally the story was told to Hong Kingston by her mother‚ but a lot of the information was withheld so Hong Kingston includes a lot of what she thinks could have happened. Regardless of what is true and what is not‚ this piece of writing was extremely engaging and interesting. Hong Kingston dives into the norms held in Chinese culture and how they affect different people. This chapter
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