Stephen Mendoza‚ HIST 2312 Wong‚ Jan. Red China Blues. Toronto: Doubleday/ Anchor Books‚ 1996. 395 pages. $11.95 In Jan Wong’s entrancing expose Red China Blues‚ she details her plight to take part in a system of “harmony and perfection” (12) that was Maoist China. Wong discloses her trials and tribulations over a course of three decades that sees her searching for her roots and her transformation of ideologies that span over two distinctive forms of Communist governments. This tale is so enticing
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“This book…will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the war” (Remarque Preface). All Quiet on the Western Front‚ written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ tells a story of a young soldier‚ as he and his friends fight for the German army during World War I. The novel is narrated from the point of view of Paul Bäumer. He is nineteen years old and‚ like many of his classmates‚ he joins the German army. The story follows as they fight through
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When someone thinks of the poor they instantly imagine a homeless man sleeping in a cardboard box or the nearest garbage can‚ but the working poor especially in the inner-city is commonly overlooked by society. However the working poor‚ in this case the working poor in the inner-city‚ are people advancing to try and make their lives better. They are taking minimum wage jobs so that they can barely afford a roof over their heads. Within Katherine Newman ’s novel No Shame In My Game‚ she studies the
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel about the uncivilized river life of a boy named Huckleberry Finn‚ but is also the portrayal of life in the south before the Civil War. Mark Twain wrote this novel and its predecessor The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Twain grew up along the Mississippi River in Missouri and had a rough childhood. But he became one of America’s greatest authors. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is well-written‚ fictional book that will keep your attention with excitement
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they induce‚ a portrait of the city life is painted. The poem begins by establishing the scene. A man is wandering "Along the reaches of the street / held in a lunar synthesis". Although the street is reaching‚ as if to entrap the man‚ it is held in stasis by the moon. This idea of the moon having power to release the wandering man from his everyday pattern of thought‚ from the "conscience of the blackened street"‚ prevails throughout the poem. But it is not just the day-to-day considerations that
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Critics have praised Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire for its characters. Crude‚ sensual Stanley; dreamy‚ burned-out Blanche; bashful‚ meek Mitch. That being said‚ the successful portrayal of these characters is the mark of an excellent Streetcar performance. According to many readers‚ the stunning characterization is what makes A Streetcar Named Desire so compelling and legendary. Yet I would like to disagree. I think it is the play’s setting that makes the story so fascinating. Streetcar
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The book begins with a strong basis and finishes with the same note since it is based on the research work conducted by Julie Kailin. The author conducted her ethnographic research in the schools of the Midwestern city. The book creates arguments on three main points. The first emphasis is on the idea that teachers should become the agents of antiracist change (Kailin 122). The second argument dwells on the point that antiracist education should become incorporated into the school curriculum and
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The Bloody Massacre There was an revolutionary incident was legendary for the American Revolution. On March 5‚ 1770 on a cold winter day‚ there was a rioting crowd throwing snowballs and cursing near the British Soldiers. For some reason there was a shot fired by a british soldier. Then they started firing into a rioting crowd. After all of the gun smoke cleared five men died: three on the spot and two wounded and died. General Thomas Preston the British Captain‚ and his men were trialed for murder
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The title of the poem ‘Whatif’ refers to the fears and paranoia questions we have at night‚ as we are more vulnerable. The poet combines the words ‘what’ and ‘if’ in a childlike manner. The main theme of the poem is ‘fears of a child’. In almost every line the poet adds a new fear. He mentions numerous childish fears like the feel of failing at school‚ being bullied‚ growing green chest hair and teeth not growing straight. He also mentions fears that a human at any age can relate to such as the fear
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The bloody code‚ refers to a series of severe laws and punishments‚ that were introduced in the early 1700’s; this was a time when capital punishment was extended to cover many more offences. Originally‚ punishment by death‚ would only have applied to a few crimes‚ including‚ murder and treason. This was further increased in The Black Act‚ of 1723‚ by another 50. Many rich landowners believed that crime was on the increase‚ due to the expansion of small village communities‚ into larger developed
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