Spring 2014 Sections 1 - 15 Essay 2 Critique Select one of the articles*‚ read it carefully and then critique it in the form of an academic essay. Please remember that the purpose of the critique is to analyze & interpret a text in terms of its strengths & weaknesses and to respond to the writer’s views – keeping in mind the rhetorical situation i.e. purpose‚ audience & context of the text to be critiqued. A critique is not the same as criticism therefore it does not
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In her essay "Why Chinese mothers are superior"‚ Amy Chua claims that children raised by Chinese mothers are more successful in its direct children who are bred by Western mothers. According to the author‚ the beliefs of the Chinese parents allow their children to excel since they result in a strict‚ direct and strong education. Chua described a study of 50 Western mothers and 48 Chinese immigrant mothers revealed that Chinese mothers believe that their children’s academic success is the direct result
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Tiger Mums The text “Why Chinese Moms Are Superior” is written by Amy Chua‚ a professor at Yale law school. The article is an excerpt from her book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”‚ which were the cause of much discussion because her methods of raising her kids to many “Western parents” were too strict and almost inhumane. The article deals with the differences between Chinese and Western perception of how to raise a child seen from the perspective of a Chinese mother. Although the Chinese tends
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If someone is being tortured against their will‚ won’t they simply say anything in order to make the pain stop? A victim might provide false information just so that he or she does not have to continue undergoing the agonizing torment. Also‚ between not eating and not sleeping‚ some people become delusional and may not necessarily be able to discriminate between the truth and a lie. Furthermore‚ by investigators
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understand the social interaction with the head of the company is called superior-subordinate communication. The meaning of superior-subordinate communication refers to the interactions between organizational leaders and their subordinates and how they work together to achieve personal and organizational goals. (Jablin ‚ 1979) From this case‚ upward communication is applied when subordinate is trying to approach his superior with the mess he made. Upward communication is the process of transmitting
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Poniewozik concentrates on how the classic fairytale of Cinderella has been reinvented multiple times to correspond with the viewpoints of feminist authors. Poniewozik claims in his article "The Princess Paradox" that "girls choosing the fairy-tale ending is not such a bad thing" (667). However Peggy Orenstein‚ a contributing writer for The New York Times‚ would completely disagree with that statement. Orenstein stresses in her article Cinderella and Princess Culture that the "princess craze" and "girlie-girl"
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Cinderella was a Disney classic film made by Walt Disney in 1950. The Disney version of the Cinderella film was based on the protagonist of the French version of the tale by Charles Perrault‚ “Cinderella”‚ written in 1698. The movie is based upon a girl‚ a shoe‚ and a prince. The point of the movie was to see a beaten down‚ and abused young woman become a beautiful princess to a handsome prince. Despite her troubled past‚ she did not let it stop her ambitions. The fairy tale of Cinderella has been
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Abortion Morally Right or Wrong Kirstyn Fletcher PHI 103 Informal Logic Anthony Biduck October 26‚ 2011 What About it is Considered Moral or Unmoral? This subject is probably one of the top five most controversial subjects in the world today. Is it immoral to kill an unborn child? Do we have the right to choose what grows in our bodies before it becomes a citizen in America? Will God punish you for killing a person? So many questions go into this type of situation of what’s morally right or
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No matter how you slice it‚ abortion is morally wrong. Although that should not be misinterpreted for a pro-life stance on abortion because there are numerous circumstances that must be considered in each situation. Just because abortion is morally impermissible‚ it does not mean that society will deem you a bad person for getting an abortion under extreme circumstances. For that reason‚ abortion is a specifically tricky topic to discuss. There is no clear-cut answer as to whether or not abortion
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