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    Amy Chua Analysis

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    1) Topic: ”Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” Writer: Amy Chua‚ a professor at Yale Law School‚ USA. Reader: Parents from the Western World‚ who are also readers of The Wall Street Journal. Language: Well written text‚ with an extensive vocabulary. It is written to some extent with formal jargon. Circumstances: The writer’s home. She lives with her daughters and husband. There is a flashback into Chua’s childhood as well. Intention: She is trying to clarify the differences between Chinese parents

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    The Arrival By Shaun Tan

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    The Arrival The arrival by Shaun Tan is inspirational. In the book‚ there is a sequence in images that leave readers with suspense on what these pictures may indicate. You could never go to the second chapter without reading the first chapter before because these pictures tell a story that unfolds slowly but unknown; with reasons behind them that the author and the pictures let alone know. There is a language of silence told in graphics that makes you wonder‚ what does the picture mean and is it

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    A Letter to Amy Chua

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    A LETTER TO AMY CHUA Dear Amy Chua: I am a student who is raised by demanding eastern parenting style you described in your article “Why Chinese Mothers Are superior” and can easily find this kind of parenting style in China. As a typical Chinese mom‚ you demonstrate an general idea held by most Chinese parents that keeping working “makes the once not fun activity fun” with your own experience about enforcing Lulu to finish the task which seems impossible. And you also notice that children due

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    Andrew L. Tan Story

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    inspiring new “rags-to-riches” billionaires of Southeast Asia is Andrew Tan of Alliance Global Group‚ Inc.‚ the new multi-billion peso holding company for his three major businesses – condominium-developer Megaworld‚ the world’s biggest brandy producer Emperador Distillers‚ Inc. and a HUGE percentage on shareholdings in the nationwide Philippine franchise of McDonald’s fastfood chain. The latest 2007 issue of Forbes magazine lists Tan as the country’s fourth wealthiest billionaire after the Zobel-Ayala

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    Elizabeth Bishop The Fish

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    Elizabeth Bishop – The Fish Elizabeth Bishop’s "The Fish" deals with the contact of a fisher with his just caught victim. It’s about the feeling of private triumph and moreover the pity and respect for others. The poem which is told the reader by a first person narrator starts with the fact that the fisher just caught the fish without having to struggle. It wasn’t hard for him to catch the fish because he didn’t make an effort to escape. The fish which he is holding beside the boat

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    Ornamental Fish Production Alasdair M. Weddell An essay submitted to the Institute of Fisheries Management for the Annual Study Course 2003‚ Nottingham May‚ 2004 Ornamental Fish Production Alasdair M. Weddell Institute of Fisheries Management Annual Study Course 2003‚ Nottingham ORNAMENTAL FISH PRODUCTION Alasdair M. Weddell May‚ 2004 Fish keeping is becoming an increasingly popular pastime across the western world‚ whether it is ornamental koi and goldfish in the garden pond

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    Christian Fish Symbols

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    root word for "fish". According to the article "The History of the Christian Fish Symbol"‚ the symbols of the fish combined with the “wine and a basket of bread represent the Eucharist and the Last Supper in Christian art." The word "fish" was mentioned quite often in the gospels. For instance‚ in the book of Mark‚ it says "Come after me‚ and I will make you become fishers of men." Or in Matthew 14:17 it states‚ "And they said to Him‚ ’We have here only five loaves and two fish.’" It is even

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    Interrogating Chasing Amy

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    alternative point of view is the "sexual script" theory which states that sexuality is socially learned (Seidman 2003). In the film Chasing Amy‚ many features of the "sexual natural attitude" are both evident as well as challenged. The film also shows many of the characters to have "sexual scripts" which seem to be based on age‚ race‚ and class. The film Chasing Amy is based on a middle class‚ white male (Holden McNeil) who falls in love with a lesbian named Alyssa Jones. Holden is portrayed as a conservative

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    When I was in Form 2‚ we had a temporary science teacher. His name was Mr. Tan. He taught us for a couple of months before he obtained a place in university to further his studies. We found out that he was leaving us just one day before the day he was supposed to leave. He did not tell us. Another teacher did. As we liked very much‚ we got together and planned a farewell party for him. The girls agreed to make some tidbits and the boys agreed to prepare some drinks. It was to be a small party‚ as

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    The Fish’ is a narrative poem‚ told in the first person‚ about the confrontation between an amateur fisher-fishing in a ’rented boat’ and a ’tremendous’ battle-worn fish. A poem that acknowledges awareness in nature‚ "The Fish‚" although a narrative‚ sings in the way we expect lyric poetry to sing‚ for it is rich with imagery‚ simile‚ metaphor‚ as well as rhetorical and sound devices. I say "confrontation‚" but really the fish‚ with evidence of having been caught at least five other times‚

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