I grew up in Taiwan. It was the goal of many parents there to get a good education for their children so they could go to university in the United States. So after high school I was sent to a university in the Midwest in 1969 to study mechanical engineering. It was very difficult for me. I knew hardly any English and there were very few Chinese-speaking students there. I was lonely. Terribly lonely. I cried a lot when by myself in my room. But I made it through. It took me five years‚ but I made
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in my grandparents dining room for a family reunion. I was too busy stuffing my mouth with my grandma’s delicious mash potatoes‚ when all of a sudden the room erupted with laughter. I asked my cousin‚ Nada‚ who was sitting next to me‚ “What’s so funny?” She looked at me with a deadpan face and said‚ “She’s telling them about the “water story” again.” I sighed‚ “She says that story all the time.” The reason for my indifference feeling is that she tells us this story every time we visit her. The story
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seems one of the most interesting characters in this short story. The author presents Thomas as a person who has not been affected negative by the hardship and struggles of modern day Native American. He is funny and traditional person; and has the kind of personality. Thomas represents a funny and traditional person: and has kind of personality through what he says. As Thomas greets Victor at the tribal trading post and expresses condolences for his loss‚ Victor asks how Thomas learned of Victor’s
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but rather to be funny—to pursue their chief aim of entertainment‚ and to make people laugh. Although some humorists attempt to convey a message about society at large‚ the main focus of most humorists is to entertain and not effect societal change. The
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reason why I think that Ralph the camel is funny is that I have always like that kind of humor. The reason why I think that they tried to escape was funny is because that sounds like something I would do. A second reason why I think that Ralph the camel was humorous is because … who does that? It was the most random thing in the essay. In today’s society random things are funny. The reason why I chose Eric’s humor as an attribute is because he seemed like a funny person. If I was having an essay typed
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compares these constant shifts between childish and preadolescent thoughts in the classroom to the funny cliché of “finding a razor blade in a candy apple”. This was a perfect correlation because it completely shows the reader how quick a younger kid is to jump from an immature thought to a more sophisticated one. Any reader can imagine how finding a razor blade in a candy apple would be‚ so it is a funny‚ yet accurate‚ comparison to a ten year-old boy. As a reader‚ it was very refreshing to read Orlean’s
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close up of the cheese being held by the Panda‚ with their famous slogan written at the top of the screen‚ “Never Say No to Panda.” The commercial seems to be aimed toward a younger age group. People around ages 16-25 would find the advertisements funny‚ which is something this audience group looks for in a commercial. The sheer indifference the Panda seems to show with its face while wrecking everything just makes it even more enjoyable to the younger audience. The commercial could also be targeted
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Effective Association: Get the consumer to Feel Good About the Brand. Advertisers want consumers to like their brand. They believe that brand liking leads to purchase. But rather than provide the consumer with hard reasons to like the brand. There are several well-known approaches to getting the consumer to like’s one brand. METHOD A: Feel-Good Ads. These Ads are supposed to work through affective (feeling) association or pre-decision distortion. They are supposed to either link the good feeling
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smart because she is seventeen and she already is a college student. I think that she is a happy person because she enjoys life even though she has cancer and doesn’t have much longer to leave‚ I would consider Augustus Water a nice‚ sarcastic‚ and funny person. He is
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silly goose and you don’t know what that means? Well i’m here to tell you what it means and why it should be an award.A silly goose means someone who’s silly and is funny‚ but not stupid just silly. No it does not mean your a goose‚ for those of you wondering. I think that a silly goose should be an award because there’s so many funny people in the world‚ that there should be an award for it. Now that you know what a silly goose is‚ then you should know what i’m talking about. I could name a ton
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