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    VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY- HO CHI MINH CITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED IN VIETNAM Course: CRITICAL THINKING Group: 6 Instructor: HỒ THANH PHONG Table of Content 1. Abstract…………………………………………………………3 2. Introduction……………………………………………………..4

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    In China‚ red is used to symbolize prosperity and good luck. A candle with a wick on both ends is lit to represent the happiness of a newly married couple. It is Chinese custom to light both ends and let them burn the whole night. If neither wick extinguishes during the night‚ it is said that the marriage will be successful and the bond is complete. Lindo Jong and her husband took part in this tradition. However‚ Lindo believed and felt that her “marriage” was not what she wanted‚ and she did not

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    feel neglected and have trouble understanding others. In the Joy Luck Club‚ four Chinese women immigrate to the United States in the mid-1900s during the Chinese Communist Revolutions. Settling in a Americanized country proved to be challenging due to cultural differences‚ language barriers‚ and conflicted history in China. The relationships these women formed with their daughters were influenced by new and old customs. In The Joy Luck Club‚ Amy Tan illustrates how a relationship between a parent and

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    Introduction Ever since her first novel The Joy Luck Club hit the shelves in 1989‚ Chinese-American writer Amy Tan has been heralded as the new voice of Chinese-American literature. The novel‚ which recounts the lives of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters in a short story format‚ spent nine months on the New York Times bestseller list. However‚ while critics have celebrated Tan for the cultural insights her works provide‚ the author herself is critical of the representative

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    role in evolving a person. Amy Tan‚ author of the Joy Luck Club‚ uses this theme in her book. Four mothers have migrated to America from China because of their own struggles. They all want their daughters to grow up successful and without any of the hardships they went through. One mother‚ Suyuan‚ imparts her knowledge on her daughter through stories. The American culture influences her daughter‚ Jing Mei‚ to such

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    Presentation Topics 2013 Select any 2 topics from the following and present it to the panel for 3-5 minutes each 1. Academic dishonesty : The first step in corruption 2. Academic pressure: Too much to handle 3. Are ‘Peace’ and ‘nonviolence’ outdated concepts? 4. Globalization versus Nationalism 5. Balance between professionalism and family. 6. Can Airlines hold passengers to ransom? 7. Commercialization of Healthcare sector – your views 8. Communities should be empowered to manage their water

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    other their family are just people related to them or they do not even care for eachother. Some people are not lucky enough to have met their family that live their life not knowing who their family is. That is why family is so important in the Joy Luck Club they all have different types of relationships with their families. The families

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    1. What was Earth like in its infancy? How does it compare with the Earth today? In the very beginning of earth’s history‚ this planet was a giant‚ red hot‚ roiling‚ boiling sea of molten rock - a magma ocean. The heat had been generated by the repeated high speed collisions of much smaller bodies of space rocks that continually clumped together as they collided to form this planet. As the collisions tapered off the earth‚ it began to cool‚ forming a thin crust on its surface. As the cooling continued

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    The Luck of Roaring Camp Within literature‚ realism acts as a fictional story within a setting of historical events. Realism began as an artistic movement in the late nineteenth century. This type of writing can be seen in many authors. One author in particular is Bret Harte. Harte born in New York‚ moved to California in his late teenage years. While in California‚ Harte worked as a teacher‚ a miner‚ and an editor. Harte’s The Luck of Roaring Camp‚ a short story in which he wrote for a magazine

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    Hard-Incompatiblism Hard determinism states that free will and moral responsibility are incompatible with determinism but‚ expanding on that Derk Pereboom also believes that free will and moral responsibility are incompatible with indeterminism (Pereboom‚ p.85). For this is essay I will be objecting to Pereboom’s hard incompatiblism. These objections will come in the form objections made by other philosopher plus my two cents worth on hard incompatiblism as well. The main thing about hard incompatiblism

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