integrated into mainstream culture. However‚ especially with more recent waves of immigration‚ some pieces of their culture remain uniquely their own and sometimes cannot be directly translated into English and American culture. In The Joy Luck Club‚ the concept of “joy luck” remains untranslatable from mother to daughter‚ from Chinese culture to American. This is not because the words do not make sense in English‚ because they do‚ but simply because the daughters do not live the same lives their mothers
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“It’s hard to belong” Belonging is a universal human experience‚ it involves belonging in a group in which the people have similar objectives‚ opinions and goals‚ as well as make you feel safe and relaxed. As humans‚ it is part of nature to want to be accepted. Each person on this planet is unique in different ways‚ and because of this some people find belonging easier than others. Ultimately‚ others are more easily accepted into group and whereas others are in a never-ending search to find a group
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Life Being Hard Many of us come to a point in life where we feel like giving up with our lives‚ we feel confused and hopeless and we ask ourselves‚ “Why does life have to be so hard?” We all face tough and difficult challenges in life. Some become difficult to overcome‚ especially when the odds are stacked against us. Going against all odds‚ is something we’re capable of doing. To overcome challenges‚ one needs to have that “never quit” attitude in life. If one develops it‚ one will overcome a
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A Fine Line between all Hopes and Joy; a review of ethnic and cultural differences of “The Joy Luck Club”‚ by Amy Tan This must be one of the most deep and heart-warming tale about four Chinese women and their daughters. Four generations of stories from eight different perspectives‚ experiencing ethnic and racial differences‚ in pre revolutionary China and decades later‚ in America‚ where their daughters are all grown up. Abandoned‚ repressed and separated from their loved ones‚ and unable to
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The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan talks about the lives of four Chinese immigrant mother raising their daughters in America. During the World War II‚ the mothers decide to vacate China to have a clean slate for their future daughters and themselves. With raising their daughters in America‚ the mothers decided not to inform them of their Chinese heritage‚ or as the mothers put it “.. being measured by the loudness of her husband’s belch ”(Tan 17).Therefore‚ allowing their daughters to make a name
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The shortest of Dickens’ novels‚ Hard Times‚ was also‚ until quite recently‚ the least regarded of them. The comedy is savagely and scornfully sardonic‚ to the virtual exclusion of the humour - that delighted apprehension of and rejoicing in idiosyncrasy and absurdity for their own sakes‚ which often cuts right across moral considerations and which we normally take for granted in Dickens. Then‚ too‚ the novel is curiously skeletal. There are four separate plots‚ or at least four separate centres
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Lindo Jong is a member of the Joy Luck Club along with Suyuan Woo‚ An-mei Hsu‚ and Ying-ying St. Clair. Lindo Jong is a mother to three children‚ a divorcee‚ and a wife to a second husband. She grew up in China‚ and even though her children are American‚ she wants them to have some Chinese character also. Lindo’s character encompasses three major traits including cleverness‚ being controlling‚ and loving. When Lindo turned the age of two‚ she was engaged to marry Tyan-yu who was one year old at
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ability you are born with or hard work? Give your opinion. Success means that a person is able to achieve his or her own goal. While some people ascribe one’s natural ability to success‚ the others may think that it is hard work that matters. In my opinion‚ although natural ability can increase one’s chances of being successful‚ working hard is more important for success. In this essay‚ I am going to explain why success depends on hard work more. To begin with‚ hard work is the key to success since
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“The Working Class: Disproving the Stereotypes of ‘Hardly Working’” The year was 1976. The presidential race was starting to pick up‚ with all of the nomination hopefuls attempting to make their mark. At one of the campaign stops‚ one of the two candidates from the Republican party‚ former governor of California Ronald Reagan stepped up onto the stage to speak. He knew the speech he was about to give‚ as he performed it at almost every stop‚ according to the press accounts following him. "There’s
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The story Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare is a tragedy story because of the fights in the love. Their family and their communication with each other are the biggest problems in this story. Act 1: 1st Problem This is when Romeo and his friends find out that the Capulet’s are having a party and they decide to go crash the party. This is when Romeo sees Juliet the first time and they both fall in love with each other at first site. Act 2: 2nd Problem This is when Romeo decided
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