What is Chineseness? What is Chinese identity? Does a universal “Chinesehood” exist? These are questions brought to the fore when I read the essay “What is China? Who is Chinese?” by Colin Mackerras. They are important because the answers may well shed light on the Chinese identity in general‚ not just confined to the border of the state called PRC‚ but stretching to other Chinese-dominated communities that have doubts and debates on Chinese identity of their people‚ e.g.‚ overseas Chinese groups
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In the Play “An inspector calls”‚ J.B Priestly presents the characters to take responsibility in different forms. Sheila Birling changes the way she takes responsibility throughout the play‚ including times before Inspector Goole arrives‚ during the presence of Goole and after the inspector leaves. Before the Inspector arrives‚ we are told that Sheila Birling is o be married with Gerald and there is a celebration being held at the Birling’s house‚ Sheila is known to be very irresponsible before
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neighbours which tells us that his parents must be busy in other circumstances. The boy says that “in the porch I met my father crying—he had always taken funerals in his stride—“ We are also shown how the father has broken down despite being strong. The hyphens depict unease and concern. The boy does not know how to react to his father’s crying‚ this being the first funeral he has cried at. In contrast to the father‚ the baby in the pram is laughing. Big Jim Evans says it ‘was a hard blow’ but he does not
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II) are used for dictionary forms (or underlying representations ). The convention of angled brackets « » is utilised to show that the form is given just as it was written in the original source from which it is cited‚ for example: German ’bed’. A hyphen ( - ) is used to show the separation of morphemes in a word‚ as injump-ing for Englishjumping. Occasionally‚ a plus sign (+) is used to show a morpheme boundary in a context where it is necessary to show more explicitly the pieces which some example
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The poet‚ however‚ chose his words very carefully‚ and this is one of the reasons the poem is so powerful. Although‚ the narrator never specifically says he feels any guilt or remorse‚ the hyphens where his speech trails off indicate he is trying to justify himself. When the soldier fails to find other reasons‚ he slowly grasps the magnitude of his error. The use of the word “because” in quick succession implies that he is trying to convince
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The n-word‚ whether it is spelled nigra‚ nigger‚ or Negro‚ is seen as a term used to inflict pain on colored people. "The poison is still there. The word is inextricably linked with violence and brutality on black psyches and derogatory aspersions cast on black bodies. No degree of appropriating can rid it of that blood-soaked history"‚ everybody is using the word as a term of endearment‚ but neglect to realize that however you say it has a history behind it. Today’s society is using it and have
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Commentary on Field of Autumn Advancing like a silent threat‚ the onset of winter is presented throughout the poem as a season with sinister intent. The “acid breath of noon” approaches in a “Slow” manner‚ as if sneaking up on autumn. The personification of the “acid breath” not only suggests to the reader the fog is murderous‚ but one could be lead to imagine that the fog is poison gas. This is because “Field of Autumn” was published in 1947‚ two years after the Second World War; clearly the memory
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writing then others. He uses a very dark way of writing while also using many different components of style. Frequently you will notice he uses first person narration in his stories. Poe also uses hyphens to point out disturbance or fear in his stories. It is said by many that when more than one hyphen is present in a paragraph‚ the narrator is in a diversified state of mind. He is also remembered as the author who helped develop and create the short story form‚ which is America’s one real significant
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can use a little onion if you want to (my mother doesn’t) (Wah 67) .This shows that Wah’s mother (who is Swedish) does not add onion because adding onion to Lo Bok is not right for the cultural dish of Chinese. The onion in this passage acts as the hyphen between the two different cultures of Chinese and Canadian food. As well the use of Wah stating that you can buy Chinese white turnip at Safeway an American supermarket chain shows how you can find the fusion of the two cultures in society. (Wah
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