The author‚ Amy Tan is a second generation Chinese immigrant. Her parents are both Chinese immigrants. Her father and one of her brothers passed away during her early teens. At that period‚ she found out that her mother had been married before in China. She left her divorced ex-husband and three daughters in China. In 1987‚ after her mother recovered from a serious illness‚ they took a trip to China where Tan reunited with her half-sisters. The trip offered Tan a new perspective on her mother and
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Many people have had experiences with their families when they were younger that left them feeling ashamed or upset. In Amy Tan’s short story "Fish Cheeks‚" the author describes an embarrassing moment with her family that she only came to appreciate later in life. Tan was initially uncomfortable with how her traditional family behaved in front of guests‚ thinking they wanted to embarrass her. However‚ she eventually realized that their intention was to instill pride in her culture. Tan initially
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THE PH SCALE Learning Objectives: To distinguish between acidic‚ neutral and alkaline solutions using pH values. To classify solutions of equal concentrations in terms of acid or base strength using pH values. To understand how the appropriate use of Litmus paper‚ Universal Indicator and pH meter can give an account of different degrees of accuracy in the measurement of acidity or alkalinity of substances. 1) Define what an Acid is. Give five characteristics of acids. An acid is a chemical
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Practice Essay: Introduction: Amy Tan’s story‚ “Rules of the Game‚” takes place in San Francisco’s Chinatown‚ where Waverly Jong lives with her parents and two brothers. Waverly is a chess prodigy who took place in many competitions. Her mother Mrs. Jong is very proud of Waverly‚ maybe more. Her mother tells her lots of things she thinks Waverly needs to know to survive in the world‚ but unfortunately‚ Mrs. Jong’s advice comes across as nagging. Through Waverly and Mrs. Jong’s relationship‚ arrogance
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“Rules of the Game” “Rules of the Game” was written by Amy Tan. This short story takes place in Chinatown district of San Francisco during the 1950’s. Waverly was known as the child prodigy after she grew interest of chess while her brothers were playing it one day. Her brother‚ Vincent‚ had received a used chess set that were also missing some pieces from a Baptist Church Christmas Party that her family had attended. Waverly‚ being six years old‚ learns to play chess and becomes a national
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Not My Dream In the story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan‚ we are shown the struggles of a young girl Jing-Mei. Her struggle is that of a young girl growing up and trying to find her own sense of identity. Her troubles are compounded by her mother‚ who convinces her that she can become someone important. Because of her mother’s constant overbearing behavior‚ Jing-Mei does everything she can to annoy and displease her mother even to the point of being a failure. This fight to find
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Amy Cuddy creates a sense of ethos and authority on the topic through citing credible and relevant sources‚ discussing her credentials‚ and by making the speech easy to understand. At the beginning of her speech‚ Cuddy cites research from two well accredited sources. The first was Nalini Ambady‚ a researcher at Tufts University‚ and the second was Alex Todorov at Princeton. Not only does she tell the audience the people she has gotten the information from‚ but the institutions that they are a part
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Two Kinds by Amy Tan A: Synopsis This short story‚ ‘Two Kinds’ is more focused on the relationships between mother and daughter. The narrator of this story‚ Jing Mei recalls of the days when her mother wanted her to be a prodigy in America. Her mother moved to San Francisco when she lost everything in China. At first‚ she thought that her daughter would be like Shirley Temple as they watched how talented Shirley Temple was in acting. And one day when the narrator’s mother saw a young Chinese girl
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A Pair of Tickets Amy Tan Amy Tan’s A Pair Of Tickets is a story concerning family and roots. June May‚ like the author herself‚ was a Chinese born in USA and grew up with an American background culture‚ whereas her mother grew up in China and then immigrated to America. Looking at the repeated words‚ we discussed that one there are many words such as mother‚ sister‚ father and Aiyi. Most of the characters in this story belong to one family‚ June May’s family. It suggests to us that the
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The Harvest In the story‚ The Harvest By Amy Hempel‚ talks about a accident occurred between a girl in a motorcycle and a car. And this story goes deep on what happened to the person who got injured from the accident which is the narrator. However‚ the question is why does the narrator change her description of what happened to her or is it something she just liked to do or is there a reason behind changing her description during the short story of what happened to her. The narrator made the
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