Alice Walker’s Novel: Possessing the Secret of Joy This research paper is about Alice Walker’s fifth novel titled Possessing the Secret of Joy. While completing this paper‚ films titled Warrior Marks and Alice Walker: Possessing the Secret of Joy were used along with book sources‚ Internet source documents and a personal email interview. In the novel‚ Alice Walker strives to make people aware of the horrific effects that female circumcision (genital mutilation) has on the African community
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(Krames‚ J. 2003‚ p. 135-136) CONTRIBUTION Michael Dell’s main contribution to the field of technology was by involving the customers from the very beginning of the business model. He started building computers for each customer by individual order‚ giving each one exactly what they wanted‚ listening to each one all along the way. He made the customer
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In Amy Tan’s novel‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ each female character experiences different degrees of tragedy‚ but Suyuan Woo’s life appears to the most tragic. Despite suffering many misfortunes in her life‚ Suyuan is a willful woman who does not focus on the hardships in life but instead attempts to create happiness. With this personality‚ she creates the Joy Luck Club in China to find happiness while the Japanese invaded China. Later‚ Suyuan leaves China and comes to America in hopes of starting fresh
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Amy Tan’s book‚ “The Joy Luck Club”‚ is centered on the idea of the difference in generations between a Chinese mother and her American daughter. The plot of the novel is in the perspective of three mothers and their daughters. In “The Joy Luck Club”‚ Tan uses rice‚ dreams‚ legends‚ and traditions to show one of the main characters‚ Lena St. Claire‚ struggles to combine her mother’s Chinese heritage with her American life. In the chapter‚ “Rice Husband”‚ Lena St. Clair’s mother‚ Ying-Ying‚ in concerned
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Also‚ when visiting universities‚ Hispanics are usually in the minority and treated differently. When I go into college I want to join programs so where the Hispanics will have a strong voice. Instead of giving back to my community directly‚ I am going to give back to my community through my education. By going to college‚ I will be representing the Hispanic community and overall will be studying to make‚ the world a better place‚ not only the Hispanic
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As we age‚ we forget (parallelism). We forget the joys of being a child. We forget (repetition) how to play‚ how to laugh (parallelism). We tend to become so fixed on growing up that we forget many of things that we found wondrous as children as they have faded away like the night (simile) as the sun of time rises and illuminates the harsh reality of life. I have found however‚ one thing from my childhood seems to stick with me even as I have grown up and that is bandaids. This is not because they
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Beethoven’s ninth symphony was the climax of all his symphonies. He has begun work on this symphony many years before ultimate completion. It is titled “The Symphony of Joy” because of the great moments of happiness captured in multiple parts. Because of the great diversity of each movement‚ I will capture the essence of them individually. The first movement is the epitome of Beethoven’s musicality. This movement is in the traditional sonata form. The opening of this piece is a great crescendo in
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Skiing was not my forte or my favorite activity to do. My emotions were enraged at the way I tumbled down the slope. My body ached by falling and tumbling through the freezing cold snow and ice. Home sounded so marvelous right now‚ anywhere but here‚ my confidence had hit rock bottom. My face red and frozen from sobbing. I concluded that there was some other way down‚ nevertheless there wasn’t. It was a gorgeous day about five years ago. My family and I had left to Sugar mountain to practice skiing
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The moment I once grew my brain was when I learned how to drive. When I learned how to drive‚ I went to driving school‚ drove on long straight highways‚ my parents and siblings even helped out‚ and I even watched a couple videos on the dps website. I first started going to driving school when I was fifteen‚ then I didn’t know how to drive. School taught me all the basics such as don’t text and drive‚ wear a seatbelt‚ stuff like that. Also the most important things it taught me was the signs and
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hospital. I was sad because I would not be able to see my sister all day. I had to go to school‚ so I got ready and got on the bus. When we got to school‚ my teacher asked what is going on in class‚ I yelled my mom is in the hospital because she is giving birth to a baby. When I was in school‚ all I did was telling my friends about my sister. At the end of the day I got on the bus
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