Moving the White Oak Library Paladin Earl Harris COMM/215 January 12‚ 2015 April Rivers Renovation of the White Oak Library. White Oak Library‚ one of the large‚ regional branches of the county library needs renovation. Built in 1964 and a few renovations in 1980s‚ this building structure is now outdated. Addressing the problems that exist at the White Oak Library. The following is a list of issues that have to be resolved; 1) Mold in the basement possibly caused by moisture that was a
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Tao Fung Shan: A Christian Church Built in the Chinese Oriental Style Situated upon a small hill in Shatin‚ Tao Fung Shan is the perfect location for a missionary site. However‚ Tao Fung Shan struck myself‚ and undoubtedly any other new visitors‚ as its appearance does not reflect its Christian roots. Instead‚ the context was wholly Chinese with the buildings constructed in the typical Chinese traditional style. The gardens were in a typical Asian-Pacific style which involves having the garden
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In “Mnemonic” by Li-Young Lee a man is looking back on his life while falling asleep. He tries to recall the memory of his father and his blue sweater. He remembers his father wrapping him in the blue sweater when he was cold‚ but he never gives the sweater back. The boy fondly remembers his father and all the love his father had for him‚ and the first sign of regret is seen. The sweater is a symbol of love from father to son but the love was unrequited and the boy‚ now a man‚ wants nothing more
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A Story by Li-Young Lee presents an affectionate relationship between a father and his son‚ both of them searching for the right words to say to one another. The father worries that he has exhausted his supply of interesting stories and frantically pines for something‚ anything that will keep his son interested. He realizes that his son will eventually grow up and lose the cheerful admiration with which he looks at his father now. Through the use of literary techniques‚ Lee builds up the internal
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The American poet‚ Li-Young Lee was born in Jakarta‚ Indonesia on August 19‚ 1957 to a powerful family. Influences around him encouraged him to find his passion and he did. Now‚ poetry is part of his life and has won severe awards for sharing his talented with the audience. Lee’s family was very influential and powerful. His great grandfather‚ Yuan Shikai‚ was the first president of the Republic of China from 1912 to 1916‚ which at one point tried to become emperor but failed.His father‚ Lee Kuo
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In the poem “A Story” by Li-Young Lee‚ the poem reveals the complex nature between father and son through the son’s yearning for a story. Lee uses several literary devices and emotional demands to highlight the different perspectives between father and son over time. With point of view and structure being used‚ Lee creates the emotion that a father and son share‚ the innocence it brings‚ and how this bond between father and son changes with time. In several parts of the poem‚ Lee uses point of
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“A Story” Analysis “A Story” by Li-Young Lee is a melancholy poem expressing a relationship between father and son‚ focusing primarily on the father’s thoughts. Their relationship gets complicated when the dad can not come up with a story for his pleading son because he is too wrapped up in worrying about a possible future in which he fails to come up with a tale causing the son to leave‚ essentially ruining their relationship before it even has a chance to develop. Lee accomplishes delivery of
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According to Elaine Lui‚ Canadian reporter and TV personality‚ gave the audience a helpful understanding in people when gossiping in both present and past. She explained that as a reporter‚ she is trying to understanding the social culture‚ social behavior‚ humanity and ourselves through gossip. She explained that gossip goes way back in the past. Lui explains that the hieroglyphics are remarkably similar to what we read at the newsstand or at the grocery store. She talked about a pharaoh having
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“Many friends have asked me why‚ after all I went through‚ I did not hate Chairman Mao and the Cultural Revolution in those years. The answer is simple: we were all brainwashed.”p.276 The book “The Red Scarf Girl” is a memoir written by author Ji Li Jiang recounting what it was like to grow up during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution‚ taking place in China from 1965 to 1968. During this time‚ a political leader named Mao Zedong convinced the people of China that the “four olds"‚ or the
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in relation to the father within the phrase of the stanza. This shows that the existence of the book and the pages depends on the father. The sequence described in the first line however is not in sequential order‚ thus not having order can symbolize Li -Young Lee’s state of mind is disorganized without his father. Furthermore there is no punctuation in the passage‚ and their is no transition between the first
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