"Half" Artwork Explanation "Half"‚ is a piece of art that was created to represent the poverty in India. The artwork compares the poverty in India to places like the U.S that doesn’t have poverty. Starting with the name‚ the art is named "Half" because the world is split into two categories: poverty and the non-poverty. The two words on the artwork: invisible and visible represents the people. We as human think about what is in front of us wealth and a luxurious life (visible); however‚ we often
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Growing up‚ Amy Tan went through a time when she felt embarrassed and disappointed in who she was and where she came from. But as she got older she realized that she should have nothing but pride in her culture and what makes her who she is. Therefore‚ Amy Tan wrote the short story “Fish Cheeks” to explain to readers how she was able to overcome shame about her heritage and how she became proud and thankful for it. Amy Tan was able to move her short story along by using transition sentences. They
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things they ate and how they acted would seem strange to us because we are not used to their styles. In the Chinese culture now‚ their food and manners differ from Americans; Amy Tan shows the contrast of cultures in “Fish Cheeks”. Chinese New Year food and manners are different from the way we’re raised as Americans. The Chinese prepare food for the holidays that many of us haven’t even tried in our lifetime‚ yet they eat it more than once a year. During the dinner‚
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English In Amy Tans’s short store "Mother Tongue"‚ readers are introduced to Tan who is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant mother. While in school‚ Tan always excelled in mathematics and science‚ but felt she had a disadvantage with English and Literature. This disadvantage was caused because her limited English she had to use with her mother. As a young girl growing up Tan was embarrassed because of her mothers poor English "I know this for a fact‚ because when I was growing up‚ my
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To begin‚ just at age three Jeannette was considered self-sufficient completing tasks such as cooking her own meals. While in her trailer home in a southern Arizona town‚ Jeannette wearing a pink ballerina like skirt‚ cooked hot dogs happily until her skirt caught fire. Struck frozen with fear Jeannette watched as the flames began to eat her skirt and raise to her face. As the fire crackled‚ Jeannette finally screamed for her mother‚ who was painting in the next room. Once Jeannette’s mother‚ Rose
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Could the United States have become half-slave and half-free and not fought the Civil War...Why or Why not? The United States could not have been half-slave and half-free without fighting the Civil War. I say this because the North and South had quite a bit of things going on between the two. It is too much of a contradiction to be half-slave and half-free. In a perfect world‚ this might have worked‚ but in the real world‚ it has to be one or the other. During the development of the thirteen colonies
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Amy Tan’s story “Mother Tongue” starts by the affirmation that she is not a scholar of English or literature. She is just a writer and the person who understand the power of language. From Tan’s observations from her daily life‚ she realizes that there are different types of English that she uses. The first time Tan notices the difference is when she gives a speech on her book “The Joy Luck Club” using academic English‚ the one that she never uses to talk with her mother. The second time is when
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Better Half : Better Manager For years together India is known for family business. The joint hindu family business was the origin of industrial revolution. But‚ in duecourse these family businesses saturated owing to the nuclear family system. As the families became smaller‚ they were not able to invest enough and as well as were short of loyal manpower. Later emerged the today existing companies. Though there are numerous companies‚ India’s economy is still considerably dependent on the
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Transitional Phases "Mother Tongue" written by Amy Tan shows the many differences between immigrant families and non-immigrant families. Amy Tan describes the difficulty of growing up in a Chinese home and the transitions that she had to overcome to "fit in" to an American society. Personally‚ the transition between living above the Mason-Dixon line and then moving below it‚ was similar to that of Tan’s situation. Even though mine and Tan’s experiences vary from cultural and ethnic backgrounds
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Amy Tan Mother Tongue: In the short story "Mother Tongue" by author Amy Tan‚ she speaks of her mother’s English as "broken English" because her mother came from China and spoke as though she was unintelligent. Growing up Amy knew two languages. When she spoke to her mother she used elementary style words and spoke as though she did not know the language‚ while in front of fluent English speakers‚ she spoke eloquently with an impressive vocabulary. Amy becomes uncomfortable with the word broken
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