Mother tongue by Army Tan employs the aspects of simplicity to appeal to the audience. In her introduction‚ she brings herself to the same level as his audience which makes them attentive and desires to know more. The author uses easily understood English which makes the readers easily relate to what she is saying. The author employs the aspect of the flashback where she tells her audiences about her experience speaking broken English and where this makes today‚ her viewers curious and to listen
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everything was the same there would be no diverse cultures. The statement a person’s cultural information views the way someone sees others and the world because their beliefs affect everything they do. For example‚ in the poem: My Mother Pieced Quilts‚ the speaker says: “Oh mother you plunged me sobbing and laughing into our past into the river crossing at five into the spinach fields… sewn hard and taut to withstand the thrashing of twenty-fiver years”(Acosta 55). This line from the poem explains how
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My Son the Fanatic 1. Introduction The theme of my term paper is the analysis of a short story with special regard to the socio-cultural and historical background. All the stories I could have chosen for that in school result from our semester theme "Britain: Past and Present"‚ but the story of my special choice was: "My son the fanatic"‚ by Hanif Kureishi. I have chosen this story because‚ as reported by my English teacher‚ this story does not only describe the situation of immigrants in Great
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2 mothers in A HDB Playground -Arthur Yap ‘2 Mothers in A HDB Playground’ by Arthur Yap captures the Singaporean ethos while giving it a very global feel that satirizes the uniquely human vices namely‚ boastfulness and pomposity. The signs of affluence and climbing the social ladder is a modern phenomenon and plagues the century with an aftermath of restlessness and dissatisfaction. The controversial tone of the poem serves to dramatize a day to day setting while ridiculing the mad haste to
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a system in which they raised enough money and supplies to make a huge difference in the war. This all seems hard enough‚ but most do not truly realize how strong these women were. Not only were they suffering emotionally due to their husbands and sons off fighting with the chance of not coming back‚ but they were maintaining a household for these loved ones to hopefully return too. The Patriot women were a huge group of women that were strongly affected by the war. Before the war‚ they had no power
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Who is the Fanatic now? My Son the Fanatic is a short story written by Hanif Kureishi. The story is about a person called Parvez who have migrated to England with his son Ali. My son the Fanatic was published in 1997. In the story we are following Parvez where we are introduced to a worker class area with taxi drivers and a prostitute called Bettina. The story occupies with genres such as drama‚ religion‚ father and son relationship and adaption. The main character Parvez is a long time working
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Just finished two really interesting books. If you get the chance you should read. - heroes for my son- Brad Meltzer also -heroes for my daughter- Brad Meltzer. These two books are very touching‚ they describe some of people in history that young people should look up to and what they are known for. I have to say I think that my favorite is probably between two woman. One of which is Harriet Tubman‚ this was a dark skinned woman what she did happened during the Underground Railroad. She had escaped
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Interpreting The “Prodigal Son” This story was a reminder for me‚ because it still happens today. When the young son wanted and demanded his money‚ he decided to move far away from his family. He thought that he didn’t need any one and just be on his own‚ having fun and spending all his money. Today that still happens‚ when we are young; we tend to want to move out as soon as possible from our parents home. And eventually we realized like the young son that life is not as easy as we thought. So
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My son the fanatic Growing up with teenage attitudes and not having a role model around can make it difficult to be loved. The short story “My son the fanatic”‚ by Hanif Kureishi is set in 1997 in England. Ali has no one to look up to – He starts as an attentive scholar who got straight A’s‚ but turns into a dedicated Muslim‚ which gives Ali the opportunity to find it in his religion. We get to know Parvez‚ who is a Pakistani immigrant in England. He had an indignant experience with
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All My Sons The play All My Sons‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is complex to say the least. Each character has a dilemma that they have a tough time getting through. At first‚ the story seems to basically be about a wealthy family that has lost a son in World War II‚ and the inability to move on from it. Kate‚ the mother‚ has the most trouble accepting it‚ but it also greatly affects the one of the characters‚ Chris. Chris is the son of Kate and Joe Keller‚ heir to Joe’s business . Kate‚ Joe‚ Anne‚ and chris
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