Composition & Literature | Amy Tan | Professor Blum | JAEL VARGAS 12/17/2012 | This story’s main events take place in Chinatown throughout the 1950s and perhaps early 1960s. The main character of the story‚ who is also the protagonist‚ is the author herself: Amy Tan. The antagonist happens to be her own mother‚ who is always pushing Amy to discover some hidden talent and be someone she is not. There are a few other minor characters in the story. There is Lindo Jong (who she calls
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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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La Civilisation Ma Mère La Civilisation ma mère‚ écrit par Driss Chraïbi‚ explore un seul personnage‚ la mère. Mais le roman‚ n’est pas une étude de caractère ; c’est plutôt une étude d’un pays. Le style et ton de Chraïbi varient partout dans le roman‚ mais la texte reste toujours plein des métaphores et sarcasme. Il y a des temps quand l’intrigue vire complètement hors de réalité‚ mais d’autres fois ou les circonstances sont vraiment plausibles. Chraïbi approfondie a la fois l’évolution de la
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darkness and death. Next‚ the audience meets Steward‚ Thomas Mores butler. He is a humble character but has some extremely important lines that foreshadow Thomas Mores future. “… My master Thomas More would give anything away to anyone. …I say that’s bad …because some day someone’s going to ask him for something that he wants to keep; and he’ll be out of practice. There must be something he wants to keep its only common sense.” (Bolt 17) This quote foreshadows
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The unnamed grandmother in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” considers herself morally superior to others by virtue of her being a “lady‚” and she freely and frequently passes judgment on others. She claims that her conscience is a guiding force in her life‚ such as when she tells Bailey that her conscience wouldn’t allow her to take the children in the same direction as the Misfit. She criticizes the children’s mother for not traveling to a place that would allow the children to “be broad‚” and she compares
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“In The Cemetery where Al Jolson is buried” by Amy Hempel uses the word masks throughout the story to convey guilt‚ fear and unacceptance of death. The first mention of the word mask is in the beginning of the story. We are just beginning to understand that Hempel is describing two people in a hospital‚ the narrator is visiting her friend who is sick. They are both wearing masks‚ the narrator checks to make sure that she is still breathing and that she is not “ used to the mask yet.” The friend has
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Amy Curry is starting a new life in Connecticut after losing her father in a car accident. Amy has since then developed a fear for driving but is left with no other choice than taking the car all the way from California to Connecticut. The handsome boy next door‚ Roger‚ joins her adventure‚ making the road trip take an unexpected turn. Exploring new states‚ making new friends and getting to know each other. The whole story takes place in Amy’s car while you follow them throughout modern America.
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writing. This style of duel language writing has become known as one of the most significant and intriguing topics into language processes‚ cultural influence within writing‚ and has created an impact of the educational policy. “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan describes the discourse community that she faces as a daughter of Asian immigrant who speaks limited English through a thick accent. She realizes
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conflict of wanting the best for her daughter. She also has the external conflict of Jing-mei not being motivated enough to become a prodigy. Jing-mei’s mother is right to push her daughter. In “Two kinds” one example would be: “America was where all my mother’s hopes and dreams lay. She had come here in 1949 after losing everything in China. Over the years‚ I have learned it is not uncommon for parents to want the best for their children. No parent would ever want to see their child struggle in the
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After reading Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ I realized how many different “Englishes” I have spoken or used‚ as well as how many I have heard in my life-particularly while in the military. For example‚ how I speak with authority figures versus friends‚ and how I speak with my daughter as opposed to “educated” adults. Although the English I speak with friends and coworkers is often filled with slang and swear words‚ I would never speak like that in many other settings. One of those times is‚ when
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