How do the female characters in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon challenge the stereotypical views about Asian women? (1-2 paragraphs) The Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon challenge the stereotypical views of Asian women by making Asian women strong and very daring the women in the movie know how to fight and are every bold this is a martial arts film that focus on gender‚ action and its views how the women are powerful. Asian women aren’t very obedient they like to do stuff on their own and be known as
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Gerald Graff’s essay‚ "Hidden Intellectualism‚" is a critique on how schools are missing out on a valuable opportunity to encourage students to learn more academically. Graff feels that utilizing what he calls "street smarts" is an effective way to relate to students. I feel Graff’s theory is an effective way to use student’s interests to engage them in school. I agree with Graff because if a student is more interested in the lesson that is being taught‚ they are more likely to pay attention and
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Bayan Khoudari Robert Colson 61320 June 3‚ 2011 In the article "Hidden Intellectuals" written by Gerald Graff‚ he suggests through a persuasive argument specifically how street smarts can very well be more intellectual than book smarts. And how that knowledge goes far beyond academic learning and is continued into the everyday world is not considered intellect because of a different background. He argues that by being involved in non-academic subjects; like sports‚ fashion and music; can help
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retaining new information is forced to turn to other forms of information rather than the provided public schooling. In Hidden Intellectualism‚ Graff shows how he had gained intellectualism‚ not through the public education system but from the sources he sees every day such as sports and magazines. Graff states‚ “Until I entered college‚ I hated books and cared for only sports… that my preference for sports over schoolwork was not anti-intellectualism so much as intellectualism for other means” (958)
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Chapter One Television set of Talking Books Welcome back folks‚ I’m Clark Thompson and this is Talking Books‚ today I am joined by an award winning book publisher‚ Jack Anderson who recently wrote a book called Hidden People‚ Jack what can you tell us about the book? Jack replies quickly “the book is about immortal beings that walk among us‚ they look the same and act the same so we don’t know the difference until a man named Benjamin finds out he isn’t human and his whole life has been a lie. Clark
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In “Hidden Intellectualism” composed by Gerald Graff‚ Graff argues how sports play a big part in the intellectual world because they contain components ranging from debates to evaluations‚ to intellectual systems. He states how sports made him a more intellectual being‚ and how schools should consider sports intellectual. Gerald Graff’s arguments that sports build intellectualism are ineffective because he lacks outside arguments‚ and backup to make his argument more credible. Graff states that sports
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Hidden meaning is found everywhere in life. Ranging from objects and words‚ these are confusing to the person that is concerned about them. The only way he or she could fully understand an object or word is to step into their shoes. To Kill a Mockingbird is an excellent example of hidden meanings. One main hidden meaning of the book is the Mockingbird. The mockingbird is a symbol of innocence and peace‚ but people in Maycomb start killing these mockingbirds that haven’t done anything. This is the
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The Hidden History of the Statue of Liberty It’s one of the most famous landmarks in the entire world. Standing guard in New York Harbor since 1886‚ the iconic Statue of Liberty has been one of New York City’s and America’s most treasured symbols for well over a century now. But did you know the statue actually has a very tumultuous history and‚ almost unbelievably‚ was almost never built? Here’s a quick look at the hidden history of the famed Statue of Liberty. Origins The genesis of the Statue
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The Wizard of Oz is about a young girl named Dorothy‚ who realizes the value and importance of her family after ending up in a different world after a twister. Throughout the film‚ there was repetition of sayings and songs. There are also many hidden messages in the film that are very powerful. There is symbolism behind the personalities of the scarecrow‚ tin man‚ and the lion‚ which happens to portray Dorothy’s inner emotions and thoughts of herself. The film‚ The Wizard of Oz‚ has plenty of songs
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The book “The Trials Of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle” is set in the fall of 2016‚ and takes place mostly in the Demigod safe-haven / summer camp called Camp Half-Blood‚ on Long Island‚ New York. The camp is protected by a magic barrier that forbids any mortals entrance through the mainland. They also often venture out into the dangerous Forest of Camp Half-Blood filled with monsters. Apollo‚ the god of Archery‚ Healing‚ Oracles‚ was stripped of his godly powers after being accused of starting a war
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