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    A Comparative Study of Initiation Theme Between The Color Purple and The Joy Luck Club Abstract The Color Purple (1982) and The Joy Luck Club (1989) are two distinguished works of American minority literature. Under a comparative study‚ these two books tend to enjoy a similar initiation mode. First of all‚ the women in the two books similarly face the difficulties sparked by the confusion of cultural identity‚ the racial discrimination‚ and the sexual discrimination. Second‚ the novels develop

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    “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” Reading “The Joy of reading and Writing: Superman and Me‚” gave me a different perspective of reading and writing. Sherman Alexie‚ who grew up on the Spokane Reservation in Wellpinit‚ Washington‚ explains his life as an Indian boy‚ and how reading and writing helped his life to succeed. Alexie purposes is to discuss how he first learned how to read and write‚ his intelligence as a young Indian boy‚ and Alexie as an adult teaching creative writing

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    around in the market for more than 30 years and at a point was cherished by young and old‚ but now it has diminished and cannot be even compared to the likes of Coke or Pepsi. Hence in conclusion we would like to identify the problem with the Kickapoo joy drink to find out why it is not the drink of choice for the Malaysian public anymore. 1.2 Main Components: As our research assignment‚ we have chosen Kickapoo (M) Sdn. Bhd. To understand the external environment of the Soft Drink industry as well

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    The Joy luck Club The Joy luck Club is an amazing Asian American movie. This movie is about four Chinese women‚ who created a club during a war to have fun.. The story line up based on their past life‚ struggles and how they got abused by men. It’s also shows us the conflict between immigrant mother and their American raised children. The title of the movie didn’t give us that much information but we can get a basic idea that this film is about a club. The transition of the movie was incredible

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    makes Lily sense the reality of life and this allows Lily to make appropriate decisions that make her joyful. Once Lily says‚ “Nothing was safe. I would have to remember that” (Kidd 101) as she was thinking about her entity. Lily is aware that to find joy‚ she needs to be careful around others because T-Ray makes it clear that the loved ones can also be not trustworthy. Not to mention that Lily spends time alone while living with T-Ray. She concentrates more about herself‚ which makes her happy.

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    The Joy Luck Club The movie The Joy Luck Club offers so many excellent examples of the conflicts‚ misunderstandings‚ and issues that can arise during intercultural communications‚ even when those involved are aware of many of the differences. Two concepts that I found particularly interesting and evident throughout the film were differences in language functions and differences in verbal style between Chinese American women and their mothers as well as their husbands. Understanding Diverse

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    Comparing and Contrasting the Joy and Misery of Adolescence. Compare and Contrast both the joy and the misery of adolescence as depicted in J.D Salinger Catcher in the Rye‚ Dead Poets Society (film) and the poems‚ Adolescence by Aidan Foster-Carter and Class Discussion by Gloria Yates. Adolescence is the process of changing from a child into an adult. During this period of change young people mature physically‚ begin to take responsibility for themselves‚ and start to deal with the world of their

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    tiger and elephant parenting. However‚ tiger parenting is crucial to helping children succeed. Tiger parents have a tendency to be strict and show tough love. Whereas‚ elephant parents tend to be lenient and supportive towards their children. In The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan‚ the mothers show characteristics of tiger parenting‚ which leads to successful children. Tiger parenting allows children to become skillful‚ successful‚ and perform incredibly in life. Tiger parents tend to have high expectations

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    The Joy Luck Club The world is made up of many vibrant cultures each coming with their own customs and traditions. The Chinese culture has a rich and profound history and is the only continuous ancient civilization in the world. When some American born girls are brought up by Chinese immigrant mothers in San Francisco‚ the choice between following Chinese traditions and listening to the Americanized society isn’t an easy choice. This is what we see in the non-fiction text I read “The Joy Luck

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    “BOY OR GIRL‚ SMALL FAMILY IS JOY” In olden days there was a conservative society. People gave more importance to boys as compared to girls. According to them boys were the pride of their family and were given more importance as they had to go outside and had to do a job and thought they needed more care and more strength. A girl child was considered a curse as parents had to give them dowry on their marriage‚ neither were they given education as they had to live inside their house and take care

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