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    the centuries there have been a select few gifted souls that have graced this earth. Each one special in there own way and talented beyond what the world has ever seen before. In the book My Name is Asher Lev we encounter one of these incredible prodigies. Asher’s story is similar to many other talented individuals in that he is raised in circumstances that seem less than suitable for a budding talent. This is a typical problem for the gifted because they do not view the world the same as others who

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    understand the truth or meaning behind that declaration until after her mothers death. Jing Mei realized that her mother only meant that she could be an obedient child by listening to her mother while at the same time follow her own heart and want her own prodigy in life. The last paragraph in this story also indicates the theme of two halves being equal to one. The two songs “perfectly contented” and “pleading child” was actually two halves of one song. Despite Jing Mei and her mother’s differences they were

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    Hence why Jing-mei saw her mother wasting her time trying to make her a prodigy when “she had hoped for something so large that failure was inevitable”( Tan 142). Amy Tan depicts Jing- mei idealism of success being fatalistic by the argument between Jing- mei and Suyuan‚ where Jing- mei declaimed that she’ll never be a prodigy as her mother hopes( Tan 142). Jing-mei discerned her mother’s multiple attempts of making her a prodigy as a fixation of correcting her flaws and a misuse of time since after

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    Two Kinds by Amy Tan

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    can only point them in the right direction and let them make their own choices. In the onset of the story we find Jing-Mei’s mother convincing her that she “can be prodigy…” (491) and that she “can be best anything.” (491) Deciding that Jing-Mei’s destiny is to become a prodigy‚ her mother takes control and begins to push Jing-Mei towards this goal. At first Jing-Mei is‚ “just as excited as my mother‚ maybe even more so.” (491) By saying these

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    Jing wanted to be the prodigy her mom wanted saying‚ “In all my imaginings‚ I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perfect. My mother and father would adore me. I would be beyond reproach. I would never feel the need to sulk for anything” (784). Jing wants to be the

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    composers of this era are Frederic Chopin and Felix Mendelssohn. Frederic Chopin lived between 1810-1849 and was born in Warsaw to French parents. Chopin was considered to be a child prodigy at the piano and composing music. When referring to Romantic Music‚ he is said to

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    Luck Club‚” and in Bissinger’s novel “ Dreaming Of Heroes‚” there are examples of expectations. In the Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan‚ Jing-Mei was supposed to be a child prodigy according to her mother. In the novel her mother says to her‚ “ Of course you can be a prodigy‚ too.” (Amy Tan pg‚ 132) Jing-Mei’s mother expected her to be a prodigy and Jing-Mei wanted to be for a while until her mother made her do work all the time. This is similar to Bissinger’s novel “ Dreaming Of Heroes” When Billy wanted

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    expectation for her daughter to be a child prodigy. Jamaica Kincaid tells of an unknown person describing to a girl how to be a ’good’ girl. Both essays illustrate an authority figure that has expectations for a young female and why and how those expectations will come about. As young children growing up without a care in the world‚ we cannot comprehend why authority figures dictate how we should behave. In ’Two Kinds’‚ the daughter is expected to be a child prodigy because her mother believes ’you can

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    Discussion Paper 10 – March 22: The three songs I chose to study were Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up‚ Kayne West – Gold Digger‚ and Beyoncé - Video Phone. All three were quite misogynistic in nature‚ and all of the videos were similar in their depiction of gender roles‚ masculinity‚ and femininity. That is‚ with the exception of Video Phone by Beyoncé; her video had a slightly different portrayal of femininity. In the Prodigy song‚ the only lyrics in the entire song are as follows: “Change my pitch

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    Depreciation and Corn

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    terms of sacks of corn‚ during the first harvest year. Income before Royal Taxes is equal to the harvested sacks of corn less operating costs. Sihathor’s farm harvested 48‚600 sacks of corn during the year and had a total operating cost of 12‚317 sacks of corn‚ which resulted in income before Royal Taxes of 36‚283 sacks of corn. Pemsah’s farm harvested 35‚300 sacks of corn and had a total operating cost of 8‚080 sacks of corn‚ which resulted in income before Royal Taxes of 27‚220 sacks of corn. Amenhotep

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