Strutting through the looming stone gate that acted as a portal into another world‚ I could hardly tell that I was still in America. Gold Chinese inscriptions glittered atop the gate‚ which was guarded by two pearly‚ white granite lions standing erect‚ flashing their menacing teeth. Taking a few steps through the gate‚ it felt as though I had walked into a wall‚ a wall of cigarette smoke‚ shouts of old men playing cards‚ and an array of sweet and savory smells wafting through the air. I walked beside
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“Rules of the Game” “Rules of the Game” was written by Amy Tan. This short story takes place in Chinatown district of San Francisco during the 1950’s. Waverly was known as the child prodigy after she grew interest of chess while her brothers were playing it one day. Her brother‚ Vincent‚ had received a used chess set that were also missing some pieces from a Baptist Church Christmas Party that her family had attended. Waverly‚ being six years old‚ learns to play chess and becomes a national
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“Jade Peony”‚ by Wayson Choy‚ is a touching story that caused me to feel many emotions. Sek-Lung‚ a young boy which we follow‚ lives with his family in downtown chinatown‚ that consists of his father‚ three older siblings‚ stepmother‚ and grandmother. This story takes place in a time between the 1930’s‚ and 1940’s. A short summary of the story is that Sek-Lung’s grandmother goes through other people’s garbage to piece together objects to build a wind chime‚ and since Sek-Lung does not attend a
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many different views and beliefs can open our eyes to many options. In the United States you can see many different parts of the world in its population in a small area. Look at New York City‚ with all the different areas such as Little Italy and Chinatown. Areas so tightly packed with people from the original regions that these sections can look almost identical to the original region. Having so much diversity in the United States it gives us a chance to open our eyes and experience things that we
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leave their homes and flee to the city filled with hopes of acheving the "American Dream". Although New York served as as new home‚ people still longed for the mother land. This lead to the development of culture based neighborhoods‚ such as "Chinatown"
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Similarities and Differences of discriminatory treatment of African and Asian Americans Even though Asians came to America voluntarily and African Americas were brought involuntarily as slaves (a significant difference)‚ both share similar discrimination experiences at the hands of White Americans fighting to maintain their dominance. Similarities: Unequal pay‚ limited job opportunities as agricultural labors and domestic servants‚ defended the United States in segregated military regiments‚ refused
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In the 1960’s many things were going on. Although Charles Manson and his cult were committing crimes before the 60’s‚ this is when the most infamous murder occurred. Manson’s cult‚ The Family‚ murdered actress Sharon Tate‚ who was nearly nine months pregnant‚ and her four friends. Though‚ Manson wasn’t personally there when the crime happened‚ he sent them to do it. He even told them to make it as gruesome as possible. They stabbed each victim multiple times and wrote sayings on the wall in their
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In Pinoy Capital‚ written by Benito Vergara we see a drastic change from hesitation to acceptance among the tone‚ and a connection that Filipino Americans find with their homeland. Vergara dives into the lives of a wide array of Filipino Americans living in Daly City and talks about their immigration‚ connections to their homeland‚ and the diaspora they felt within them. He researches and gets deep into the complicated emotions of the immigrants toward their homeland and America along with their
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Ronald Takaki’s essay‚ “The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority”‚ discusses the supposed construct of Asian Americans being the “model minority”. He stated statistics and studies to back up the idea but also used those strategies on discussing how it is not always the case. Despite the stereotype of Asian Americans attending the best universities and having exceptional business skills‚ there is still that notable percentage who are not doing so well. After reading Takaki’s essay‚ several questions
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Keith Beard HST 1014 DR. Fain 12/04/14 RESPONSE PAPER “THE PIANIST” The Pianist‚ released in 2002‚ is a film directed by Roman Polanski and written by Ronald Harwood. Based on the book written by Wladyslaw Szpilman. The film has a long list of actors‚ including Adrien Brody‚ Thomas Kretschmann‚ Emilia Fox‚ Frank Finlay‚ Maureen Lipman‚ Ed Stoppard‚ Julia Rayner‚ and Jessica Kate Meyer. The film provides the viewers with amazing actors and actresses playing wonderful characters‚ their realistic
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