Woodchucks burrow labyrinths of tunnels underground‚ and often they arise just to harass people and pillage their gardens. Also known as groundhogs‚ woodchucks are a furry four legged rodent that is celebrated nationally in February. “Woodchucks” by Maxine Kumin demonstrates a change of heart‚ when a former peace maker goes rogue on a colony of groundhogs. Many people do not like woodchucks and work to get rid of the pests‚ while others are the opposite‚ until something brings about change. This poem
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In her story Twisters and Shouters‚ Maxine Hong Kingston tracks the thoughts of the character she has created as she follows him on a walk through the streets of San Francisco. The main character of the novel‚ a man named Wittman Ah Sing‚ has recently found himself without a job. With nowhere left to go‚ he decides to wander down San Francisco’s famous Market Street. As he strolls through the street‚ he comments on what he sees happening around him. No longer deluded by the city’s false impression
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ENG 2D1 Mar. 21‚ 2013 Mr. Dishart Essay #1: I am Maxine Tynes Many can suggest their own interpretation of what creativity is and where it may come from. Creativity is thought to be a gifted skill that only certain people can possess however; others disagree and instead believe that creativity can be developed through everyday life. Maxine Tynes in the personal essay I am Tynes explains what creativity is in her own words. Maxine states that creativity is not something that is “chosen”
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Being able to speak many languages help individuals talk more and not be so quiet. As mentioned in the essay Silence by Maxine Hong Kinston‚ she was silent when she had to speak English for the first time. No one wants to be known as the quite person in school. Most bilingual people come from families that have parents that were born and raised in different places. People that are bilingual can get a good job and get paid a lot of money. Also for people who know a second language it makes it easier
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James and Lucille & John and Maxine. As they begin with their newly weds life‚ both couples decided to start their own families. Lucille is already 3 weeks pregnant‚ while Maxine is having a problem on that. John and Maxine went to the doctor immediately to find out what is really their problem on conceiving a child. And particularly who is having a problem between them? Is it on John? Or is it on Maxine? Or is there any arising problem regardless of that‚ that cause Maxine not to conceive a child? Many
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Warrior gives voices and identities to Chinese and Chinese American women. Growing up with a family of five sisters and myself as first generation Korean Americans‚ The Women Warrior focuses on the author’s life were she struggles to find her voice. Maxine Hong Kingston’s writing of this book is an example of how ancient talk stories‚ myths‚ and beliefs help one find her voice in America. The Women Warrior takes us on an adventure through five main female characters and five chapters that helps us
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In the excerpt from The Woman Warrior‚ by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ the purpose is finding one’s identity through the hardship of family struggle because if not‚ they will forever be lost. This passage shows the purpose through the acts of irony‚ anecdote‚ and imagery. Kingston struggles with finding her identity through the participation in forgetting her aunt. She believes by not mentioning her aunt’s name will wash away any sins her aunt caused‚ but the irony is that she still speaks of her
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The “No Name Women” by Maxine Hong Kingston was a very insightful and imaginative‚ yet nonfictional essay. Through a mother’s storytelling‚ with a life lesson to be learned‚ the narrator seeks knowledge of her Chinese culture through her parent’s wisdom‚ while trying to identify with her own identity of a first generation Chinese-American. I enjoyed how the essay transitioned from the narrator’s reality to that of the imagination. Although I found the Chinese women to be the core and most powerful
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The Woman Warrior‚ by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ is a book a young woman trying to develop her own identity. Throughout this book‚ Kingston spends countless days trying to find herself in the cruel world. In a culture where men superiority rules‚ Kingston attempts to recognize herself as her own person‚ and not as a slave. Kingston attempts to create a world where both men and women are treated as equal. Through all of her days and conquests‚ and in all of her efforts to produce equality‚ Kingston
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become immersed in it. However‚ she knows that there are many more obstacles that could keep the reader from truly appreciating her work‚ one of which being simply the difference of viewpoint‚ and does her best to address those too. An analysis of Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior reveals that Kingston is aware of how point of view can affect a story‚ and that she uses this to her advantage throughout the novel in order to give the reader a better understanding of what life was like for her
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