Amy Chua and her daughter shows a caring relationship while the hostile and hateful tone in Amy Tan’s excerpt shows a poor relationship with a hateful past. In Amy Chua’s excerpt‚ “The Violin”‚ her relationship with her daughter is seen through irony‚ the annoyed tone‚ and diction. Amy Chua ironically encourages her daughter while she plays the violin. In attempt to reinforce the relaxed movement that violin playing requires‚ Chua screams‚ creating the opposite of a relaxed environment. Chua cares
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relationships in the memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom by Amy Chua and the novel The Joy Luck Club By Amy Tan. In the memoir‚ Chua’s tone is portrayed as a stressed mom‚ and Tan’s tone in the novel is expressed as resentful child. In the excerpt from “The Violin” in Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom. Amy Chua shows us her struggle to balance her equilibrium between calm and frustrated while her daughter is practicing her instrument. Chua expressed her frustration using irony as she states‚ “‘RELAX
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The term “tiger mother” was coined by Amy Chua in 2011 with the release of her memoir‚ The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. She refers to herself as a tiger mother because she was born into the year of the tiger in Chinese zodiac. Tiger people are “powerful‚ authoritative‚ and magnetic‚” (Kolbert‚ newyorker.com) Chua says‚ all qualities that show through in her parenting style. Before beginning this research project‚ I knew little of the subject of tiger moms. I thought of them stereotypically‚
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior B “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”‚ is an article written by the 48-year-old lawyer and mother Amy Chua. The article is published in The Wall Street Journal on January 8th in 2011. In the article Amy Chua focuses on how the western parents up bring their children versus how the Chinese parents up bring their children. The receivers of the article are the western parents because she wants them to lean from the Chinese parents. Though the whole article
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impose cognitive demands that blow away any intense tutoring session or a class at Yale.” He criticizes Chua for not recognizing the value of working in groups and developing social skills. This is a clear difference to Amy Chua’s argument‚ which affirms intensive practice and being the best at certain areas that can be mastered such as piano‚ math‚ violin‚ etc. will achieve
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and disciplined. In Amy Chua’s “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” (an excerpt from Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother)‚ Chua explains Chinese parenting and how it is effective in her life. She claims that by breaking down a child and pushing them to their full potential‚ the child will‚ in turn‚ be confident and incredibly successful. Through the use of several rhetorical devices‚ Chua supports‚ as well as weakens‚ her claim and expresses a different‚ controversial way of parenting. An important element
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countries. The result of this kind of upbringing is a highly debated subject‚ where there is a very negative attitude towards the modern Western way of raising a child. This attitude is coming from the Chinese parents living in the Western countries. Amy Chua is one of those parents. She has written an article about the differences between Western parenting and Chinese parenting called‚ “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior.” She believes in a strict upbringing where TV and play dates are not part of the
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The ways parents to raise their children are greatly affected by their experiences and culture they are exposed to. Chinese-American mother‚ Amy Chua‚ under the influence of strict parenting in her childhood‚ used the same way to teach her children. There are rules and regulations for their children to follow‚ such as not being allowed to learn music instruments except piano and violin with no excuse to say no. The reason that the issue has become a controversy is that the parenting method which
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Chapter 1 RESEARCH PROBLEM This chapter discusses the research problem at hand through introduction‚ historical and contextual background‚ statement of the problem‚ significance of the study and the scope and limitations of this study. Introduction School facilities are very helpful for these days’ changing programs of delivering education to the students. It provides an environment that is adequate‚ secured‚ and satisfying. These facilities also help the students in making school works easier
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can produce a great outcome‚ such as‚ increase word recognition‚ vocabulary use‚ improve reading skills‚ and play a major advantage with school academic preparation. Hanna Rosin‚ in her essay‚ “The Touch-Screen Generation”‚ gives an example of a well-engineered popular television show‚ Nick Jr’s‚ Blues Clues. Rosin speaks about the “pause” effect. The “pause” effect is when you pause for a few seconds‚ then allow the child to respond to the question asked. The “pause” effect allows the child
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