The Big Fish is based on a genre‚ Southern Gothic‚ where freak nature comes in a role in story telling. The Big Fish have three most common elements in Southern Gothic. Those elements are imprisonment‚ freakiness‚ and supernatural. The father would tell a story to his son about his life. However‚ his son thinks his father is full of lies. It brings the conflict between reality and fiction. In Southern Gothic‚ it doesn’t matter because it combined reality and fiction into one story. Although‚ it
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http://www.docstoc.com/docs/72619817/Bad-Fish-Part-answers-BioAP-home Diaphoresis: Excessive sweating‚ to an uncommon degree‚ as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug. Motor dysfunction: abnormality of the motor system. Paresthesia: abnormal skin sensation that may have no specific cause‚ such as tickling‚ tingling‚ burning‚ pricking‚ or numbness of a person’s skin with. Cyanotic: A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from insufficient oxygenation of the
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For example‚ if you were of Asian Descent People would expect you to do very well in any math course. Although you may be Asian and not be proficient at math people would still expect you to be because of the stereotype. In A story by Amy Tan named “Fish Cheeks‚” she explains her hardships of wanting to fit in with America traditions even though she was Chinese. She expresses her disapproval
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commercials. The commercials that tell you that you can quit. He said that they were stupid‚ almost ludicrous‚ and utmost irrelevant. When I was younger‚ I told him that one day‚ I was going to get him a great immense boat. One that he can catch fish by day‚ and look at the stars when night arrives. I said it would be a promise. Through the years‚ he says that I still promise him that boat‚ he chuckles whenever he says it. A boat‚ he says‚ wouldn’t that be cool? He started ingesting these pernicious
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time when she felt embarrassed and disappointed in who she was and where she came from. But as she got older she realized that she should have nothing but pride in her culture and what makes her who she is. Therefore‚ Amy Tan wrote the short story “Fish Cheeks” to explain to readers how she was able to overcome shame about her heritage and how she became proud and thankful for it. Amy Tan was able to move her short story along by using transition sentences. They helped her let the reader know that
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Compare/Contrast Maya Angelou’s “Champion of the World” and Amy Tan’s “Fish Cheeks” both capture the authors’ past experiences of oppression‚ and convey their struggles with identity. Both authors are from minority cultures‚ and both describe the same harsh pressures from the dominant culture. Both author’s share situations of being outcasts‚ coming from different racial backgrounds and trying to triumph over these obstacles. Tan and Angelou speak about the differences between their childhood
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Carbon Dioxide Understanding and Production in Elodea‚ Snail‚ and Goldfish Introduction This report discusses an experiment to study the rate of aerobic cellular respiration in aquatic organisms which are Elodea (aquatic plant)‚ Snail‚ and Goldfish‚ by measuring carbon dioxide production. Because ectothermic organisms (Elodea‚ snail‚ and goldfish) were placed in completely covered beaker‚ each organism would produce different amount of carbon dioxide. The objective of the experiment is to measure
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Water is a symbol that can represent life‚ freedom‚ purity‚ and cleansing. Throughout the film‚ The Big Fish‚ the water represents either life‚ purity‚ or cleansing every time that it is shown. For example‚ when Will visits Edward at his house‚ there is a pitcher of water on the nightstand. When offered water Edward drinks it because he still has a life to live. Edward drinks the water because he needs the life water gives him even though he is dying. When the water is drank by Edward‚ it adds more
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see their similarities and differences. Some people suspect that every culture is the same or should be the same‚ which is crazy. This is like saying everyone has to be clones of each other; color or race. This is not etiquette. In Amy Tan’s memoir Fish Cheek‚ she touches on this subject by using humor to talk about her embarrassment at her Christmas Eve dinner with the minister’s family. Tan begins by introducing the reader to her inner feelings of her crush and her culture‚ with an optimistic and
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When writing literary criticism one must ponder upon the significance of the topic to the literary canon as a whole. While there may not be a single definitive answer to how significant a topic is‚ one can question if the topic has been neglected or rejected by Western literary circles. If the answer is “yes‚” then it is the critics’ duty to refashion the spotlight on the text. It was not until the 1970’s where feminism influenced the revival of texts authored by women. Historically conditioned suppositions
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