Rabbit Proof Fence has been published both as a book and as a movie. Being a reader or a viewer entirely changes our point of view on the story. As a reader‚ we get descriptive insight on the situations and emotions of the characters. We are then able to re-create these visually using our imagination and have endless freedom doing so. As a viewer‚ our creativity is somewhat restricted. We do not imagine the characters’ physical appearance‚ the locations or the overall situations in the same way as
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In the short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan‚ with the use of epiphany and turning points the reader is able to see the protagonist’s growth and change in personality throughout the story. The protagonist‚ Jing-Mei and her mother emigrated from China to the US‚ thus the family struggled in adapting to the new culture and lifestyle. Heavily influenced by the opportunities and hopes with a new life in US‚ Jing-Mei’s mother wanted Jing-Mei to become a prodigy like the other girls on television. Jing-Mei
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The fable “The Rabbits Who Cause All the Trouble” written by James Thurber is very deceiving in ways that the rabbits and wolves were given unique personality traits that are not usually associated with these animals. For example the wolves being scared of other animals and feared‚ their ability to lie to other animals to create a hatred for rabbits and their ways of being very clever are very unusual for these animals. The rabbits were also quite deceiving in that they had a desire to run away
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immigrants and a lot of people make the transition every day. We often look past it because we are so focused on our own life and we have already adjusted but keeping your old traditions and trying to learn new ones is a very stressful undertaking. Amy Tan is a daughter of a Chinese immigrant mother‚ who believes in the American dream. Her mother went through some difficult
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The coming of age is a theme that we all can identify with. This broad term can encompass many other themes such as responsibility‚ the pressure to succeed‚ and the loss of innocence. A theme that is especially prevalent in Amy Tan’s short story‚ “Two Kinds‚” is identity. There is a discernable conflict between who the narrator wants to be and who her outside influences want her to be. Arguably‚ no greater pressure can come from that of one’s parents. In “Two Kinds‚” the mother is the primary source
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Englishes I grew up with.” (Tan‚ 1) is the fact that language is the “tool of her trade”‚ meaning she uses it on a daily basis to preform her daily work and accomplish tasks. The different types of English‚ being proper or broken English‚ are useful to a writer because she can use them to work to create meaning with certain audience members‚ whether it be her mother‚ who uses more limited English‚ or an academic paper‚ which uses proper‚ academic English. The fact that as a writer‚ Tan still uses both forms
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or so‚ the camera pans up to the sky‚ then focuses back to the ground. But this part of the land is darker‚ lifeless‚ and dull; it is a contrast to the opening natural environment. The audience can clearly see a fence cutting through the land‚ the rabbit proof fence. This signifies white people killing off the land‚ and likely the scar that the white have caused upon the Aborigines. The next scene is a close shot of Molly. Molly is looking up‚ and the camera angle is from the bottom looking up. The
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Whale (origin Old English hwael)[2] is the common name for any large marine mammal of the order Cetacea‚ which have forelimbs modified as fins‚ a tail with horizontal flukes‚ and nasal openings on top of the head.[2] The term whale is sometimes used to refer to all cetaceans‚ but in more common usage it generally excludes those members of the Delphinoidea superfamily which are known as dolphins and porpoises.[3] These smaller species belong to the suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales)‚ which also
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sense of our journey through this world. Short-listed‚ Picture Book of the Year 2002. “Growing up too fast” Twinpossible http://twinpossible.com/kids-growing-up-too-fast-lessons-we-learn-can-teach “Nobody understands” the red tree by Shaun tan http://www.shauntan.net/books/red-tree.html The car song The weekend is the weekend And it’s
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"Two Kinds‚" by Amy Tan is a story in which a Chinese mother believes that her daughter can do anything in the United States as long as she puts her mind to it and decides to push her daughter‚ Jing-Mei‚ into being a prodigy. Unfortuantely‚ Jing-Mei and her mother do not share the same views on things. Jing-Mei wants to establish her own identity apart from her mother and feels that she can be successful through her own efforts and determination. Jing-Mei’s desire to be an independent person leads
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