created an impact of the educational policy. “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan describes the discourse community that she faces as a daughter of Asian immigrant who speaks limited English through a thick accent. She realizes
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Nowadays more and more youngsters become addicted to obtaining tanned skin in order to look better despite even lethal consequences. The weekly newsmagazine Maclean’s via its article Kids Want to Tan provides readers with the information about the risks related to indoor and outdoor sunbathing resulting in skin damages. According to the different sources‚ a number of young people in the age of 12 to 17 (79%) realize the drawbacks of tanning; moreover‚ nearly 81 percent of them find it possible to
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The Arrival‚ by Shaun Tan‚ is a book that I found to be very interesting. I have never read a book without words before‚ so this was a new experience for me. During the times I read it‚ evaluated it‚ took notes on it‚ and read it again‚ I questioned how something so complex could be a part of children’s literature. I began to ask myself what age group would be able to look at this book and understand the story within. Children’s literature is usually seen as simple‚ straight forward‚ and easy to
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The Community Compact for Southern Ganzhou is an excerpt written by Wang Yangming in the 1520’s that served the purpose of producing a shared responsibility of the creation of an ideal society between officials and citizens. Yangming‚ using Zhu Xi’s community compact as a model‚ attempted to influence every member of the community and urged them to pledge to act in a moral fashion and police their own behavior. During this time‚ the Confucian scholar served as an official and general whose responsibility
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We examines one story of Amy tan in our course that was ’ Voice from the opposite side of the divider " From his story‚ we comprehend that regardless of what the moms are doing‚ they are really endeavoring to secure their little girls and enable them to make tracks in an opposite direction from threat and troubles. For instance‚ Ying-yang revealed to Lena must not go to any heading but rather just school and back home to stay away from any perils. Furthermore‚ we should regularly express our considerations
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Junyu Yang‚ Period 3 Robinson Question: Analyze major changes and continuities in American attitudes towards land expansion in the period 1800-1848. Document 1 Source: “Polk’s Dream”‚ Edward Williams Clay‚ 1846 Document 2 Source: Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Robert Livingston‚ October 2‚ 1801 To Robert R. Livingston‚ Greeting: -‚ Reposing especial trust and confidence in your integrity‚ prudence and ability‚ I have nominated and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate‚ do appoint you
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After reading the strongly written “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ it shows a great deal of strength from the Asian American culture. Throughout the reading it showed how hard it was and still is for Asian Americans to work through the difficulties of the English language. The essay talked first about the different languages of English that this young lady learned and used through her life. The second part was about the difficulties that she had through school because English wasn’t here strongest subject
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“A Pair of Tickets” The short story “A pair of Tickets” by Amy Tan is really an interesting story to read. This short story is about June‚ a Chinese girl who travels to China with her father after the death of her mother. June was struggling with herself identity‚ but traveling to China and meting her twin sisters make her realize how much she was missing on her culture. I have experienced many things in life that are identical to this story. June was struggling with her identity because she looks
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Regardless of the gender‚ all knight-errants exhibit certain character traits such as righteousness‚ honor‚ and bravery. These properties of the knight-errant are evident in the three short stories‚ “The Sung Founder Escorts Ching-niang One Thousand Li‚” Yang Wen‚ the Road-Blocking Tiger‚” and “The Lady Knight-Errant.” These three stories can be found in the book‚ Traditional Chinese Stories: Themes and Variations‚ by Y.W. Ma and Joseph S.M. Lau. The knight-errant
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The graphic novel American Born Chinese‚ by Gene Yang‚ tells three stories‚ which revolve around a main character who has to overcome the pain of being a social outcast‚ while having a goal to maintain his or her identity. The characters in the novel are too caught up trying to be someone they are not‚ however in doing so they forget their true identities‚ which they should not forget. There is first the monkey king who would like to be in heaven. Throughout the novel‚ the Monkey King is shown just
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