Only after Ying-ying realizes that she has passed on her passivity and fatalism to her daughter Lena does she take any initiative to change. Seeing her daughter in an unhappy marriage‚ she urges her to take control. She tells Lena her story for the first time‚ hoping that she might learn from her mother’s own failure to take initiative and instead come to express her thoughts and feelings. Lena‚ too‚ was born in the year of the Tiger‚ and Ying-ying hopes that her daughter can live up to their common
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important language among the world. It is essential to our daily life. So‚ I’ve worked really hard and paid much effort in learning English at secondary school. In my secondary education‚ my speaking skill has improved a lot because of teachers’ gentle guidance. I engaged in debate team at secondary academy. The tutor taught me the techniques of speaking. For example‚ stressing in key words so as to show the importance of those words and make impression to the listeners. Furthermore‚ teachers provided
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The Lena Baker and Anjette Lyles are two-court cases that are very questionable in court decision. Lena Baker shot and kill Ernest B. Knight who had remove her from her home and locked in a the gristmill. Baker was sentenced to Death. Anjette Lyles was a woman who murder four people Ben F. Lyles Jr who was her first husband‚ Joe Neal Gabbert who was her second husband‚ Julia Lyles who was her former mother in law and Marcia her daughter. She was sentenced to the State Hospital for the Insane in
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women have in the house and in society. Each generation changes slowly but eventually the differences in them are very clear because of the evolution of duties of women. Lena (Mama) is a prime example of a woman who was brought up in a pre-World War One era. Although she is strong-willed and not afraid to speak her mind‚ Lena takes
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Masculizing Gentle Madness: Chronicle of a Death Foretold and/in the Congregation The twins‚ Pablo and Pedro Vicario‚ seem like the culprit but actually‚ Angela is controlled by the real villain; traditional expectations. She had pointed her finger to save herself from the expectations that are controling the town in Chronicle of a Death Foretold‚ by Gabriel García Márquez. Angela Vicario is the real‚ sole reason and she holds all the responsibility for his death but because of the traditions
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Do Not Go Gentle- Explication In the poem “Do Not Go gentle into That Good Night” written by Dylan Thomas is a poem about death and how we all will die eventually but we shouldn’t restrict ourselves and should live how we want to live. The first line of the poem “Do not go gentle into that good night” what Thomas is saying is that you should not go gentle or quietly‚ that we should not just die but do something with our lives. The third line of the poem “Rage‚ rage against the dying of the light
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idolize certain people. I admire those who can make me realize who I am‚ who understand where I stand on and who is not afraid to say what is on their minds. One incredible individual‚ who I have met recently‚ changed the way I looked at the world. Ms. Lena Parks has a different air around her that I do not find most in others. I applaud her for the discipline she imposed on herself to reach her goal‚ for her sense of humor‚ and for her individuality. I had the privilege to meet Ms. Parks at the recent
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In the poem ‚ Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas‚ is a poem about a boy speaking to his dying father. The attitude of this poem plays a great deal of how it can be interpreted. Attitude and tone can be used as a way to show the reader a message. In this poem his tone is sorrowful and desperate‚ as he begs his dying father to stay with him. The tone of how the speaker talks to their father tugs at the heartstrings of readers and forces them to continue reading on. The boy is trying
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Research paper Influences of Local Movies on the attitude and values of Filipino Youth Today Maria Patricia Trinidad St. Jude English Mrs. Delia Lacandaso Chapter 1 1.1 Inroducton Social Media has become part of everyday life. And the Philippines have one of the highest perceptions in social media according to 24/7 Wall St. report. It has given the society new ways of life thus affecting the thoughts and behaviors of many. Among the different types of social
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A Raisin in the Sun Lena Younger (Mama) Lena Younger (Mama) had dreams of buying a house with her husband and having a garden of her own; “…you should know all the dreams I had ‘bout buying that house and fixing it up and making a little garden in the back-And didn’t none of it happen‚” (1782). Mama wants to her family to remain respectful of one another and of her and wants the insurance money from her husbands death used in a way to help keep the family together; “I don’t ‘low no yellin’
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