In the popular TV series‚ American Horror Story: Hotel‚ a statement was made by the transgender desk clerk; named Liz Taylor‚ that goes as follows: “You see everything when the world doesn’t see you”. With this statement‚ the character was referring to the knowledge he had obtained through how people of higher classes treated him in his position as a servant. This expression pierces into the notion that people show their truest colors in their interactions with people they do not consider to be relevant
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior Children all over the world are raised in hundreds of different ways. Some parents strive to get a successful child‚ some are more casual‚ and some parents even relive their youth through their kids. China is on the running course with the rest of the world‚ and when it comes to creating masterminds‚ China is way ahead of everyone else. Should we follow‚ or should we simply go on the way we always have? In the article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” by Amy
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佛与牛粪 传说有一次苏东坡拜访高僧佛印，两个人正谈的兴起，苏东坡突然披上佛印的袈裟问：“你看我像什么？” 佛印答：“像佛。”，然后问苏东坡：“你看老朽像什么？” 苏东坡正得意忘形，便大笑着说：“我看你像一滩牛粪！” 佛印笑了笑不再言语。 事后，苏东坡在得意之余，将此事告诉了苏小妹。不料苏小妹却兜头给他泼了一瓢冷水，“这下你可输惨了”，苏小妹说。苏东坡不解，问：“此话怎讲？”苏小妹答：“心中有何事物就看到何事物，佛印心中有佛，所以看你就是佛;而你心中有污秽之物，你看到的自然就是牛粪。” There is a legend about a time Su Dongpo visited the Zen master Foyin. Both of them were on the rise‚ Su Dongpo suddenly put on Foyin’s Buddha cassock and asked: "what do you think I am?" Foyin answered: “Like a Buddha.”
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‘The Woman Speaks to the Man Who has Employed her Son’ Lorna Goodison was born 1947 in Kingston‚ Jamaica. Her family was a large one comprising nine children. She attended St. Hughes High School and later‚ studied Art both in Jamaica and New York. Her first collection of poetry‚ ‘Tamarind Season’ was published in 1980. Several collection followed‚ as well as two prose fiction works. Her books have won many awards. Goodison’s themes include motherhood and the female in society. Currently
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autobiography about Adeline Yen Mah’s childhood‚ starting in 1941. Throughout the book‚ Adeline explains her childhood in which she faces many dilemmas. She also describes how she was made to feel unwanted and unloved by most of her family. The story is set in World War 2‚ during the time period when the Japanese had invaded China. In the story‚ Adeline explains the amount of respect that all of the Chinese people had to show towards the Japanese. When Adeline was just four years of age‚ the Japanese were
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“The Yellow Wallpaper” is a story told from the perspective of the antagonist‚ the wife of a high standing physician‚ John. The story is written as if it is the journal of the narrator which her husband does not approve of her writing in. We never learn the authors name throughout the story. While the female narrator receives most of the attention and criticism from readers‚ what does one think about the passive attitude of her husband‚ John? Evidence in “The Yellow Wallpaper” proves that John cares
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‘’Did the Chinese discover America?’’ The writer maintains the significant of explorations made by Columbus in fourteenth century. He describes that after Columbus’s explorations‚ efforts have been made to rewrite the history by arguing that it was Amerigo Vespucci who discovered the America and named after him‚ the Norsemen sailed to these areas centuries before Columbus‚ and Native Americans were living in these areas thousands of years before. Recently‚ Gavin Menzies has brought a significant
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People all around the world have different communication styles based on their culture legacies. I‚ too‚ am affected by my Chinese culture when I communicate with others. In the chapter “The Ethnic Theory on Plane Crashes” in Outlier‚ author Malcolm Gladwell discusses the importance of cultural legacy on communication. Many of the plane crashes can be explained with “mitigated speech” by plane officers‚ meaning “any attempt to downplay or sugarcoat the meaning of what is being said” (194). People’s
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nineteenth century Chinese women’s life. According to (factsanddetails)‚in the twentieth century‚ many women from China faced many difficulties‚ but the main reason was how horribly the women were treated by men. In those times‚ men were more powerful than women in society. Even today‚ women in many countries do not have many rights. Most of the men think of women as slaves‚ and nothing more. Chinese women were treated badly before married life‚ as well after they were married. Even though their
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1. “What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you’re good at it.” I totally agree with Chua not because I’m an Asian. Children should learn their lessons about accepting the challenges‚ endurance‚ and failure. For example‚ nothing is fun when children take a piano class‚ and quit it after one month because they are tired of practicing. Then they choose another class and give up if they have trouble. Finally‚ they don’t gain any success at all. The fact that children make the funny
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