and so have the players. The game has become faster and stronger and a lot more off ice training and hard work is necessary to go pro unlike it used to be in the 19th century. It is believed that hockey was first played in Windsor Nova Scotia‚ Kingston Ontario or Montreal Quebec. Many people believed it evolved from the Irish game Hurley. Beginning around 1860‚ wooden pucks were used. On March 3rd 1875 the first game of hockey played indoors occurred in Montreal. The first hockey club was formed
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Maxine Hong Kingston‚ the author of Woman Warrior‚ and her mother Brave Orchid are the only two people to make an appearance in every chapter of Woman Warrior. Because of this‚ we can tell how much of an effect Kingston’s mother has had on her‚ and how her talk-stories influenced her views on the Chinese and American cultures‚ family‚ and maybe most importantly‚ gender and what it means to be a woman. In the chapter entitled “Shaman‚” we get to see the life story of Brave Orchid‚ with a few moments
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of women’s value and the influence culture plays in self-definition. In 1976‚ Chinese-American writer‚ Maxine Hong Kingston‚ became a significant voice in this discussion in her seminal work‚ The Woman Warrior: A Girlhood Among Ghosts. This memoir enticingly blends Kingston’s youth as a Chinese-American girl and the stories she developed from Chinese myths her mother retold. Kingston recounts a variety of talk-stories from her mother‚ Chinese myths‚ and her own experiences. Although
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future is that black and white children can coincide peacefully and that children of former slaves and children of former slave-owners would be able to get along. In “No Name Woman” by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ Kingston learns that she has an aunt that took her own life and her newborn baby’s life. Kingston imagines different scenarios that her aunt could have gone through. These two stories both have an element that sticks out to me and that makes them very similar: the role discrimination plays in
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Street Kings 2: Motor City The outdated detective’s unit is shrouded in darkness but for a single desk light illuminating the seated Det. Sullivan. Just before Kingston entered‚ Sullivan had located hard evidence that Kingston was corrupt. Sullivan was fully aware that Kingston would murder him if he knew of Sullivan’s discovery. Kingston moves slowly from his standing position and puts a hand on the back of Sullivan’s chair‚ saying: “Are you sure you’re okay?” [Attending is “the first stage in the
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Maxine Hong Kingston’s aunt in her story “No Name Woman.” The aunt was pregnant‚ had her house raided by angry villagers‚ birthed her baby in a muddy pigsty‚ and then committed suicide by jumping into the family well with her newborn. In the essay‚ Kingston incorporated three different genres that worked together to describe the way she felt about her aunt. The first is nonfiction‚ written at the beginning of the essay‚ to provide information about Kingston’s family history and show her opinion toward
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imperative‚ the mother and daughter relationship can be trivial. Many women writers have exercised their knowledge and shared their feelings in their works to depict the importance and influence of mothers upon daughters. Jamaica Kincaid‚ Maxine Hong Kingston‚ and Kiana Davenport are only three of the many women writers who have included mother and daughter themes in their texts. These writers explore the journeys of women in search of spiritual‚ mental and individual knowledge. As explained by these
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these skills at home is so important. The key point for the language to be maintained‚ it needs to be passed on to‚ and acquired by‚ each successive generation. Because language is tied not only to communication with family but to cultural identity as well‚ it is more than often parents who decide to teach their mother tongue to their children. Over time‚ many minority languages experience language shifts and changes. As children partake in school related activities‚ are exposed to media in the majority
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many meanings Many people identify him with the ancient Mayan underworld earth-god‚ Mam (or Ma’am) and may call him Rilaj Mam or “Great Grandfather.” In the local Mayan tongues “Ma” is an honorific title‚ similar to “Sir” or the Spanish Don‚ which also can also be used to address nobility or clergy. Max in the local tongues
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the collection of memoirs in Woman Warrior we are able to observe the cultural clash the protagonist faces. Kingston has to cope with cultural backlashes pertaining to her Chinese traditions and adaptation to the new American customs.Although Kingston being a young teenage girl‚ she is forced to become accustomed to old traditional values imposed on her by her mother. Ultimately‚ Kingston shows what it is like to live dealing with cultural clusters thus creating confusion with one’s self identity
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