Carmen Morales English 201-101 Feb 29‚ 2012 Prof. Wright Assignment: “Two Kinds” Piano “Two Kinds” By Amy Tan is about Jing Mei mother who is clear in her daughter’s goals. She want Jing Mei to be a prodigy and famous. Her mother send her to the hair solon to make her look like Shirley Temple. She also forces Jing Mei to take piano lesson and soon has a recital‚ Jing Mei was confident to play. Her mother invites their auntie Lindo because she
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In the novel Paper Towns‚ by John Green‚ Quentin Jacobsen is not the typical protagonist‚ as he lacks the adventurous and daring personality that is generally associated with a hero. Viewed by the other characters of the novel as quiet and obedient‚ Quentin strays far from
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John Green’s Paper Towns follows the protagonist‚ Quentin‚ as he chases the object of his desire‚ Margo who disappears‚ leaving mysterious clues as to her whereabouts. Green takes care in this story to allow Margo to not fall into the trope of being an object who exists solely for the growth of the male protagonist. This is a feminist story about the discovery of a woman for who she really is. From the beginning‚ it is apparent to the reader that Quentin views Margo as an object‚ or in the context
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Quynh Tran Professor Victoria Murray Expository Writing II 10/2/2014 Two Kinds "Two Kinds" is truly an amazing work; it captivates readers by telling a story of a young girl trying to find herself. Amy Tan does a phenomenal job‚ not only by portraying a very real mother-daughter relationship‚ but at showing how much a young girl can change. Jing-Mei evolves throughout the story in a way that many people can relate to; crushed hopes
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Two Variable Inequality Katherine Courtney MAT221 Phil Le August 25‚ 2013 Inequalities are equations that can be used to determine not just what something could equal but what something cannot equal. It tells us what the relative size is of two values and if they are big or small‚ too much or not enough. Inequalities could make it easier to determine how much someone might need of something in order to make a certain amount of something‚ while also determining
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can bring enjoy-ment if you fulfil the expectation or it can lead to disappointment if you don’t. Every individual will not get through life without having some sort of expectation to something‚ and this as well include parents too. The short story ’Two Kinds’ written by Amy Tan is from 1989‚ and it delineates a mother’s attempt to push her daughter into achieving a prodigious lifestyle. The mother is an immi-grant from China‚ but her daughter is born in America. The cultural difference of their upbringing
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The film The Two Escobar’s‚ directed by Jeff and Michael Zimbalist‚ is a documentary about “narco-soccer”‚ which was a time period in Columbia when it was prevalent for drug kingpins to use soccer clubs to launder their money. One of the most infamous kingpins was Pablo Escobar. Pablo was typically known as a murderer in Columbia‚ but did have one passion in life‚ and that was soccer. The other Escobar‚ Andres‚ who had no blood relation to Pablo‚ was the star defensive player for Columbia’s soccer
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blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice. Alliteration - the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Allusion – A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature. Ex: She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa Analogy - the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. Ex: shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel Antithesis - is a counter-proposition and denotes a direct
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Plot "Two Kinds tells of a woman and daughter expecting a great life in America. The daughter‚ Jing-mei‚ wants desperately to become a "Chinese Shirley Temple" by making a career in singing and dancing. Her mother is consumed in the belief that Jing-mei is a genius‚ thus making her do pointless tests that she sees other prodigy children doing in magazines such as standing on her head and reciting world capitals. All of this proves to be useless and the idea begins to fade away until Jing-mei’s mother
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Summaries For this assignment‚ you will compose two short critical essays explaining and evaluating arguments by other authors. This assignment allows you to analyze an issue from a variety of perspectives and assess arguments for or against the issue. By focusing your attention on how the original authors use evidence and reasoning to construct and support their positions‚ you can recognize the value of critical thinking in public discourse. Read the two articles "Predictive Probes"‚ and "New Test
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