Good morning/afternoon‚ welcome to my workshop titled “The Construction of identity through film.” The purpose of this workshop is to focus on different values and perspectives as presented in “Gran Torino”. Today I will be interpreting Thao’s point of view in the movie “Gran Torino”. Thao is a quiet‚ respectful boy that gets off to a bad start with Walt‚ but quickly grows close with him‚ when the gang starts giving thao and his family a lot of trouble Walt puts together a well-structured plan to
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Prompt 1 (Just an FYI‚ this is not my final draft! Feel free to harshly/constructively criticize my essay. Thank you!) My parents’ expectations have always been a major influence on my five siblings and me‚ and my father stressed on higher education above all else. He would say‚ “Yog nej tsis kawm ntawv qib siab kom tau ib txoj hauj lwm zoo tshaj nej niam‚ ces tsis tseem yog yug nej los nyob tebchaws mekas li” (if you aren’t able to pursue a higher education to earn a better
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In many cultures around the world people have the same problems to face as we do. They just refer to them by different words and or different meanings. In “The Spirit Catches You‚” a young girl by the name of Lia has a condition that Western Medicine considers to be epilepsy‚ but in her culture of the Hmong they believe it to be qaug dab peg. Some might consider these two conditions of the body and soul to be the same thing or quite different. Western medicine’s way of dealing with the issue is
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Define and give a bit of its significance‚ such what these people/things/practices/rules are and do in the book (go to other side of page or a new one if necessary): Txiv neeb A shaman who was believed to have the ability to enter a trance and negotiate for his patient’s health. Was mainly used by Hmong people who couldn’t conceive children. dab a malevolent spirit that was detaining a child birth. hu plig soul calling‚ which in Laos was always the third day after child birth.
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1. The traditional Hmong birth practices are so different from the birth practices we use here in the United States. Foua’s previous child births before Lia were very different. She gave birth inside her home‚ with completely no help. She also cut and tied the umbilical cord with a string. Afterwards they buried the placentas as a tradition to their beliefs. Now‚ with Lia’s birth she was in a public hospital where she was attended by doctors and given medicine. It was also sanitary there‚ unlike
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It’s that time again‚ a new year‚ as the year approach the end‚ the Hmong New Year is celebrated by many Hmong people throughout the world in different months where Hmong people live‚ either that be in October‚ November‚ or December. But no matter what‚ where you find a large population of Hmong people‚ you know there’s going to be some sort of Hmong New Year event taking place that year. From what I remember‚ when I was little‚ my parents took me to the Soccer Tournament (another Hmong event)‚ where
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“The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” Reader’s Guide Directions: Read the captioned book. Then answer the questions contained in this study guide. Post your completed document to the appropriate assignment box on the course website. 1. What do you think of traditional Hmong birth practices (pp. 3-5)? Compare them to the techniques used when Lia was born (p. 7). How do Hmong and American birth practices differ? I think the Hmong traditional give birth practice is very unsafe and dirty. The
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The Ancient Egyptian beliefs and customs have stood the test of time. The Ancient Egyptians were superior in their knowledge to any other nation. In the following paragraphs I will demonstrate there beliefs and customs. Egypt is widely known for their Pyramids‚ many of these gigantic landmarks have lasted for many centuries. Pyramids were built for Pharaohs to guide them into the Afterlife’. Pyramids took 20 to 25 years to construct. Each piece of rock mined from the quarry had to be carefully
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Essay “So many countries‚ so many customs” There are many countries and nations in the world‚ and each of them is characterized by its own customs. In modern society we strive for integration‚ for cross-cultural communication‚ but very often different customs‚ different mentality makes obstacles for achieving results. For example‚ one Russian company carries on negations with some Japanese company. The Japanese do not say directly “Yes” or “No”‚ they think a lot. Russian vice verse do all of a
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INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL PROCESS Note: Only minimum reading materials are reproduced here. Students are advised to familiarize themselves with all the recommended readings and participate in discussions in the class. (a) The object of Law Study (b) Studying Law under the “Case Method” (c) The Case Method from Student’s point of view. The following extracts are from: (a) Stanley V. Kinyon‚ How to Study Law and Write Law Examinations (1951) (b) Edward H. Levi‚ An Introduction to Legal Reasoning
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