proud of her daughter’s success‚ but her excessive pride has triggered a conflict with her daughter Waverly‚ which reveals that mutual understanding is quite important for a parent-child relationship‚ especially for adolescents. She maintains her pride throughout the story. Although her daughter is a Chinese-American‚ as a Chinese herself‚ she has been imparting a sense of national pride to Waverly since her daughter was a child: “Chinese people do business‚ do medicine‚ do painting. Not lazy like
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Waverly and Disappearing Dollars 1. How would you solve Waverly’s budgeting issue? In order to solve Waverly’s issue‚ I would advise her to work on the zero-based budget‚ this is where every dollar has a name before the month begins. Waverly is doing great at giving every dollar a name but instead of doing it as she spends her money she needs to do it before the month begins‚ so that she is already aware of where her money is going to for that month. 2. Is Waverly right in giving every penny a name
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experiences many individuals can lose hope and allow their nerves get the best of them. I have by no means been the greatest writer or even believed in my writing abilities; however‚ when reading Anne Lamott’s book‚ “Bird by Bird”‚ I realized many other people may feel the same way. “Bird by Bird” educated me and its‘other readers‚ to make the most of our writing abilities. The book‚ first made me realize to never expect greatness straight away. Lamott states‚ “they might be good someday if they just keep
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Getting Started You should always write truthfully Writing about your childhood in a lot of detail is a good way to start Holidays are usually good to write about because there is a lot of detail. Writing at the same time helps creativity in stories. ‚Writing is more important than being published ‚Books make you notice the small details in life Books can enhance your imagination. Many lose their confidence when they begin writing since it is difficult for them to get down their thoughts
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mother to approve of her fiancée‚ Rich‚ before she can start a successful marriage. Moreover‚ Waverly cowers at the thought of her mother making a snide comment about Rich because “some unseen speck of truth would fly into my eye‚ blur what I was seeing and transform him…” (Tan 173). She believes that her mother’s opinions overpower her love for Rich; Waverly needs her mother to show her reality. Waverly only allows her mother’s approval to unlock her happiness. Likewise‚ in the article “Marriage
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Birds The earliest birds of which we have any record were descended from reptiles and lived about a hundred and thirty million years ago. These first birds had tails like lizards and teeth in their jaws. Over a period of many millions of years‚ the wings developed at the expense of the tail and the teeth disappeared. Thus birds as we know the today have evolved. They now differ very much from reptiles and it is only because of the research of zoologists one hundred years ago‚ that they were
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Birds (class Aves) are feathered‚ winged‚ bipedal‚ endothermic (warm-blooded)‚ egg-laying‚ vertebrate animals. With around 10‚000 living species‚ they are the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. All present species belong to the subclass Neornithes‚ and inhabit ecosystems across the globe‚ from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) Bee Hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) Ostrich. The fossil record indicates that birds emerged within theropod dinosaurs
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upon us. These things are things I would never wish on someone. The birds have just come through the children’s bedroom. With great rage they have went for there eyes and hand. The only thing I could do was fight. They came in swarms at me as I moved into the bedroom. The only thing I had to protect myself was the towel in my hand‚ and as I fought them back with my towel they went for my eyes. I am lucky I can still see. With the birds now dead in bunches on the floor I cant stop thinking about why they
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build up‚ or a gate to mend‚ at the far end of the peninsula‚ where the sea surrounded the farmland on either side. Then‚ at midday‚ he would pause and eat the meat pie his wife had baked for him and‚ sitting on the cliff’s edge‚ watch the birds. In autumn great flocks of them came to the peninsula‚ restless‚ uneasy‚ spending themselves in motion; now wheeling‚ circling the sky; now settling to feed on the rich‚ new-turned soil; but even when they fed‚ it was as though they
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott was a very enlightening reading experience. You can see within the first page of reading that the author has been influenced by writing at an early age. It made her seem very credible and gave more influence on her words about writing. I like that at some points she goes past the surface of just talking about why she liked writing‚ but also what her family was like and how her childhood affected her. Her humor helped to make this
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