“A Summary of Wayson Choy’s I’m a Banana and Proud of It” In his essay “I’m a Banana and Proud of It” (from The Globe and Mail); Wayson Choy explains the reason why he is called a “banana”. Choy begins by expressing his love to his North American citizenship. He mentions that banana means “yellow on the outside and white inside” (365). In other words‚ Chinese born in North America behave and act like white people but still look like Asians. Regardless of this nickname Choy believe that it is “not
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“The Jade Pendant” (Catherine Lim) In THE JADE PENDANT‚ Ah Soh is an older lady living in her rich relatives’ house. She is treated like a servant to the family and lives in the shadow of Mrs. Khoo‚ the house owner. Mrs. Khoo is rich‚ Ah Soh is not. Mrs. Khoo is well respected in the city whereas Ah Soh is mostly unknown. All the money Ah Soh makes by selling homemade pudding and cake‚ she saves. Ah Soh and her daughter live frugally‚ living off the leftover food and past down clothes of the
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The Jade Pendant had gathered around it a number of myths‚ some of which were quite absurd‚ such as the one that it was worth half-a-million dollars‚ but the reality was astonishing enough to raise gasps of admiration and envy. The jewel‚ as big as the palm of a child’s hand‚ consisted of a thick circular piece of intricately carved jade of the most brilliant and lucid green‚ surrounded by the innumerable diamonds arranged in floral designs. It was worn on a chain round the neck‚ but the sheer weight
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Elizabeth Choy A Singaporean Heroine Elizabeth Choy Su-Meiwas born on 29 November 1910 in Kudat‚ Sabah. She was a Hakka from North Borneo. During the Japanese Occupation‚ together with her husband‚ she worked as a canteen operator at a hospital where patients from General Hospital had been moved to. Elizabeth Choy and her husband secretly brought food‚ medicine‚ money‚ messages and even radios to British internees. Unfortunately‚ they were caught by the Japanese. Her husband was arrested on
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to write because every occasion has its own specific requirements¡± (American Heritage Book). Writing is something that is unique in the way that each person does it differently in their own sort of way‚ therefore creating their ¡°own style.¡± Wayson Choy has his own style of writing as with Trimble and all the other writers. But it is inaccurate to say‚ that one of these writers‚ can write the ideal essay with only just their own style of writing. Trimble had many good techniques that can be
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Jane f. Sumalinab BSED-E Introduction to Singaporean Literature The history of Singaporean literature is closely connected with the country ’s own inception as a republic in 1965. Autonomy‚ first from its British colonial masters and later by separation from Malaysia‚ gave rise to the urgent necessity to find a separate and distinct national identity‚ one that could clearly be called Singaporean. The endeavor to establish this identity is echoed in the literature through the themes they raise.
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A critical discussion of marketing to the bottom of the pyramid The bottom of the pyramid refers to the 4 billion poorest people in the world who live on less than R25 a day and refers mainly to India and Africa which have the highest levels of poverty in the world. The BOTP can’t access global markets so have to pay more for products and services. Big companies don’t view them as a viable market- infact this group actually represents the biggest market in the world if companies can offer affordable
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Hailee Scott Mr. Soens March 31‚ 2015 American Revolutionary War- The Boston Massacre Boom‚ Bang‚ Boom!! The Boston massacre was part of the American Revolutionary war‚ is it took place in Boston Massachusetts‚ on March 5th‚ 1770. The colonist mean and women protested agents the British troops. Many men were losing their jobs‚ and blamed the British troops for it. They gathered in front of the old state house and yelled at the British troop’s that were trying to calm down the crowd. The colonists
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In many cases‚ figuring out a title for a piece of writing can be the most difficult part of the process. However‚ the title is one of the most important components. In the book Butter‚ the author Jade Lange kept the title simple yet engaging‚ as it made the reader want to understand the context of the word “Butter.” This originally drew me to the book‚ and rest of the book was even more enthralling than the title. Overall‚ Butter was entertaining‚ eventful‚ and sensitive all at the same time. In
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“We weren’t! Honest! Is it illegal to have silence for once?!” Roared Sky. “He’s right” Agreed Peony and Dew. an argument had officially broke out. 3v1 shouts were thrown like crazy only to be stopped by an announcement from Peony. “We have an order! The human made a wish!” Silence directly followed the statement. “No way we’re still doing that‚ we have to figure out this hole telepathy thing!” Raged Fox “I want to do it!” Realizing how young and foolish he sounded‚ the four broke out in laughter
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