Cassie Brown English 11 Mr. Seagle 2-1-11 “Wordsmith” and “The Gold Mountain Coat” The poem “Wordsmith” is talking about a boys father who is constantly working on their house. To perfect it. It mentions how he “ he fills and smooths and sands as filling in all of the empty crevices.” While the boy is watching though I can sense some sadness‚ maybe for the fact that his father spends more time on the house rather than with him. He might feel as if the imperfections of the house are more
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“The Gold Mountain Coat‚” By Jody Fong-Bates‚ Sam Sing is a stingy‚ demanding and controlling man‚ whose actions posed the question‚ was Sam Sing capable of compassion? Each evening‚ after his restaurant had closed‚ Sam‚ a tall and a bleak Chinese elderly man with many wrinkles wearing gold rimmed glasses that matched his gold teeth‚ would be found sitting alone in a booth in the back‚ carefully calculating his daily profits of his prosperous business. If the day’s profits were successful Sam would
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reading “Wordsmith” by Susan Young‚ and “The Gold Mountain Coat” by Judy Fong-Bates‚ one can easily verify the differences in the relationships between the children and their fathers in the two stories. Everyone has a different relationship with their father than the next person‚ however some of these relationships are more negative than others. This is the case for the two sons‚ John and Ken in “The Gold Mountain Coat”. Compared to the daughter’s relationship with her father in “Wordsmith” the sons
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“On Sunday (March 1)‚ a small group of armed civilians killed a Serbian wedding guest and wounded the priest.” The war broke out between Sarajevo and Pale after the attack of armed civilians from Pale on Sarajevo. Comparing to Zlata’s Diary with the book The Freedom Writers‚ both the books has wars in different issues but has similar consequences. Zlata’s Diary has a conflict between two countries which created the war. The Freedom Writers Diary has gang wars because of discrimination between races
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In the short story “The Gold Mountain Coat” by Jody Fong Bates‚ the narrator remembers her childhood in a small town somewhere in Ontario; “The small town that was my home.” The story is told through the eyes of the little girl‚ from an immigrant Chinese family; “I was the only Chinese child in town.” By telling the story from her point of view there is no judgement‚ no analysis on what is happening or what will happen‚ which gives the reader a wide space to reflect on the story. Her tone is light
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On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family written by Lisa See is an inspirational narrative depicting her Chinese families experiences and struggles immigrating to the west coast of America during the 19th and 20th century. The author was effective in telling her families story. There were similarities and differences between the Fong family’s experiences and the Chinese community’s immigration experiences as a whole. Immigration to America was a phenomenon for
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your homeland? Many people make this decision on a daily basis. However‚ which traditions and values would you choose to teach your children? Would you teach your children their homeland traditions or their new country traditions? In the book‚ On Gold Mountain by Lisa See‚ Fong See struggled in being accepted publicly as a member of American Society and he also struggled with trying to keep his Chinese traditions and values with his families. In his second marriage‚ he succeeded in being accepted by
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Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing Unable to get official permission to interview and write about correctional officers‚ Ted Conover‚ author of the book Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing‚ "got in" by applying for a correctional officer position. After training‚ he and his fellow rookies‚ known as "newjacks‚" were randomly assigned to Sing Sing‚ one of the country’s most famous -- and infamous -- prisons. Sing Sing‚ a maximum-security male prison‚ was built in 1828 by prisoners themselves‚ kept at their task
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Cherishing someone does not always involve traditional ways of affection. “Wordsmith” a free verse poem by Susan Young‚ scrutinizes the relationship between a quiet‚ caring father and his daughter. The maintenance of the house metaphorically describes the developing kinship between the two that has eroded over time and the attempt to reconstruct this compelling bond. The daughter addresses her father as the “Pollyfilla King” establishing that he is trying to rectify his relationship with his daughter
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Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing The distressing experience of operating as a prison guard in such a notorious penal facility as New York State’s Sing Sing Penitentiary is one that is unlikely to be desired by one not professionally committed to the execution of prison uniformity. However‚ the outstanding novel written by Tom Conover illustrates the encounters of a journalist who voluntarily plunged himself into the obscure universe of the men and women paid to spend the better portion of their lives
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