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    An Essay in a Journal Works Cited Entry: Seraj‚ Mohamed Abdullah. “Are we providing modern anesthetics services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?” Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 6.1 (2012): 3-9. Print. Quote & Signal Phrase with In-Text Citation: As Mohamed Abdullah Seraj notes in his essay‚ “Are we providing modern anesthetics services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?” anesthesia has evolved immensely since its invention‚ modern anesthesia has certain policies that “ reduced the mortality rate

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    Amy Tan’s story “Mother Tongue” starts by the affirmation that she is not a scholar of English or literature. She is just a writer and the person who understand the power of language. From Tan’s observations from her daily life‚ she realizes that there are different types of English that she uses. The first time Tan notices the difference is when she gives a speech on her book “The Joy Luck Club” using academic English‚ the one that she never uses to talk with her mother. The second time is when

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    Discovering New Perspectives and Heritage: “A Pair of Tickets” Amy Tan’s “A Pair of Tickets‚” is a story about a young woman who was born in California‚ named Jing-Mei‚ who travels to China three months after her mother’s death‚ in hopes of finding her long-lost twin sisters. Along her voyage‚ she finds her Chinese heritage and overcomes the sorrow she felt for her late mother. In her story “A Pair of Tickets‚” Amy Tan uses setting‚ point of view‚ and symbol to illustrate the narrator’s journey to

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    Two Kinds Some people go through hurt to find happiness. That is the main theme of the story “Two Kinds by Amy Tan”. The story is about a girl named Nikan who doesn’t believe she’s good at anything and doesn’t believe in herself. Her mother tries to help her out with that but it didn’t work throughout the story since she doesn’t believe in herself she fails time and time again. Nikan goes through her life believing she can’t do anything‚ and she sabotages herself because of her fixed mindset and

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    An Argument for Using Native Language in the Classroom In the essay “Mother Tongue‚” Amy Tan describes the limited English skills of her mother‚ a Chinese immigrant‚ noting that “my mother had long realized the limitations of her English” **Tan citation here**. Tan goes on to describe how her mother had to compensate for these limitations throughout her life. This is the experience of many immigrants to the United States‚ who struggle to learn a new language while adapting to life in a new country

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    Annotated Works Cited Becker‚ Jasper. Rogue Regime. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 2005. In his book‚ Jasper Becker reveals Kim Jong’s Il’s lifestyle and his lavish comforts. In his book‚ he identifies Kim’s economic collapse and nuclear warhead plans. He also describes the cruel mistreatment of prisoners and their horrific living conditions within the camp’s ground. His book clearly indicates Kim Jong Il’s communist and uncaring ways. Kim‚ Mike. Escaping North Korea. Lanham: Rowman &

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    popular person in the U.S. She met Bobby Fischer‚ the most legendary chess player ever born. In the “Rules of the Game” the author Amy Tan Writes that life is like a chess game; when you’re losing you have to try to make it better. In the middle of the story‚ the author says that sometimes you have to lose. Tan says‚“Sometimes you need to lose pieces to get ahead” (Tan 324pg). When they were playing chess‚ she lost a few pieces‚ but she was

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    Amy Tan’s short story‚ “Mother Tongue” is an admirable tale that discusses the implied meaning of languages and how language is not only a device of communication‚ but a social tool of measuring an individuals’ worth. Tan’s purpose was to show us how language separates‚ unites‚ or isolates those who don’t speak the common way as well as others. The differences between us and others do not make anyone less of a person. She tells us the different circumstances and struggles when her mother had been

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    Cited: Madeleine Sackler. The Lottery. Video documentary‚ 2010.

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    Comparison of “Mother Tongue” and “How to Tame a wild Tongue” I have read through two articles and I have my own thought about them. The two articles author‚ Amy Tan (Mother Tongue) and Gloria Anzaldua (How to Tame…) both discussed the topic about the language and life. They have many common points such as they all born in a bilingual family‚ and it brought a great change in their lives. The difference is two articles have different focus. “Mother Tongue” Focus more on the change what the bilingual

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