In Lu Xun’s Medicine‚ it tells a story which shapes the bourgeois democratic revolutionary Xia Yu’s personal selfless sacrifice and as a pioneer of the heroic revolutionary image‚ he reveals the tragedy of the Chinese society due to its people’s ignorance and calls for the urgent need to awaken the people but they have no awareness and even feel hostile towards it. Xun shows that the Chinese society must be freed from the long rule of Confucius and feudal superstition; otherwise there is no hope
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During the 19th century‚ the social structure of China positioned the masses at the bottom with relatively few people at the top. “A Madman’s Diary”‚ written by Lu Xun‚ is a Chinese story that was published in 1918 and is considered one of China’s first modern short stories. The story is comprised of a handful of diary entries written by a madman who begins to think everyone around him is a cannibal and that they are out to get him. He turns his attention to the younger generation because he is afraid
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Themes Ambitions Diana Lu have so much goals in life that she wanted to achieve through her problems she becomes more and more motivated to reach out to her dreams in life‚ following her heart desires despite of her parents dream in her life she still pursue her hearts desire and made the best of what she can. She encourage her readers to look to the future and focus on making their dreams come true. Be hopeful to the new opportunities in life and have the courage to take risks. Courage Diana
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In Legend by Marie Lu the author uses situational irony to add unexpected or mysterious actions to keep the plot rich and interesting. At this point in the story‚ June and Thomas are watching a riot begin. June and Thomas are watching from a raised platform outside Batalla Hall. The riot began because of the sentencing of Day‚ they did not want/like that. The main problem that shows situational irony is that instead of just throwing dust bombs or tar gases (like they normally do)‚ the soldiers are
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Individual ICEing #2 (pg. 205-251) In Legend by Marie Lu‚ the author uses characterization to explain how June might believe that Thomas had murdered her brother instead of Day like she had previously believed. At this point in the story June is looking through the case file of Metias‚ her brother’s death. She looks at the poorly taken crime scene photos of his dead body and notices some marks on the knife’s hilt. Looking at the photos more in depth‚ she sees marks that are not blood. Instead
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In central Africa‚ the Luba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo practice Bilumbu divination. The Bilumbu belief system exhibits elements of mysticism‚ and seeks to prescribe solutions to existential questions from within the community. Similarly‚ the Yoruba people of Nigeria in western Africa also practice a belief system‚ known as Ifa divination‚ which defines Yoruba origins and discusses contemporary issues surrounding identity. In both religions‚ diviners demonstrate the importance
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every day. Every year‚ world population increases. China currently has the largest population in the world. The latest 2015 statistics indicate that Chinas population has grown once again and consist of 1‚401‚586‚609 people (Population of China ‚ 2015). Today’s total world population is 7‚324‚782‚225 people. (Population of China ‚ 2015). The total population of China represents 19.3%( almost 20%) of the world’s total population. (Population of China ‚ 2015) In comparison to Canada‚ China’s population
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I read the book‚ Legend written by Marie Lu. In this book the world has been flooded after the polar ice caps have melted completely‚ leaving most of the world covered in water. During this time the eastern seaboard of America tried to move west for land that wasn’t flooded. After the floods‚ the inflation of America’s population and lack of resources and places to live it caused major conflict. Eventually the two sides settled and separated to become two separate countries. As the eastern side
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My book report is going to be on the book Legend. The author is Marie Lu and is best seller in new york. It was Published on November 29‚ 2011 in the U.S and in the U.K on February 2012. The genre is a young adult fiction‚ and has 305 pages. The publisher is Putnam Juvenile. The book has interesting characters and has a very interesting plot. The Legend Marie Lu fiction provides how the relationship between a famous criminal and a prodigious detective might translate into a more modern story. Legend
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I have finished reading Legend by Marie Lu. The prompt I have chosen for my Journal Entry is “Describe the author’s craft (language and style). What was good about the author’s writing? What thing might you try to do in your writing that you learned from this author?” Things that I believe the author did well in her writing were the use of perspective‚ character development‚ and foreshadowing. One of the features of Legend was that it was told by two characters in the same story‚ Day and June.
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