Culture In Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club

Culture In The Beijing Olympics Introduction
The Olympics is a tradition that symbolizes strength, perseverance, and the uniting of nations, tracing all the way back to 776 BC. I find the Olympics by themselves very interesting, but when you add in the culture of a prominent country, I think it becomes so much more. After reading The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the Chinese culture began to intrigue me; making the two together a great research paper topic. This was not my first topic though. I was sick the day my class chose theirs, so I ended up with "Communism in China". Although it was not ideal, I thought I could write a lot about it. The day after, the idea of "The Beijing Olympics" came to me. Since no one else had it yet, I believed
I tried to use the database research method given to us, but was unable to find details that I had not already found on a previous site. Although I did not have much luck with the database method, I was able to find an abundance of information throughout the internet, including an online eBook called Inside The Beijing Olympics by Jeff Ruffolo. A few of the specific terms that I actually searched were: The National Stadium, the National Swimming centre, the "Dancing Beijing" (which is the Beijing Olympic 's official logo), and the opening and closing ceremonies. I decided to search each of those terms individually because I felt that they had a lot of specific meaning and information behind them. Concluding my research, a little over half of my best information came from multiple reliable websites on the
The "Dancing Beijing" emblem (or what many would consider the Beijing Olympic 's official logo) symbolizes a Chinese seal and the Chinese character Jīng. The name Jīng is from the name of the host city and is depicted in the form of a dancing figure ("Modern and Ancient"). This is just one of the many symbolic emblems that are related and connected with Chinese culture and the Beijing Olympics.

The Beijing Olympic 's motto or slogan was "One World, One Dream". This is saying that all of the nations, despite everyone 's race, religion, or beliefs, are from the same world and seek the harmony of all participating in the Olympics. All the athletes from all over the world come together to compete and strive for the same goal, but only the hardest working will succeed. The motto also represents the entire country of China, and maybe even more, in saying that they believe in creating modernizing, harmonious, and peaceful world that is ready to lend a helping hand at any