Nancy Arroyo Ruffin once said‚ “the best thing parents can do for their children is allow them to be who they were born to be.” In both Amy Tan’s Two Kinds and W.H. Auden’s The Average‚ the protagonist’s parents work for their children to lead great lives‚ which the children in turn reject because they see themselves as average; however in Two Kinds the protagonist’s negative self-image comes from a desire to spite her mother‚ whereas in The Average it stems from the protagonist’s aspiration for
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Overview of Artist Tan Qing Lun‚ 26‚ is a traditional musician and an instructor. Qing Lun graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music under a postgraduate scholarship from the National Arts Council (NAC). He is currently one of the musicians for Ding Yi Music Company‚ he plays the traditional Chinese instrument‚ Dizi. He is also currently the Ensemble Manager and a founding member of Ding Yi Music Company. In addition‚ he is currently teaching at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). Besides
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First of all‚ I have many reasons why Houston should be your kind of town. The town the U.S. state of Texas. This town is located in Harris‚ Fort Bend‚ and Waller counties. The population of Houston has grown over the years. Katy has won national accolades for growth and sustainability. Threw out the years Houston has built Malls‚ great football programs‚ and great restaurants. I was born in Hot Springs‚ AR then moves to my hometown of Houston‚ TX which I lived there for 8 years. I lived most of
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The Arrival‚ by Shaun Tan‚ is a book that I found to be very interesting. I have never read a book without words before‚ so this was a new experience for me. During the times I read it‚ evaluated it‚ took notes on it‚ and read it again‚ I questioned how something so complex could be a part of children’s literature. I began to ask myself what age group would be able to look at this book and understand the story within. Children’s literature is usually seen as simple‚ straight forward‚ and easy to
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Merola Page 1 of 2 Lyndsay Merola English 1100-05 My Kind of Writing There are many different types and styles of writing with their own purpose. I can express myself and others in all different kinds of ways. For example there is expository writing‚ descriptive writing‚ Narrative writing‚ persuasive writing and creative writing. Yes‚ they are all ways of writing but they each share their own purpose. Expository writing is a type of writing where the purpose is to inform‚ describe‚ or explain
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I am an ordinary soon to be 20 years old girl from an ordinary family with extraordinary fantasies. My name is Tan Ling Wei‚ but since everybody is having a difficult time to pronounce Chinese names‚ I would rather be called as Zoey. I’m a Malaysian Chinese‚ and I was born in a big city with big shopping malls - Kuala Lumpur. When I was younger‚ I used to stay in Bentong which is my hometown in Pahang with my parents together with my grandparents. Since my parents were busy earning for a living
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A Special Kind of Love When I was in seventh grade I clicked on a youtube video that made me cry. It changed me. It made me feel disgusted by myself‚ but empowered to change not only myself‚ but those around me. The video was of a speech given by Soeren Palumbo during his senior year at Palatine High School. His story will forever be etched in my mind: “I want to tell you a quick story before I start. I was walking through hallways‚ not minding my own business‚ listening to the conversations
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Kind. This word describes August because he is not offended by other strangers. He also lets others go when they severly make fun of his looks. This shows that “Auggie” Is very easy going‚ and nonchalant when dealing with people that bully him. August is calm with bullies because when they start to tease‚ he takes it. He then realizes that he is getting made fun of. People are putting him down because of his looks. But he moves on. Hurtful. This is how Augest felt when random people came to him
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advantage. Amy was a very quick learner‚ and became rapidly involved with the sport. She made it her goal to represent her country by competing in the Olympics. However‚ the athlete didn’t make the cut for the 2006 Olympics where Shelley Rudman‚ a skeleton athlete from Britain‚ won silver. For the next four years‚ she worked tirelessly to achieve her goal of securing honor for her country. In 2010 at the Vancouver Olympics‚ all of her hard work paid off. She set a track record for two of her four
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Irony in Stephen Crane’s War Is Kind Most poets use their unique gift of writing poetry to relieve stress or just to document their emotions towards a given subject. Others use it as a key to bring about social change and voice their opinion on modern events. This is the case in Stephen Crane’s War Is Kind. The speaker in the poem uses irony as a strategy to convince the reader of the harsh reality of war. In the first few lines of the poem‚ the reader can already receive a feel of the irony
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