throughout your life. You can create one and change it however you like. In three essays of the name of No Name Woman by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ I just wanna be Average by Mike Rose and Salvation by Langston Hughes. In these essays they all found an Identity by going their own routes they think is best for them and while following that route they create their own Identity. In the essay No Name Woman by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ she grew up in a very strict Chinese household who
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A short literary analysis of Maxine Kingston’s classic “No Name Woman” As part of the first generation of Chinese-Americans‚ Maxine Hong Kingston writes about her struggle to distinguish her cultural identity through an impartial analysis of her aunt’s denied existence. In “No Name Woman‚” a chapter in her written memoirs‚ Kingston analyzes the possible reasons behind her disavowed aunt’s dishonorable pregnancy and her village’s subsequent raid upon her household. And with a bold statement
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our own identity if that makes sense. We claim what we say is our identity. Whether it’s being a part of a certain ethnicity‚ cultural backgrounds‚ or religions. Part of our identity is where we come from‚ our heritage. It’s who we are. In “No Name Woman”‚ the author Kingston tells of one of her families most hidden secrets. She never knew she had an aunt until her mother told her after several years. Her aunt‚ had gotten pregnant at a young age and committed suicide because her family disowned
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The complexity of frailty is dynamic conditions leading to vulnerabilities‚ and it has significantly impacted on the multi-dimensions of health in older adults. Notably‚ evidence shows that physical decline and disability are the vital key component in developing frailty1‚2‚8‚26‚32‚33. Considering for antecedents and risk factors of frailty‚ it can simply classify as intrinsic factors and extrinsic factors which have impacted on developing frailty equally. For intrinsic factors‚ the personal characteristics
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a deep historical bias‚ women‚ especially the unfaithful ones‚ were treated poorly and viewed worthless compared to men. Those that committed adultery were tortured and persecuted publicly‚ just like Maxine Hong Kingston’s aunt in her story “No Name Woman.” The aunt was pregnant‚ had her house raided by angry villagers‚ birthed her baby in a muddy pigsty‚ and then committed suicide by jumping into the family well with her newborn. In the essay‚ Kingston incorporated three different genres that worked
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Thy Womb Thy Womb (Tagalog: Sinapupunan) is a 2012 Filipino drama film starring Nora Aunor‚Bembol Roco‚ Mercedes Cabral‚ and Lovi Poe.[2] Produced by Center Stage Productions and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP)‚ Melvin Mangada and Jaime Santiago‚ the film is written by Henry Burgos and directed by 2009 Cannes Film FestivalBest Director Brillante Mendoza. The film is one of the 8 official entries to the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival . Plot Shaleha (Aunor) is a Badjao midwife
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In the essay ?No Name Woman? Maxine Hong Kingston tells a story from her Chinese culture‚ of a forgotten aunt whose husband went to America. During his absence the aunt mysteriously became with child. No one in her village questioned her on how the child was miraculously conceived. Instead they attacked her and her family‚ showing their shame for the situation they were unwillingly placed in. Because the aunt is obviously pregnant by someone other than her husband the villagers consider her a threat
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bring endless imagination. Reading opens endless worlds‚ and often time helps people in the real world. In “No Name Woman” by Kingston Maxine H.‚ “Two Ways To Belong In America” by Mukherjee Bharati‚ and “What If Shakespeare Had Had A Sister” by Woolf Virginia‚ the authors write about how women have been repressed through the years in different cultures and different times. In “No Name Woman‚” Kingston writes about how her aunt was chased and almost killed by the people in her village‚ because they
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Women and Frailty The two women in Shakespeare’s tragic play Hamlet play larger parts than meets the eye. These two women embody the saying‚ "there are no small parts‚ only small actors." While Gertrude‚ Hamlet’s mother‚ and Ophelia‚ Hamlet’s lover‚ are very different and lead different lives‚ they suffer similar fates. Both women have control not of their lives but of their deaths.Gertrude and Ophelia are anything but independent women. The two women need and rely on the strength of the men
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loving God. This should be the first thing we should be grateful for Him. And we should also remember the circumstances that our mother went through during her child bearing periods. And this is the other thing to be thankful about. Witnessing how a woman sacrifices almost half of her life in conceiving a child in her womb until the day of her giving birth to that awaited gift from God was really an amazing thing to realize. It made me realize how important my life is‚ and made me more grateful to that
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