“The Jade Pendant” (Catherine Lim) In THE JADE PENDANT‚ Ah Soh is an older lady living in her rich relatives’ house. She is treated like a servant to the family and lives in the shadow of Mrs. Khoo‚ the house owner. Mrs. Khoo is rich‚ Ah Soh is not. Mrs. Khoo is well respected in the city whereas Ah Soh is mostly unknown. All the money Ah Soh makes by selling homemade pudding and cake‚ she saves. Ah Soh and her daughter live frugally‚ living off the leftover food and past down clothes of the
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The Jade Pendant had gathered around it a number of myths‚ some of which were quite absurd‚ such as the one that it was worth half-a-million dollars‚ but the reality was astonishing enough to raise gasps of admiration and envy. The jewel‚ as big as the palm of a child’s hand‚ consisted of a thick circular piece of intricately carved jade of the most brilliant and lucid green‚ surrounded by the innumerable diamonds arranged in floral designs. It was worn on a chain round the neck‚ but the sheer weight
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Zhinu‚ the most beautiful fairy and a skilled seamstress. | The two fell in love at first sight and were soon married. They had a son and daughter and their happy life was held up as an example for hundreds of years in China. Yet in the eyes of the Jade Emperor‚ the Supreme Deity in Taoism‚ marriage between a mortal and fairy was strictly forbidden. He sent the empress to fetch Zhinu. Niulang grew desperate when he discovered Zhinu had been taken back to heaven. Driven by Niulang’s misery‚ the cow
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Hailee Scott Mr. Soens March 31‚ 2015 American Revolutionary War- The Boston Massacre Boom‚ Bang‚ Boom!! The Boston massacre was part of the American Revolutionary war‚ is it took place in Boston Massachusetts‚ on March 5th‚ 1770. The colonist mean and women protested agents the British troops. Many men were losing their jobs‚ and blamed the British troops for it. They gathered in front of the old state house and yelled at the British troop’s that were trying to calm down the crowd. The colonists
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Jane f. Sumalinab BSED-E Introduction to Singaporean Literature The history of Singaporean literature is closely connected with the country ’s own inception as a republic in 1965. Autonomy‚ first from its British colonial masters and later by separation from Malaysia‚ gave rise to the urgent necessity to find a separate and distinct national identity‚ one that could clearly be called Singaporean. The endeavor to establish this identity is echoed in the literature through the themes they raise.
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A critical discussion of marketing to the bottom of the pyramid The bottom of the pyramid refers to the 4 billion poorest people in the world who live on less than R25 a day and refers mainly to India and Africa which have the highest levels of poverty in the world. The BOTP can’t access global markets so have to pay more for products and services. Big companies don’t view them as a viable market- infact this group actually represents the biggest market in the world if companies can offer affordable
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In many cases‚ figuring out a title for a piece of writing can be the most difficult part of the process. However‚ the title is one of the most important components. In the book Butter‚ the author Jade Lange kept the title simple yet engaging‚ as it made the reader want to understand the context of the word “Butter.” This originally drew me to the book‚ and rest of the book was even more enthralling than the title. Overall‚ Butter was entertaining‚ eventful‚ and sensitive all at the same time. In
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a teleplay named “Chang-e” that told about the love story of Chang-e‚ Houyi‚ Wugang and Jade Rabbit. In the retold story‚ the relationship of these four persons is very complicated at the beginning. Later on‚ Houyi falls in love with Chang-e and Wugang is in love to Jade Rabbit. They try to start their new lives happily. However‚ a great flood troubles people‚ and it can be only resolved by Chang-e. The Jade Emperor gives 2 pills to Houyi and Chang-e but one of the 2 pills is destroyed and exchanged
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In this essay I have chosen to compare two adverts. I chose two from a magazine called VOGUE ’‚ I chose them as they both were linked by the theme of fashion but were advertising different products‚ this will help me show differences between the adverts but the fashion theme will help me to also highlight similarities. The first advert I chose was by a company called Garrard ’ they make fashion accessories such as leather accessories‚ silverware and also jewellery which is what they are mainly
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“We weren’t! Honest! Is it illegal to have silence for once?!” Roared Sky. “He’s right” Agreed Peony and Dew. an argument had officially broke out. 3v1 shouts were thrown like crazy only to be stopped by an announcement from Peony. “We have an order! The human made a wish!” Silence directly followed the statement. “No way we’re still doing that‚ we have to figure out this hole telepathy thing!” Raged Fox “I want to do it!” Realizing how young and foolish he sounded‚ the four broke out in laughter
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