Confident people know when to be afraid; they then take action - to run away from the saber-toothed tiger‚ leave the burning building‚ or whatever. Unconfident‚ or socially anxious‚ people‚ on the other hand‚ are wracked by numerous anxieties over what are called "paper tigers": fears about how they are perceived. If they speak or act‚ are others silently (or not so silently) going to criticize them? Do they appear foolish‚ awkward‚ unstylish... ? The list goes on and on. In fact‚ unconfident people
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Why not a “Tiger Mother” Nowadays‚ numerous parents connected their strict Asian-American parenting style with their children’s academic success‚ but is this narrow definition of success sufficient for raising an effective member in the society and have the parents pondered the consequences of this kind of parenting? “Tiger mother” refers to Amy Chua‚ a Chinese-American Yale law professor and author of the book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”. Her book documents her motherhood experiences
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Save the Tiger This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2009) Save the Tiger is a 1973 film about moral conflict in contemporary America. It stars Jack Lemmon‚ Jack Gilford‚ Laurie Heineman‚ Thayer David‚ Lara Parker and Liv Lindeland. The film was directed by John G. Avildsen. The screenplay was adapted by Steve Shagan from his novel of the
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In “The Lady‚ or the Tiger?” by Frank Stockton‚ a woman‚ so distraught at the fact that she is losing her lover‚ ushers her love toward one of two doors. This door either contains a tiger‚ which will gruesomely maul him‚ or a woman who he is forced to take as his bride. The reader is led to believe that the woman points her lover to the door containing a ferocious tiger. A quote which supports the thesis that the princess had sent her lover to his doom is‚ “How often‚ in her waking hours and in her
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society. It is a topic often addressed in literature. In tears of a tiger by Sharon M. Draper the tree types of prejudice found in the book involve the symbol of the tiger‚ school and the psychologist Dr.Chrrothers. The most important example of prejudice involves the symbol of the tiger. Monty draws tears on a tiger in his class‚ and the teacher objects. Andy tells his brother that‚ “if you want to draw tears on your tiger or draw dragons in the jungle‚ you tell your teacher that your big brother
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The Tiger Rising In The Tiger Rising Rob Horton often used similes when referencing his struggles. The first one mentioned on page three it states‚ “Rob had a way of not thinking about things. He imagined himself as a suitcase that was too full‚ like the one that he had packed when they left Jacksonville after the funeral.” Rob is comparing his mind to a suitcase that is full and locked up‚ if his mind is too full then he won’t have room to fit any new problems in. Rob uses this reference in
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Everyone has to make choices in their life. Whether it is what to eat or what one is going to do after they graduate. Some choices take a lot of thought. In “The Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank Stockton‚ a barbaric king makes people choose between two doors. Behind one door waits a hungry tiger who will tear the person apart. Behind the other stands a woman who they will marry the moment the person opens the door no matter what. The king had a daughter. A man fell in love with her and her father
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even adults like reading. He has written books like - The room on the roof‚ Grandfather’s private Zoo‚ The blue umbrella ( also a movie).Reference - Wikipedia (Internet) | Review of the story The story is about a pet tiger. The story is told by the Grandchild Grandfather finds a tiger cub in the jungle. Grandmother brings him up as his own child.His name is Timothy. Timothy companions were the monkey and a puppy. Timothy was scared of the puppy initially. The monkey had the courage to pull Timothy’s
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“The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga is a piece of literature that talks about India left and right. A book that can be half fiction half true. It talks about the fortunate and the unfortunate‚ the rich and the poor. The irony shown in this book about corruption‚ oppression of the poor‚ reality of India vs. the images foreigners have of India help portray our understanding of this novel. The irony in “The White Tiger” shows the corruption in India. Balram Halwai is a student in a school with a teacher
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Comparing two poems TASK After taking part in a discussion in class about two poems. William Blake’s’ ‘The Tiger’ published in 1794 and ‘View of a Pig’ by Ted Hughes published in the 1960’s. Question 1 How do the poets’ attitudes to their respective animals differ? Firstly I think that in Hughes’ ‘View of a Pig’‚ it seems the poet has a kind of morbid fascination with the carcass of the animal. This is derived from the fact that there is a theme of deadness repeated throughout the poem
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