In 1975 as the Vietnam War was ending‚ Mai Thi Kim sent her seven- year-old daughter Mai Thi Hiep‚ later known as Heidi from that war-torn country to the United States in "Operation Babylift". This operation saved many Vietnamese children’s life and gave them an opportunity to grow up and out of post-war chaos. This happened to Heidi‚ as she explains in the film “Daughter from Danang”‚ in which 22 years after she was given up for adoption‚ decides to go back to Vietnam and meet her biological
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The Mother-Daughter Relationship in Amnesty In Nancy Chodorow’s Pre-oedipal gender configurations‚ she emphasizes the importance of the mother and society in a child’s development. In contrast to Freud’s emphasis on the father‚ castration anxiety‚ and other masculine concepts‚ Chodorow argues that the mother plays the most significant role in a child’s development. A child’s pre-oedipal relationship with their mother is rich‚ long-lasting‚ and preexists any significant relation to the child’s
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Sake of a Symbol “Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.” - Alfred North Whitehead. To symbolize is to represent much like the Cowboy Ethics principle ‘Ride for the Brand’. A brand is a symbol used to mark an object in order to claim it as owned property by the entity the brand is specified to. The knowledge of symbolism has been my north star for what has seemed an infinite amount of time. To me representation and responsibility
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In the satire of the sexes‚ Egalia’s Daughters by Gerd Brantenberg‚ there is put forth a society different from which has ever been present in modern times. This would be a society where women were at the forefront and did the decision making‚ worked and held governmental positions. The men were portrayed in the way females live in present society‚ though it was often exaggerated to make that point. Men were dominated and ruled by women and had to do their bidding and cook for them and take care
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Lord Ullin’s Daughter A chieftain‚ to the Highlands bound‚ Cries‚ ``Boatman‚ do not tarry! And I’ll give thee a silver pound To row us o’er the ferry!’’-- ``Now‚ who be ye‚ would cross Lochgyle‚ This dark and stormy weather?’’ ``O‚ I’m the chief of Ulva’s isle‚ And this‚ Lord Ullin’s daughter.-- ``And fast before her father’s men Three days we’ve fled together‚ For should he find us in the glen‚ My blood would stain the heather. ``His horsemen hard behind us ride;
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What kind of father sends his daughter to college just to meet her future husband? This is a similar question Sandra Cisneros wants readers to ask themselves while reading her essay. In her essay‚ Only Duaghter‚ Cisneros describes the lack of support from her father while attempting to find success as a writer. Using descriptive language‚ she tells of the struggle between her Mexican-American heritage and her supposed place in the household and her love in writing. With dignified feeling she
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poem “To a Daughter Leaving Home”‚ by Linda Pastan is a very emotional poem‚ you can assume that the poem is about their child leaving home. You can assume that the voice in this poem is a parent that is seeking to share their special time with their child‚ and how easily it can be lost. In
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The Bürgermaster’s Daughter by Steven Ozment is a novel about a girl name Anna Buschler who lived in an era where women were to be disciplined and obedient which was during the 16th century. Anna Büschler whom is the daughter of mayor‚ yet she was a long way from the common 16th century German lady. Unmarried and nearing thirty‚ Anna’s known not coquettish‚ flamboyant‚ and improper in dress. When her dad found that she is having mystery undertakings with both a nearby aristocrat and a fighter – gambling
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water‚ without electricity‚ and without her daughter‚ who he had forcibly removed from the home and hid away with some relatives for days at a time‚ leaving Betty without any knowledge of her five year old daughter’s whereabouts and whether she was even okay. Eventually‚ he brought the daughter back to the home‚ because she had taken ill‚ and needed to be properly cared for by his wife. Also‚ a female relative of her husband urged him to return the daughter to her mother. Her husband admitted that
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Ashley Zannikos Period 9 English II Honors Exam 1/26/09 Nathaniel Hawthorns short stories‚ such as‚ Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment‚ Rappaccini’s Daughter and The Birthmark all have an underlying meaning and demonstrate a similar recurring theme. Hawthorne uses his stories to clarify his beliefs on the competition between nature‚ religion‚ and science in everyday life. In all three of his short stories he refuses the concept of science coming before religion or nature. Hawthorne
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