Ah Xian (1960-) Throughout April 1989‚ large numbers of students gathered in Tian’anmen Square‚ in front of the Forbidden Palace in the centre of Beijing in China. They were demonstrating against political corruption and economic instability. As the crowds continued to grow‚ so did the displeasure of the government of the People’s Republic of China. By the beginning of June‚ armed soldiers were sent in to suppress the protest. This they did‚ violently‚ leaving between 400 and 7000 people dead
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Nanjing With more than 2‚500 years of history‚ the provincial capital of the Jiangsu Province-Nanjing was set as the capital for nearly 500 years during 6 dynasties. Nanjing‚ also known as Nanking‚ had been the capital of the Eastern Wu‚ Qi‚ Liang‚ Chen‚ Jin and Song Dynasty. As one of top 4 ancient capitals of China‚ it is a nationally famous historical and cultural city. Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang’s Tomb‚ the Confucius Temple and Sun Yatsen’s Mausoleum are great historical relics in Nanjing.
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Because both my parents came from China‚ I took Chinese. But I cannot read or write Chinese and barely speak it. I love my North American citizenship. I don’t’ mind being called a "banana‚" yellow on the outside and white on the inside. I’m proud I’m a banana. After all‚ in Canada and the United States‚ native Indians are "apples" (red outside‚ white inside); blacks are "Oreo cookies" (black and white); and Chinese are "bananas." These metaphors assume‚ both rightly and wrongly‚ that the culture
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Oh‚ that it could go back to that. P24 ‘found an office clerk who wasn’t asleep all the time and she found the village‚ Liang Tian‚ a map‚ near the town of Xianhua p24 Mum was no longer Mrs Waters. She was Joan Ji‚ as if she had never married Dad. Joan asked the woman with the hoe if she knew of any families with relatives in Australia. P27 Grand father took one sweeping
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might be finished someone catches the plague and passes it onto another person working at a bakery booth. When Cinder gets home she figures Nainsi might be missing a part so she decides to go to the dump and Peony tags along. When searching for the part she thinks she needs all of a sudden Peony starts getting blue spots on her skin which is the first stage of the plague‚ she was afraid to pass it onto her big sister Cinder‚ So Iko Cinder’s cyborg friend comm links it to others to take blood tests
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Hurston uses an abhorring tone when she describes Mrs. Turner’s hypocrisy. Mrs. Turner‚ despite being a black woman‚ believes that black people should not be subjected to the same level of respect as white people. Mrs. Turner believes that a person’s whiteness is equated with the amount of respect he or she deserves. Hurston uses phrases like “insensate cruelty”‚ as well as biblical imagery‚ to convey her tone. Hurston finds Mrs. Turner’s criteria for determining the worth of others to be illogical
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pictorial image implies auspicious meaning in ancient China. “Hundred boys" symbolizes luxuriant progeny and fulfillment of Confucian ideals in education. During the period of the late Ming to early Qing Dynasties‚ a variety of objects such as ceramic‚ jade‚ lacquer and textile artifacts favored the imagery of “hundred boys" as Chinese believe that the more children‚ the more
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of flower has its own symbolic meaning and different kinds of cultural spirit. As is known to us all‚ in Chinese literature‚ plum blossom is always viewed as a symbol of high-hearted personality; and peony can represent the riches and honors. People often tend to take the plum blossom and the peony as the
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in the passage Let’s review the sample C.A.s we’ve seen (available on class website) Cyclist: the boy’s bicycle ride relates to universal human experiences Outsider: this passage changes Mersault’s life – he is accused and assaulted by all. Jade Peony: the passage shows the mystery and insightful fear of the unknown of a boy who has just lost his mother BODY PARAGRAPHS Body paragraphs = thematic clusters or developments: review the approach we could take to the “Hard Times” passage. For another
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the South. She sees the new Negro as encompassing theses elements: being dramatic‚ having the will to adorn‚ being angular‚ asymmetrical‚ dancing‚ folkloric‚ having originality‚ mimicry‚ non-reserve‚ having a peculiar dialect‚ and hanging out at the jook or pleasure house. These are just a few of the compositional elements used to described the forgotten Negro in the south. By reexamining Hurston’s essay‚ critiques will have a proper understanding of these social characteristics and will have a better
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