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    拿大华裔文本通过杂糅化来解决身份问题的历史性努力值得赞赏 : 崔维新; 玉牡丹 ; 加拿大华裔文本; 身份困惑; 杂糅化 :A : 1004- 2237( 2010) 02- 0038- 04 : I106. 4 加 DOI: 10. 3969/ j. issn. 1004- 2237. 2010. 02. 007 ( Wayson Choy‚ 1939- ) ‚ British Columbia) ‚ ( Earle Birney) ‚ ( The Sounds of Waves ) ‚ ‚ ‚ 2005 9 ‚ 1995 ‚ 1996 ‚ ‚ ( Globe and Mail) ‚ 6 : ( All That Matters‚ 2004) ( Not Yet ‚ 2009) ( The Jade Peony‚ 1995) ( Paper 1967 ‚ ( University of ( Margaret Atwood) ( Trillium Award) 1945- 2004 1998 ‚ 18 ‚ ( University of Alberta) 90 ‚ ‚ [ 1] ( P28) 100

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    In the story "The Jade Peony"�‚ the author‚ Wayson Choy makes us realize importance of having filial duties by telling the story of one Chinese - Canadian family with three children in Vancouver "" especially about the youngest child‚ Sek-Lung and his Grandma. One day‚ the grandmother told him about the juggler whom she loved in the past and he said that he would come back "" he never did so she was still waiting for him; grandma also showed a broken piece of the pink jade peony which was hung on

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    Elements of Fiction Assignment Plot “The Jade Peony” by Wayson Choy is about a Chinese immigrant family struggling to adapt to their new unfamiliar lifestyle in Vancouver. As the older children begin to neglect Chinese customs and become accustomed to the Canadian culture‚ 8 years old Sek-Lung is the only child interested in Grandma’s traditional customs. Sek-Lung accompanies Grandma as looks for abandoned fragments of glass and metal to finish her precious wind chime before she passes. As Sek-Lung

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    status acceptable to everyone‚ making Canada‚ despite our individual diversity and differences‚ to be united as one. However‚ what we don’t realize is that Canada has not always been this way; this is the perspective that Wayson Choy expresses through his novel "The Jade Peony". His text and word play emphasizes on a world so unknown‚ yet so

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    I feel that every Canadian should read the Jade Peony‚ because the book was written for us as a nation. Choy creates a mirror for us‚ to look at a dark time in Canadian history. He wants us to see how we treated each other. He shows us this through the eyes of children‚ to show the impact it had in their lives. He wants us to look at the past‚ and compare it to our present. During the Depression‚ we Canadians were blind to the thought of any foreigners being equal‚ or having the same rights

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    One of the themes of the Jade Peony was the difficulty that the early Chinese immigrants had to face when they came to Canada in the late 1800s. Wong Suk is one of the early immigrants‚ believing there is a "gold mountain" that could make them rich. "There had also been rumours of gold in the rivers that poured down those mountain cliffs‚ gold that could make a man and his family wealthy overnight." (pg 17). When he first arrived‚ he found out the "gold mountain" was only a lie‚ instead waiting for

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    When a family moves to a different country‚ they need to adapt to that country’s culture while still keeping most of their own. It is difficult‚ especially when you have children because they are the most vulnerable. In the short story “The Jade Peony” by Wayson Choy‚ a Chinese-Canadian family struggles not to lose their Chinese culture like other families. The children are bewildered about changing to the Canadian culture or keeping their Chinese culture. They have to think deeply about whether they

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    Symbolism in The Jade Peony Symbolism is used in this story. Such like the wind chimes‚ the jade peony and the cat. The most significant symbol in this story is the white cat‚ with its red eyes‚ that appears outside the house. This “cat” symbolizes that grandma’s time has come‚ and that she must move on to her next life where she will be reunited with “the juggler”. This cat bring backs memories and old feelings she had for her lover‚ and is therefore a significant symbol in this story. At the end

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    hard for a person‚ who is stuck inside the third space‚ to deal with the relationships from two different cultures‚ and the result of such a situation is that this person would be marginalized as an outsider by his or her group. In the novel The Jade Peony‚ Sek-Lung is depicted as a character who feels that it is hard to blend inside himself either Chinese or Canadian culture‚ and his closest relationship with Poh-Poh also makes him marginalized by other family members. Thus‚ Sek-Lung is considered

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    Wayson Choy was born in Vancouver‚ British Columbia in 1939. As a Chinese-Canadian he grew up and lived in Chinatown. He attended Gladstone secondary school‚ and then went on to attend the University of British Columbia studying creative writing. He was the first writer of Chinese ancestry to study in creative writing. He studied under Earle Birney. He moved to Toronto‚ Ontario in 1962‚ he began teaching at Humber College in 1967 and ended in 2004. He currently continues to teach at the Humber

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