Cassie Brown English 11 Mr. Seagle 2-1-11 “Wordsmith” and “The Gold Mountain Coat” The poem “Wordsmith” is talking about a boys father who is constantly working on their house. To perfect it. It mentions how he “ he fills and smooths and sands as filling in all of the empty crevices.” While the boy is watching though I can sense some sadness‚ maybe for the fact that his father spends more time on the house rather than with him. He might feel as if the imperfections of the house are more
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“On Sunday (March 1)‚ a small group of armed civilians killed a Serbian wedding guest and wounded the priest.” The war broke out between Sarajevo and Pale after the attack of armed civilians from Pale on Sarajevo. Comparing to Zlata’s Diary with the book The Freedom Writers‚ both the books has wars in different issues but has similar consequences. Zlata’s Diary has a conflict between two countries which created the war. The Freedom Writers Diary has gang wars because of discrimination between races
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On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family written by Lisa See is an inspirational narrative depicting her Chinese families experiences and struggles immigrating to the west coast of America during the 19th and 20th century. The author was effective in telling her families story. There were similarities and differences between the Fong family’s experiences and the Chinese community’s immigration experiences as a whole. Immigration to America was a phenomenon for
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In the story “The Gold Mountain Coat‚” By Jody Fong-Bates‚ Sam Sing is a stingy‚ demanding and controlling man‚ whose actions posed the question‚ was Sam Sing capable of compassion? Each evening‚ after his restaurant had closed‚ Sam‚ a tall and a bleak Chinese elderly man with many wrinkles wearing gold rimmed glasses that matched his gold teeth‚ would be found sitting alone in a booth in the back‚ carefully calculating his daily profits of his prosperous business. If the day’s profits were successful
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your homeland? Many people make this decision on a daily basis. However‚ which traditions and values would you choose to teach your children? Would you teach your children their homeland traditions or their new country traditions? In the book‚ On Gold Mountain by Lisa See‚ Fong See struggled in being accepted publicly as a member of American Society and he also struggled with trying to keep his Chinese traditions and values with his families. In his second marriage‚ he succeeded in being accepted by
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Cherishing someone does not always involve traditional ways of affection. “Wordsmith” a free verse poem by Susan Young‚ scrutinizes the relationship between a quiet‚ caring father and his daughter. The maintenance of the house metaphorically describes the developing kinship between the two that has eroded over time and the attempt to reconstruct this compelling bond. The daughter addresses her father as the “Pollyfilla King” establishing that he is trying to rectify his relationship with his daughter
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include so many of them on the Coat of Arms? The lion represent bravery‚ strength‚ ferocity‚ and courage. Rulers of England include them because they want to show their power 2.What does the fleur-de-lis represent? Why is it featured on the Coat of Arms of British rulers? Fleur-de-lis represent purity‚ light and floral badge of France. The British rulers used this because of the Alliance with the French during their history. 3.Why is the Irish harp featured on the Coat of Arms? It was to show their
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Coat of Arms Coat of arms is a collection of symbols that indicates the trait of a family‚ profession etc. In nursing‚ the coat of arms is intended to capture the key qualities of what nursing profession means. The purpose of this paper is to explain the six different nursing qualities and discuss why each quality was chosen to represent ‘Nursing’. It will also provide a rational for the symbols that represent each quality in the coat of arms. The idea of placing each symbol in different
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Richard Hernandez Mrs. Smith English 12 Honors 15 September 2012 Hernandez Coat of Arms What are your personal core values? Have you ever wondered whether or not your ancestors held these same values? One of the ways to find out about this is to look at your family’s coat of arms. Coats of arms are part of heraldry which has been defined as the art of blazoning‚ assigning‚ and marshalling a coat of arms (fleurdelis.com). Coats of arms were initially used by knights as a way of identifying themselves
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Ed – He perceives a lack of respect from over-paid‚ younger whiz kids who don’t “speak the same language” or respect their industry experience. CJ – He understands that a generational gap is dividing the company‚ making it difficult for Armor Coat to meet customer and investor expectations
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