“One of my fathers bedrock principles was never complain or make excuses. If something seems unfair at school‚ just prove yourself by making twice as hard and being twice as good.” I agree with this statement because it shows her dad just wanted her to feel better and stronger about herself. Even though everybody faces a problem‚ they automatically think they are the problem; they automatically think they’re covered with their excuses. When really it’s never an excuse. Excuses and complaining
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Amy Chua is a mother of two daughters and the author of the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom. She is known as a “Tiger Mom”. Amy created the term to identify the parenting method she uses for her two daughters. In her book the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom‚ Amy Chua discusses how she has raised her two daughters a very superior way and discusses the ways of the superiority of traditional Chinese parenting over the standard western way. After reading her essay on the superiority of the Tiger Mom‚ I have
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Day of Empire Analysis Amy Chua’s thesis in Day of Empire is that the biggest contributing factor of the demise of hyperpowers throughout history is the loss of tolerance by the ruling entity. She believes that when the hyperpowers begin to decline they begin to blame everything on the outsiders. Sometimes this is caused by a regime change or a ruler’s search for a scapegoat. Her theory states that this intolerance causes social unrest and rebellion by the oppressed groups. The Persian Empire
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stubbornly drags on‚ it can cause major conflicts within the family. In Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom and Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club‚ the author tackles the topic of mother-daughter relationships. However‚ both of the author’s perspectives on the relationships differ from one another. In Amy Chua’s work‚ the chapter portrays a patient and serene relationship between the mother and daughter. Contrary to that‚ in Amy Tan’s work‚ there is a strained and hostile relationship within the passage
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stereotypes to the extreme that they are portrayed in US media‚ where they get straight A’s‚ aspire to become doctors‚ and have strict parents who starve and beat them. So when I came across the New York Times article “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” by Amy Chua‚ it made me wonder‚
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Amy Chua‚ from the very beginning dives into her thesis‚ which she argues from the introduction continued all through part one of “ Day of Empire” and without a doubt‚ throughout the entire book. Chua’s clear‚ distinctive thesis can be condensed into two main points. To begin with‚ she explains how for every society that has been allowed to be called a hyperpower have been – at the time‚ considered to be “tolerant”. In every instance to achieve supremacy‚ every hyperpower had to enclose a certain
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Superior” by Amy Chua. Mrs. Chua explained in her essay how Chinese mothers use tactics of obedience‚ discipline and etc. to raise their children in a way that differs the way western parents do. In the beginning of this essay‚ the readers are told that the author Amy Chua‚ Is a professor at a university called Yale Law School and she has two daughters that she raised in her Chinese way. Furthermore‚ the audience read that Mrs. Chua sees herself as a so-called “Chinese Mother” (Chua‚ Para 3). The
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of support. In the novel ‚Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom‚ Amy Chua’s tone for supporting her daughter is positive but also a little ironic. Amy Tan’s mother‚ in the novel The Joy Luck Club‚ has a different tone and comes across quite vicious and negative and even abusive. Two mothers with one goal‚ but try to reach their goals very differently. In the excerpt “The Violin” Amy Chua talks about trying to help her daughter excell at the Violin. Amy Chua tries to help her daughter relax but does the
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Ashley ENG 032- CL2 Essay 3- What is significant to you? 4/3 My Mom Each and every one of us considers one important person that has made a huge impact in our lives. Some of us consider our mother‚ father‚ grandmother‚ grandfather‚ best friend‚ husband‚ and wife as the most significant individual in our lives. Although this may look cliché‚ I consider my mother as the most important person in my life. Based on Wikipedia‚ a mother is the biological and social female parent of a child
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English-Composition 1 13 September 2013 Best mom in the world‚ not just another coffee cup slogan! The person whom I admire most is my mom‚ -. She has been my rock for as long as I have been alive. My mom has raised me to be a respectful‚ mature‚ caring‚ and hardworking individual. She healed the boo-boos I suffered as a young child‚ guided me through the awkwardness of puberty‚ and softened the heartache and disappointment that come with adolescence. My mom is the hardest worker I know. While taking
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