“The Rabbits” is a picture book written by John Marsden and illustrated by Shaun Tan. With the use of visual and language techniques Marsden and Tan depict and help develop our understanding about wider issues within the community. Marsden and Tan skilfully display more sophisticated issues that are not so commonly aimed at children such as conflict‚ industrialisation and loss of culture which are all an adverse effect of colonisation. “The Rabbits” is an allegory that represents the destructive
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self is a lesson Jing-mei will have to discover‚ as she gets older. Being born of Chinese heritage‚ Jing-mei struggles with the burden of failing to meet her mother’s expectations. She was never sure what she wanted to become. Throughout the story‚ Amy Tan represents the theme that parents cannot control their children‚ but can only guide them. Believing you could be anything in America‚ Jing-mei’s mother hoped for her daughter to become a prodigy. Being born in America‚ Jing-mei had a very independent
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cleaning‚ and caring for their loved ones. The short story “Wagner Matinee” by Willa Cather and “A pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin specify the significant sacrifices women are expected to accomplish during that era. Both women in the short stories live similar lifestyles but have different aspects about themselves. Cather and Chopin are able to present the daily life
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It takes focus to hear Amy Winehouse’s voice‚ to appreciate the breath and hum that created “Back to Black‚” her devastating second‚ and final album. After all‚ the lurid‚ sad craziness of her addiction‚ her honesty and openness in tackling the subjects‚ coupled with her charisma and vocal swagger‚ was her allure. Her story was her trouble. Yet her death at age 27 resonates due to that ragged‚ beautiful voice and that most notorious record‚ “Back to Black.” In 2006‚ the notion that a singer could
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Two Halves of the Same Song “My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America” (526). This is the first sentence in “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan spoken by the narrator’s point of view‚ Jing-mei‚ the daughter. The story was a direct reflection of love vs. rebellion with the mother and the daughter‚ presented in a humorous almost sounding sarcastic tone to show the two kinds of people in the story; the one the mother thought the daughter should be and the one the daughter thought she
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The 1980s: A time of the Yuppies‚ Brat Packs‚ and Rock and Roll In the great words of Ferris Bueller‚ “Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in awhile‚ you could miss it” ; the infamous 80s went by fast‚ but with the invention of the internet in the 80s‚ we can reminisce and unveil the distinct fashion‚ arts and music of the decade. Fashion from the 1960s/70s evolved into the 1980s. America’s wealth prospered‚ a decade consisting of traditionalism‚ luxury‚ and consumerism
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Effects on Same Sex School Does anyone think about what is same sex school? Why any students want to go there? Both single sex school and co-ed school have advantages and disadvantages. If we were parents‚ we would think that which school is better to let children go. Some of them do not care about the issue‚ but it may happen some problems to their children. In other word‚ if parents think about it carefully‚ their children will be successful. Going to same sex schools have had several positive
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The Role of the S.S. in the Holocaust All along people have said that Hitler did the Holocaust. This statement is not entirely true‚ and it was his soldiers did. They marched under the Nazi orders‚ and exterminated men‚ women‚ and children alike. The SS started out with humble beginnings. They were founded and started by Adolf Hitler himself. They were started with no intent to harm or kill‚ but to protect Hitler and his fellow party members. They had 300 members in the beginning. They
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The bonds between a mother and daughter are something not easily replicated. The Joy Luck Club‚ by Amy Tan‚ follows the relationships of four women and their daughters. While they all face different situations‚ it all boils down to the importance of family support. All four of the Chinese-born mothers left China and set out for America with high hopes for themselves and their children’s’ futures.They want to give their daughters what they didn’t have growing up. “‘In America I will have a daughter
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The event of Amy LaTour’s death was a murder committed by her maid‚ Celeste. All signs and clues lead up to prove Celeste was the murderer of Amy LaTour. The murder was committed due to jealousy of Amy being wealthy and pretty while Celeste is only a maid. Her boyfriends’‚ Henry Willy and Joe Wonty as well as the burglar‚ Louis Spanker have nothing to do with this crime. Amy LaTour was sitting at her vanity before her death and that is how she ended up facing the ceiling when she died. That
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