In the excerpt from ‘Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom” the mother-daughter relationship differs from that of the excerpt from “The Joy Luck Club”. The writers Amy Chua and Amy Tan have different mother-daughter relationships as well as different tones. Chua comes at it from a mother’s point of view‚ where Tan comes at it from the daughter. There is a lot of tension and frustration in Chua’s memoir and that translates to the tone. Tans bitterness to her mom impacts their tone. There are differences in
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Since the beginning of time mothers have always supported their children. Some mothers have different ways 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
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In Karina L. Kerr’s “Demeter and Persephone: What Our Children Are Learning‚” she investigates the way that we misinterpret myths through the process of attempting to make them more “kid friendly.” Kerr sees this as an injustice to the myth and the characters in it who are wildly
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placed in the family she was. Phillis also shows that she was happy to have learned Christianity and that she found God. Those are only a few similarities I noticed‚ but I’m sure there are plenty more. On Being Brought from Africa to America and An Hymn to the Evening have differences that are shown in many places. Such as in the first poem she is describing how happy she was to be brought to America and to be a Christian. When in the second poem she is saying how thankful she was to be able to wake
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How successfully does ‘Demeter’ bring the collection to a close? Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘The Worlds Wife’ explores fiction and fantasy subverted with real life everyday experiences to reveal the truth. Through dramatizing scenes from childhood to adult life she discovers consolation and relief from love. The collections poems are questioning theories‚ marriage and themes such as feminism. Duffy does this in a very liberated‚ witty and sometimes uncomfortable way. Demeter successfully brings this collection
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Mother-daughter relationships are a bond of trust between parent and child. When children have nightmares‚ their mother comforts them. But when the mother is the nightmare‚ they have no comfort. The topics are excerpts‚ one is from Amy Chua’s memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom and the other is from Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club are about mother-daughter relationships. The authors wrote about their own memories. Chua is about being the mother of two daughters and Tan is about being the daughter of two
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poses some sort of tension in the eye of the daughter‚ while most mothers feel they are doing all they can to relieve the tension within the relationship. In Battle Hymn of Tiger Mom by Amy Chua and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan‚ the tone within each excerpt portrays two different styles of parenting demonstrated by the mothers. In Battle Hymn of Tiger Mom by Amy Chua‚ Lula and her mother have a relationship
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Percy Busshe Shelleys Hymn to Intellectual Beauty is a good example of a Romantic poem‚ because it is specific in focusing in on the Romantic genre of poetry that elevates the common mans experience to the sublime. (6) The relevance produced by this poetry‚ whether it is an abundance of emotion expressed by Wordsworth‚ a philosophical initiative presented by Coleridge‚ or a spiritual awakening depicted by Shelley‚ is sparked by the tenor of social and political circumstances at the time. A few of
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Being a Woman Contents 1. Introduction 2. “The Hymn to Demeter” vs “Odyssey 3. Homeric representation of gender roles 4. Conclusion Introduction Homer is a famous and mysterious figure in the ancient literature who made a significant contribution in the development of literature of all times. His personality and existence is the subject for numerous discussions since some specialists consider that he did not live at all but despite these arguments the importance of works‚ which are known
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In Greek and Roman mythology‚ both males and females are necessary in the creation of the world and everything on it. Since they both need to work together‚ it would be assumed that males and females would hold an equal amount of power but that is not the case. From the beginning with Gaia and Ouranos to the current ruler of Mount Olympus‚ the men are regarded as the more powerful and capable beings. The females may still be valued and considered from time to time‚ but overall do not compare to the
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