Alexandra Simmons Professor Collum English 1302.0410 February 21‚ 2013 “Saving Sourdi” Part I In “Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai‚ the author creates Sourdi and Nea’s characters using description‚ narration‚ dialog‚ and commentary. Description “Sourdi looked like a statue that had been rescued from the sea. She was smooth where I had angles and soft where I was bone. Sourdi’s face was round‚ her nose low and wide‚ her eyes crescent-shaped like the quarter moon‚ her hair sleek as seaweed.
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Gail Godwin and “Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai are two stories about how family will always be there for you‚ no matter what. The central themes in both of these stories are similar‚ but the methods the authors use to portray them differ. May-Lee Chai was the first of her family to be born in the United States‚ so it wasn’t hard for her to relate while writing “Saving Sourdi”‚ which is about a struggling Asian family living in the south. Growing up‚ the two oldest sisters‚ Sourdi and Nea‚ were inseparable
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international mosaic. Most of these immigrants have difficulty integrating into the U.S. society because their own cultural baggage‚ frames of references and convictions do prevent them from effectively taking on the new culture. The two stories‚ "Saving Sourdi" by May-Lee Chai and “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ are about becoming Americanized through women’s rights and arranged marriages. In the story‚ “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ after the death of her husband‚ Sumita
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“Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai In “Saving Sourdi” the protagonist Nea impacts the story with her personality. She is a caring and straightforward person. Sometimes she seemed selfish because it seemed that she wanted her sister all to herself. As the story progresses it shows that Nea was just trying to make sure her sister was happy. Nea has a strong character. Certain situations in her life have made her strong. She gets to see as the bond with her sister loosens and she cannot do anything
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NATIONAL SAVINGS Rana HFAIEDH AVICENNE PRIVATE BUSINESS SCHOOL / UBIS UNIVERSITY ABSTRACT National saving plays a very important role in the world economy and has huge implications for economic growth. It provides the resources for a nation to invest domestically and abroad. Specially in developing countries there is a close association between national savings and domestic investment. But this is changing‚ since most of the economies are open and capital flows are very mobile. This essay‚
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FOUR EASY STEPS TO SAVING MONEY Saving money is essential to anybody with a futuristic mindset. It’s always good to have a bundle of cash when needed for emergencies. The reason people save is not limited to emergency tough‚ saving money has many incentives which might be motivated by the need to invest in a home‚ a vehicle‚ land or maybe a small business. Saving money is the only way to have your cake and eat it too. The following steps are a few secrets to help individuals efficiently save money
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Benefit of Saving for Retirement I. Do you every wonder about your financial status after you retire? You should save for retirement and do not depend on Social Security. Social Security benefits may not be around in the 20-30 years. Looking at our economic crisis today we may not have the fund to support our Social Security benefit users when they need it. By saving yourself for retirement you are giving yourself a piece of mind so you are able to live comfortably. Who is to say if there
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4*(1/x)=(5/2)*(1/x)+3 4/x=(5/2x)+3 (8/2x)=(5/2x)+3 (8/2x)-(5/2x)=3 (3/2x)=3 x=1/2 The answer would be x=1/2 3. John had $30‚000 to invest. He invested part of this money in bonds paying 12% annual simple interest and the rest of the money in a savings account giving 4% annual interest. At the end of the year‚ he received $2‚400 as extra income. How much money did John place in each investment? .4x+.12(30000-x)=2400 .04x+.12(30000)-.12x=2400 .04x+3600-.12x=2400 .12x-.04x+3600=2400 .08x+3600=2400
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In May-Lee Chais’ short story‚ “Saving Sourdi”‚ and Langston Hughes’ Poem‚ “Harlem” both explore human struggle through theme‚ symbolism‚ and tone. In “Saving Sourdi” theme shows how Chais’ character Nea is resistant to change. When the story opens Nea is in the family restaurant with her sister Sourdi‚ Nea watches this man harass her sister. Nea grabs a knife and stabs the man. When Sourdi explains to Nea that she cannot function this way Nea simply tells Sourdi “I shoulda killed him! I shoulda
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quite expensive at that time with his own savings when he was a graduate. Another faculty of the same university takes pride in sharing his part of interesting story of how being in just tenth grade was successful in acquiring a stunning bicycle with the money he saved for quite a period. Such motivational incidents preaches us the ways which bound us to re-think that no matter how little we save‚ be it daily‚ weekly‚ monthly or perhaps yearly‚ saving for the best is the sole path in our students
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