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    Professor Darnell Art History 12/7/17 Assignment 4 The piece of art is the Pendant‚ Falcon with Ram’s Head. This piece of art is currently at the Louvre in Paris‚ France. The Pendant‚ Falcon with Ram’s Head was found in the tomb that belonged to an Apis bull which was a holy being to Egyptians. It was found in the tomb Serapeum of Saqqara and it was found by a man named Auguste Mariette in the years 1851 to 1853 in France. The Pendant‚ Falcon with Ram’s Head was made from gold‚ gold leaf‚ lapis-lazuli‚

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    Hailee Scott Mr. Soens March 31‚ 2015 American Revolutionary War- The Boston Massacre Boom‚ Bang‚ Boom!! The Boston massacre was part of the American Revolutionary war‚ is it took place in Boston Massachusetts‚ on March 5th‚ 1770. The colonist mean and women protested agents the British troops. Many men were losing their jobs‚ and blamed the British troops for it. They gathered in front of the old state house and yelled at the British troop’s that were trying to calm down the crowd. The colonists

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    A critical discussion of marketing to the bottom of the pyramid The bottom of the pyramid refers to the 4 billion poorest people in the world who live on less than R25 a day and refers mainly to India and Africa which have the highest levels of poverty in the world. The BOTP can’t access global markets so have to pay more for products and services. Big companies don’t view them as a viable market- infact this group actually represents the biggest market in the world if companies can offer affordable

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    Elements of Fiction Assignment Plot “The Jade Peony” by Wayson Choy is about a Chinese immigrant family struggling to adapt to their new unfamiliar lifestyle in Vancouver. As the older children begin to neglect Chinese customs and become accustomed to the Canadian culture‚ 8 years old Sek-Lung is the only child interested in Grandma’s traditional customs. Sek-Lung accompanies Grandma as looks for abandoned fragments of glass and metal to finish her precious wind chime before she passes. As Sek-Lung

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    I feel that every Canadian should read the Jade Peony‚ because the book was written for us as a nation. Choy creates a mirror for us‚ to look at a dark time in Canadian history. He wants us to see how we treated each other. He shows us this through the eyes of children‚ to show the impact it had in their lives. He wants us to look at the past‚ and compare it to our present. During the Depression‚ we Canadians were blind to the thought of any foreigners being equal‚ or having the same rights

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    Symbolism in The Jade Peony Symbolism is used in this story. Such like the wind chimes‚ the jade peony and the cat. The most significant symbol in this story is the white cat‚ with its red eyes‚ that appears outside the house. This “cat” symbolizes that grandma’s time has come‚ and that she must move on to her next life where she will be reunited with “the juggler”. This cat bring backs memories and old feelings she had for her lover‚ and is therefore a significant symbol in this story. At the end

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    In many cases‚ figuring out a title for a piece of writing can be the most difficult part of the process. However‚ the title is one of the most important components. In the book Butter‚ the author Jade Lange kept the title simple yet engaging‚ as it made the reader want to understand the context of the word “Butter.” This originally drew me to the book‚ and rest of the book was even more enthralling than the title. Overall‚ Butter was entertaining‚ eventful‚ and sensitive all at the same time. In

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    to everyone‚ making Canada‚ despite our individual diversity and differences‚ to be united as one. However‚ what we don’t realize is that Canada has not always been this way; this is the perspective that Wayson Choy expresses through his novel "The Jade Peony". His text and word play emphasizes on a world so unknown‚ yet so

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    Throughout this book I always thought how similar Jade Moon’s character and story are to the Disney Movie‚ Mulan. Jade Moon and Mulan have been secluded to the real world only knowing the boundaries of her country home and farm in China. Their fathers and grandfathers raised them and they only had “nushi” the housekeeper to be their example of a woman. Jade Moon and Mulan are very curious girls who want to see the world and experience all the things life has to offer. Everyone including their own

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    difficult. When a family moves to a different country‚ they need to adapt to that country’s culture while still keeping most of their own. It is difficult‚ especially when you have children because they are the most vulnerable. In the short story “The Jade Peony” by Wayson Choy‚ a Chinese-Canadian family struggles not to lose their Chinese culture like other families. The children are bewildered about changing to the Canadian culture or keeping their Chinese culture. They have to think deeply about whether

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