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    became a place where the past could live once again. The green velvet transported people back in time‚ to their youth or to a lost love. The game also connected people‚ it connected strangers‚ or brought families closer together. Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club portrays the effects of immigration on the family relationship. Tan depicts the lives of these women‚ and the struggles between them when forming bonds. Through her vignettes‚ Tan weaves together a tapestry of stories‚ showing the vast differences

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    The things that characters do‚ say‚ feel‚ and think‚ demonstrate to us what sort of individuals these characters are. As readers‚ we reach determinations‚ or make inductions‚ in light of the characters’ activities and contemplations that permit us to associate certain qualities with every character. Character qualities are distinct descriptive words that let us know about the particular characteristics of every character. For the characters like the narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper”(gutenberg.org)

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    Discovering New Perspectives and Heritage: “A Pair of Tickets” Amy Tan’s “A Pair of Tickets‚” is a story about a young woman who was born in California‚ named Jing-Mei‚ who travels to China three months after her mother’s death‚ in hopes of finding her long-lost twin sisters. Along her voyage‚ she finds her Chinese heritage and overcomes the sorrow she felt for her late mother. In her story “A Pair of Tickets‚” Amy Tan uses setting‚ point of view‚ and symbol to illustrate the narrator’s journey to

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    Two kinds Two kinds is a fictional story written by the Chinese-American author Amy Tan. She was born in Oakland California. In this story‚ the writer explains the conflict and the problem of the mother-daughter relationships and also reveals about American life and the American dream. In this story‚ Nikon is shown as the main protagonist and the whole story is all about the writers feeling towards event during her childhood. The author also tries to explain the mother-daughter relationship and reveals

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    According to Frus and Williams‚ Mulan was Disney’s first animated film with a Chinese lead character with its first film produced in 1998 (156). Mulan was produced by Pam Coats and directed by Barry Cook and Tony Brancroft . According to Frus and Williams‚ Mulan tells a tale of a strong and smart young Chinese woman who is bored with life and in need of an adventure. She pretended to be a boy in order to be able to fight in the war in place of Fa Zhou‚ Mulan’s disabled veteran father and bring honour

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    “Never compromise your culture because you are your culture”. In the short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan‚ The Red Headed Hawaiian by Chris McKinney‚ and The Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera‚ Jing Mei‚ Rudy Puana‚ and Frida Kahlo reveals how culture informs the way you view others and the world because it defines their perspectives‚ boundaries‚ and life experiences. “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan is about Jing Mei and her mother with a relationship of complexities due to the different opinions they

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    Woman Warrior Thesis

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    In The Woman Warrior‚ Kingston develops the metaphor of China wrapping double binds around her feet in order to illustrate how China’s traditional beliefs of women restrict Kingston from acquiring her family’s love and support to find her own identity in America. When Kingston is describing her life in America as a disappointment‚ she compares the expectations of men in relations to women. If a man has a dream‚ he can pursue it‚ in contrast to if a woman has a dream‚ she must abandon it and think

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    What is culture? Culture is a way of life – for most people anyway. People’s culture is what makes them as a whole‚ such as their religious beliefs‚ political views‚ and much more. The text Two Kinds‚ Where Worlds Collide‚ and Everyday Use shows that culture influences people’s views and the world. In Amy Tan’s short story “Two Kinds”‚ Jing- mei‚ is guided throughout her life by culture. “My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America” (Tan 21) Jing-mei’s mother wanted

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    Asian American Literature is literature written by an author of Asian descent that portrays the experiences and obstacles of Asian Americans. Asian American Literature (APIAL) also breaks down stereotypes regarding Asian Americans and demonstrates the fluidity of Asian American culture. I think that Sau-ling Cynthia Wong and Stephen Sumida’s assertion that APIAL “exposes the structures that make Asian Americans into perpetual aliens or castaways” is a fitting description of APIAL (Wong and Sumida)

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    The Key to Identity “Your identity is your most prized possession‚ protect it.”- Elastigirl‚ The Incredibles. Everyone has a different identity. Some people base others identity off of how they look and some people focus more on what type of intentions others have. When finding your own identity it is easy to get caught up in the materialistic things in life. When one’s identity is being described‚ people tend to think of one’s image. In the story “Fish Cheeks” Amy Tan explained in paragraph one

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