There was a lot of rich literary material written by Maxine Kingston in China men but I think On Mortality is one of the most interesting stories I have ever read because it’s so short‚ yet so adventurous‚ so rich in plot‚ characters and scenery. The story is a about an ancient character named Tu Tzu-chun who supposedly lived during the Chou and Sui dynasties. Tu was in debt to a Taoist Monk that gave him wealth a couple of times over several lifetimes. Tu used his money for charity by housing and
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“The Poet’s day will be moment upon moment of gladsomeness‚” writes Maxine Hong Kingston in her book To Be the Poet. “Poets do whatever they like.” I take a walk in Wissahickon Park after dropping my twins at their school. The trails are muddy from heavy rains and temporary streams have formed along my path. (I have an hour before I need to open my laptop and get to work on my day job; not all poets do whatever they like.) The fuscia flowers of the redbud tree are brilliant against the green of early
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White tigers are an endangered species and it is said that less than a dozen have been seen in India in about a hundred years. In fact no sightings have been reported since 1951. This may be caused by the fact that the Royal Bengal tiger population has dropped from 40‚000 to 1‚800 in the past ten years and as few as one in every 10‚000 tigers is white (www.cranes.org/whitetiger). White tigers are neither albinos nor a special species. They differ from the normally colored tigers by having blue eyes
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In the novel The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston the struggle of not being able to move on is evident when it comes to Maxine’s mother Brave Orchid. Brave Orchid born in raised in a China has moved from her little village to the city of Stockton‚ California. The difference in culture is massive and Brave Orchid doesn’t conform to the “new” ways. This ultimately affects those around her. The subject matter of this novel is the identity crisis of the author which is caused mainly by her own
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could be relevant. However‚ in many countries around the world‚ these values are still present. In India‚ every person is born into a different class rank and once they are in their class it is very hard to change it. In Aravind Adiga’s novel‚ The White Tiger‚ he describes the story of Balram’s life and how he overcame the caste system in India; in doing so‚ a Marxist perspective could be used to analyze Balram’s actions throughout the book. Balram manages to overcome his place in the caste system‚ kills
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The significance of the Darkness and the Light in the book The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga The contrast between the Darkness and the Light is often mentioned in this book. The darkness is described as the poor and miserable areas of the rural India‚ while the light is the opposite. In the light there are often flourishing cities crawling with entrepreneurs and hard workers. In The White Tiger one gets to follow Balram Halwai’s journey from the darkness to the light. Needless to say‚ India
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“The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga is a piece of literature that talks about India left and right. A book that can be half fiction half true. It talks about the fortunate and the unfortunate‚ the rich and the poor. The irony shown in this book about corruption‚ oppression of the poor‚ reality of India vs. the images foreigners have of India help portray our understanding of this novel. The irony in “The White Tiger” shows the corruption in India. Balram Halwai is a student in a school with a teacher
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The Woman Warrior is the memoir of Maxine Hong Kingston’s experience growing up as a first-generation Chinese American. In it‚ she tells the stories of several other women to reveal the struggles and issues that have affected her own life. In telling their stories‚ she is telling her own stories because Kingston herself is a compilation of all the women in her book. In The Woman Warrior‚ Kingston reveals the cultural conflicts that have affected her and how‚ ultimately‚ she is able to fight back
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In current society many books are written based racial or social issues reflecting the past‚ present or future. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga is an example that confronts social and racial issues within India‚ shown through the eyes of servant to wealthy‚ named Balram. Born in rural part of India with a deceased mother and rickshaw-pulling father‚ Balram is dedicated to serving others. Whether it was driving the wealthy around‚ grinding coal‚ or running behind cars to get a job‚ Balram’s life
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The Corrupted Society Of Mankind Nothing in life is fully guaranteed‚ however all we wish for is to be treated equally in a normal society. When people begin to mistreat others is truly when society beings to corrupt. In Aravind Adiga’s‚ ‘The White Tiger’‚ the author begins to exploit the main reasons why people are treated so differently in our community today. Through many incidents that Balram encounters‚ each one portrays the human inequality rights around the world. Balram establishes three
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