Lensey Namioka

Knots in my yo yo string figurative meaning says that in life there are challenges that we always at a time have to overcome. In my mind there are so many knots i can barely count them, because there are so many opportunities to give or receive. If you get you either have a knot that is meaningless or one that can hurt you in many different ways. In my story i have two knots one is i can overcome another it has amen a long time to overcome. I have always thought of this knot even from last year it was being on the A -basketball team there was a couple people that is thought was going to take my spot ( I was on the A basketball team last year) in this i have formed a very bad habit it was comparing my skill to others. I. This i spent more time thinking about others skills and matching it with mine unless of improving my skills by practicing. Since this happened I was put on the B team i was so disappointed in myself instead of finding a way to look in the bright side of it. After I was done being negative nelly i thought that I could get more playing time since i was getting fewer than everybody else. One situation that has affected me much more than just a basketball team was when my table at lunch with my friends didn't feel the same as it always was. Day after day it became worst first it started with meaningless jokes but I thought that happens to everyone at this table. Two to 3 weeks later it becomes trying to not let me sit at the table by holding seats for another…

“The All-American Slurp” by Lensey Namioka is a story about a girl and her family who immigrated to America from China and have a hard time fitting in. They are very embarrassing at restaurants because they don’t exactly know American table manners, but they are starting to fit in. The story shows how the cultures are very different, but also very similar. The Lin family is from a Chinese heritage. They never have dessert, never eat raw veggies, speak Chinese, and zip their celery…

In the novel Ties that Bind, Ties that Break by Lensey Namioka, there are many ulterior messages hidden in between the lines. One interpretation of the clandestine meanings is that it takes a great deal of strength and determination to achieve one’s ideal life. However, after the struggle has passed and the ordeal has been gone through, your troubles will pay off. This is demonstrated in the text using our protagonist, Ailin Tao. Fighting against customs that deem her powerless and limited to…

The world is made up of several ethnic groups with the actual number running into thousands upon thousands. The ethnic groups further divide into several tribes and clans, this state of being makes it tougher for most individuals to completely comprehend and blend into foreign cultures. Different practices exist in different societies all over the world and as such it would take time and overcoming challenges for anyone to get used to the new environment. These challenges are not limited to one…

Ties that bind, Ties that Break by Lensey Namioka illustrates a great change in the main character throughout the novel. Ailin becomes a much stronger person mentally as she gains the potential to stand up for herself. At an early age, Ailin becomes more and more independant. Ailin says “ At home things have changed. Father spent less time with us, for his work was very demanding” ( Naimoka 55). She learns not only to take care of herself alone, but to make big decisions, like having unbound…

The Stories “Old Ben” by Jesse Stuart and “Fox Hunt” by Lensey Namioka use the elements of Foreshadowing and Flashbacks to develop interesting plots. “Old Ben” is a story about a family who hates snakes, but eventually learns to like them from their new pet snake Ben who ends up dying. “Fox Hunt” is about a boy who has a PSAT coming up and nobody wants to study with him, so a fox comes and helps him study. The stories have many similarities and differences involving flashbacks and foreshadowing.…

In history, the responsibility of children in wealthy families has been to marry the right person to maintain the social and political status of the family. For the females particularly, the pressure to marry younger and have children was greater. In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the main female protagonist is pressured by her father to marry Paris, a man of his choosing. In Ties That Bind, Ties That Break by Lensey Namioka, the young Ailin’s marriage is arranged when she is only five…

the same methods to get a reader hooked on their stories. The story “Old Ben” is a narrative nonfiction written by Jesse Stuart about a boy who goes walking in the woods one day, there the boy finds a friendly black snake, the boy then names the snake Old Ben and takes him home where he keeps him in the corncrib, one morning his family’s dog starts going towards the corncrib, then the boy has to confess to keeping the black snake in the corncrib, his father agrees to letting him keep the snake…

The warm summer air brushed my chestnut skin, as I nervously strolled towards the scabrous wooden door of my class. The doorknob waited anxiously to embrace the warmth of my hand and once in contact, it took along with it the oxygen needed for the function of my body and brain. At last, the red blood cells won the affrayed between the dreadful door knob and my life; my brief worried free summer had just flared to its end and had brought with it the rise of a new chapter. Yingtao, from Lensey…

Huli Jing, fox spirits, appear in Chinese folklore, literature, and mythology where as depending on the tale, they can bring mischief or joy to the individual the tale is referencing. The fox spirits origin stories were originally used to explain controversial topics in society to bring reason, like homosexuality or infidelity. Occasionally, the fox spirits were romanticized; these stories were then favored. Hence leading to the inspiration for the short story ¨Fox Hunt¨ by Lensey Namioka. The…