If I were about to granted another chance to rewrite my memoir, I would definitely do so. Down here would be my rewritten version of my memoir, which was corrected directly from my original one.
There was an old saying: “There are no two identical leaves in the world," but I asked myself: "Why so? What were their differences? Was it color, size, or shape? Despite their differences, I believed each of them had own life, in which was different from others because of the effect of environment. For instance, what if those two leaves were similar at the beginning, but as each of them was exposed to different level of nutrients, sunlight, and water, they grew to be exclusive from other. This theory could be applied to people in any societies. Different language, literacy, and culture created and contributed to the differences between a group from others, or even between each individual.
In China, there have always been more …show more content…
For example, the celebration of Spring Festival. Regardless that it was National Holiday and Traditional Festival, each Chinese family had its own way of celebration. In my family, all my relatives would meet together and prepare a big dinner for everyone. The most important part was ladies in the house, from every age, making gyozas from scratch together. After dinner, we would watch a TV show and set off fireworks, while wishing each other for happiness and good health. However, as China became more globalized, the family 's tradition shifted since not every of my relatives could take many off days for the celebration. Even though they could have more than just one day off but because of long distance travel and overbooked transportation methods, it was almost impossible for them to spend the festival with my family. It was clear that because of the society 's culture change, my family 's culture was also changed. Followed with that were my family 's members and our
There was an old saying: “There are no two identical leaves in the world," but I asked myself: "Why so? What were their differences? Was it color, size, or shape? Despite their differences, I believed each of them had own life, in which was different from others because of the effect of environment. For instance, what if those two leaves were similar at the beginning, but as each of them was exposed to different level of nutrients, sunlight, and water, they grew to be exclusive from other. This theory could be applied to people in any societies. Different language, literacy, and culture created and contributed to the differences between a group from others, or even between each individual.
In China, there have always been more …show more content…
For example, the celebration of Spring Festival. Regardless that it was National Holiday and Traditional Festival, each Chinese family had its own way of celebration. In my family, all my relatives would meet together and prepare a big dinner for everyone. The most important part was ladies in the house, from every age, making gyozas from scratch together. After dinner, we would watch a TV show and set off fireworks, while wishing each other for happiness and good health. However, as China became more globalized, the family 's tradition shifted since not every of my relatives could take many off days for the celebration. Even though they could have more than just one day off but because of long distance travel and overbooked transportation methods, it was almost impossible for them to spend the festival with my family. It was clear that because of the society 's culture change, my family 's culture was also changed. Followed with that were my family 's members and our