Mother Tongue by Amy Tan Essay

desire to be an all American girl. b- In “Catfish in the bathtub”, Kingston is only interested in the traditional food of the Chinese culture. 2. The mentality of the author’s mothers are relatively the same a- Both mothers obliged their children to be associative with their culture b- Both authors refused to obey their mothers 3. The purpose intended by Wong and Kingstone from writing the articles are different unlike the tone which was similar a- The purpose of Wong was to criticize…

Yashna Bowen A98024314 HIEA 131- Daughter of Han Analysis A Daughter of Han: Perspective of One, Perspective of Many The text, “A Daughter of Han, An Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman”, shows us much about the ideals and customs upheld by Ning Liao TaiTai, one of the many ethnically Han Chinese woman living through the later Qing period and the so called Republican Period of China spanning the breakdown of the empires to the formation of the People’s Republic of China. Ning Liao Taitai…

Carole Wilkinson’s fantasy novel ‘Dragonkeeper’ is set in Ancient China and follows a slave girl and her dragon companion as they protect a dragon egg while traveling towards the ocean. ‘The journey of a thousand li begins with a single step.” (82) The factors of a fantasy novel are clearly evident in the book ‘Dragonkeeper’ because the story has a possible structure with its limits, ‘Dragonkeeper’ is set in a present era but with a fantasy twist and the characters grow to become better people.…

Laura Garcia de la Torre does not have a favorite story for her daughter Sandi, unlike the rest of her daughters; and unlike the rest of the daughters, from early on Sandi experiences a sense of unexplainable loss. This elusive quality seems to defy interpretation in its foreshadowing of Sandi’s breakdown in her adult years, and reflects the mysticism around Sandi’s character as a whole. In Julia Alvarez’s novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, the doll figures largely during the pivotal…

In the book, The Face on the Milk Carton, the main character discovers a secret that has been harbored from her for years. The character, Janie Johnson, lead a normal teenage life. She attended her local high school, was in the progress of learning how to drive, and had a good group of friends. But one day while eating lunch, Janie was drinking milk from the cafeteria when she noticed the picture of a little girl on it. The milk carton had an ad for missing children around the area, and Janie…

Speak Someone once said, “Spending today complaining about yesterday won’t make tomorrow any better.” Some say that things only get worse before they get better, but as others say things only get worse. Speak is a meaningful story that teaches a valuable lesson for teenagers and people every where: Everything gets better overtime. In Speak the author uses conflict to teach people that you may go through hard times, but it will always be okay in the end. Melinda goes through many conflicts in…

Each Individual informs the way one views others and the world. In the personal essay, “Us And Them” by David Sedaris, Sedaris claims that “The only place that seemed truly different was owned by a man named Mr. Tomkey, who did not believe in television.” (73) Mr. Tomkey was David's neighbor, who was viewed differently by David because of his personal beliefs of not wanting or needing a television. I suppose at that time it was or even still is strange for someone not to have a television in…

A mother and a daughter have different points of view about dreams in their lives. A mother draws on her mind the kind of future and life her daughter could have. But, the mother does not consider that her expectations are far away from her daughter’s dreams and goals. A mother and a daughter do not conceive the same thoughts about dreams and the future because everyone has different thoughts about it. There are two stories that at some points have something in common between a mother and a…

being motherless. Although the Boatwright sisters act as mother figures to her, she still does not have a real mother. To cope with her struggle, Lily goes to the places that her mother went to when she was at the house. For example, Lily goes to the honey house, the place that May said her mother stayed, and rests there. Physically being in the location that her mother once was soothes Lily. Another method that Lily uses is imagining her mother being in various room in the house. She sees her…

Though our world is prosperous, advanced, and ideal this is not the case for the isolate country of North Korea. Hyeonseo Lee is a North Korean refugee who presented in TED2013 on February 28, 2013. She spoke about her experience as a child being raised in North Korea and her escape; as well how she helped her family escape. Hyeonseo Lee was born in North Korea in 1983. She was raised learning North Korean propaganda. She claims that she was proud of her country and origin despite seeing…