Amy Winehouse

In Gish Jen’s “Who's Irish” short story the author tells the conflict of a Chinese grandmother and her struggle to accept other cultures different from her own. In this short story, the character that stood out the most is the grandmother. Her character was built based on how she was raised back in China. The short story “Who’s Irish” reminds me of my father who’s just like the grandmother, he wants me to be raised in African culture. In his mind I should know how to cook African food in order…

be and Amy Tan’s mother is no exception to this. Being a Chinese immigrant, Mrs. Tan is a strong believer in the idea of the American Dream, where anyone can become anything they want to be in the land full of opportunities. Accepting the truth that her chance at the American Dream for herself is unlikely for her, she enforces the idea in the mind of her daughter Amy from a young age. Even though Mrs. Tan wants Amy to embody these ideas for Amy’s own good, Mrs. Tan expects too much from Amy at…

The foot-binding tradition for Chinese women has existed for centuries. Although no one is quite sure how it began, it is certain that foot-binding has affected the Chinese culture negatively and restricts Chinese women throughout history up until this point in time currently. To begin with, the novel The Three-Inch Golden Lotus takes the readers through the journey of a young girl named Fragrant Lotus and her unwinding into the restrictive culture that promotes footbinding. At a young age she…

fairly. Amy Tan and her mother relate to this stigma. People should not judge a book by its cover because you never know if that individual with ‘limited’ English can soon read, speak, and write similar to a native English person. There are those who like to underestimate people who do not know ‘proper’ English, however, there’s resources to help and improve their use of language. Society can place people based…

趙瑞婷, 婷婷, Zhao Rui Ting , and Tina Zhao are all different name variations for my mother. She was born Guangzhou, a city in China and immigrated to the United States after marriage. Unlike many other immigrants, 婷婷 was lucky enough to be a stay at home mother, yet because of this, she faced many problems that involved finance. Living in a foreign country without an income, 婷婷’s life represents those who are burdened by financial and language barriers. Her birth name “趙瑞婷” is pronounced “ziu seoi…

Mother/Daughter Comparison: Lindo and Waverly Jong Mother and daughter, Lindo and Waverly Jong of Amy Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club,” have greatly differing perspectives and outlooks on many situations. The pair have greatly different background stories and ultimately points of view especially in terms of marriage and in their values. Lindo Jong having experienced a traumatic arranged marriage in her early adulthood and being very critical in nature, she does not seemingly approve of Waverly’s…

The article, Immigration and Identity by Atul Bhattarai, it stated, “Immigrants of any kind often face a personal dilemma: Who are they in a new, foreign space?” I felt that this was a perfect reflection of the book, Joy Luck Club. In the book, Suyuan Woo was an immigrant that came to the United States after escaping China. She created a club called the Joy Luck Club with other immigrants to keep some of the same culture they have left behind. The whole problem with Jing-mei is that she was in…

There are many different understandings of how a children is grown to learn and have the knowledge to succeed academically. Several people portrait a different image of their children’s potential and ability to achieve success. In Amy Chua’s essay “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior,” she writes a memoir of how she raised her two daughters following the Chinese culture. She describes what she did to help her daughters to achieve success academically even though her method was harsh. She did what…

‘The Girl in the Tangerine scarf’ by Mohja Kahf is about an immigrant Muslim girl living in the United States. The Shamy family often encounters non-muslims around them who are hostile to them and their beliefs. However the main problem is that the American culture clashes with Shamy’s way of life .The Shamy family has problems bridging the cultural differences between their nation of origin and their newly adopted country. They do not feel welcomed by many of the Americans around them. This is…

Although there is an abundant amount of evidence that P&R is feminist within the text, another area that needs to be understood is the industry. P&R is undeniably sitcom, but this doesn 't take away from its value in potential social change. In fact, the relationship between comedy and society is something valued highly amongst those in the sitcom industry (Mills 64). P&R takes advantage of TV as a cultural forum, “the notion that TV shows gravitate toward issues we care about (Thompson 204).…