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I drew a picture for the text “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan. In my drawing, I included many details to recall the story. The drawing is divided into two parts, one is people sitting down around the table which takes the most of the drawing space, and the other is at the upper-right corner of a Christmas tree and a calendar. First, the Tan’s relatives are sitting on the right side of the table while the minister’s family is sitting on the left side. I concentrated my drawing on the right side with…

While a lucky few have translators and English-speaking children available to aid them when needed, their shortcomings because of language of language are no less important than people who did not have help with learning English. In “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan the author discusses her take and perception on certain struggles faced by bilingual individuals. Her article encompasses experiences…

Amy Tan focuses on how communication is extremely important in any types of relationships such as mother and daughter, spouses, and children. She shows us how we need to speak up and say how we really feel unless there will be misinterpretations that will damage our relationships with our loved ones. In the beginning of the book we see that Ruth has found her mother's manuscript a and is very hesitant to read it but decides to anyway. As Ruth reads it throughout her day we notice that Amy Tan…

Table manners in the story that relates to the research, “My relatives licked the ends of their chopsticks” (Amy Tan 185)in my research its very rude to do so. The Robert waited patiently to be served but in Chinese culture you serve yourself once everyone is seated. “Then my father poked his chopsticks right below the fish eye and plucked out the soft meat” (Amy Tan 185) in my research you must always start from the head or the tail. In the story Fish cheeks they served many different…

Case Study: Amy is a seventeen years of age and is constantly complimented on her slimming figure. However, this was not always the case. During her adolescence she was chubby and was often told by her parents that she needed to lose a small amount of weight. Amy did not think she was chubby, but when she asked her friends for reassurance, they also agreed with her parents. After a few years she became exposed to different types of media. She kept hearing how skinny and slim her mother was when…

Sherman Alexie, Amy Tan and Maya Angelou wrote narratives about their struggles dealing with their differences from white Americans. Alexie, a Native American living on a reservation, speaks of the problems he had while attending an off-reservation all-white school. Amy Tan tells a story of an embarrassing Chinese dinner that distinguishes her differences from the traditional American culture. Maya Angelou, an African American, narrates a moment in her life when she finally felt superior to the…

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have known each other for twenty-three years and counting. Their friendship began when they both met each other at the Chicago's ImprovOlympics in 1993 (Fox). Afterward, they both have been acting, doing photo shoots, and comedy shows together. Jason Moore directed the movie, Sisters, in 2013, - and gathered $105 million in the U.S. box office. Main characters are Tina Fey as Kate, Amy Poehler as Maura, Ike Barinholtzas as James and Maya Rudolph as Brinda (Lemire). The…

Amy Cunningham article “ Why Women Smile” displays the reason behind a fake smile particularly among the women and societal influence on how they show their emotions. In my essay, i'm going to dissect the five paragraphs in Amy Cunningham,s article based on her language, symbolism and metaphorical words constructed on the lines. Firstly the title of article “Why Women Smile” is a persuasive speech.The word “ Why ” in the title signifies the purpose, reason or cause why women…

maker, people in society stare at what is different. Staring shows a person’s attempt at trying to interpret why people act the way they do; however, this could make the person whose different feel like an outcast in the community. “Fish Cheeks,” by Amy Tan, is a personal account of a Christmas dinner during Tan’s childhood, and reveals what it feels like to be embarrassed and to feel shame and despair when the narrator does not accept her Chinese…

Amy Lowell “St. Louis” Amy Lowell describes two places that are of significance to her. The poem sets up a contrast between two places: St. Louis (first stanza) and the speaker’s home. The striking difference, our attention turn to, is in the landscape. She sets up the contrast between flat and a hilly terrain. St. Louis is not her home, and she says so in the second stanza, “But it is not mine”. St. Louis is flat. By repeating flat and calling it a long sight we can tell that it was a…