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Everybody born as a consumer, and consumerism is a word that as old as our modern civilization. On the other hand, it is also a derogatory term that is used to describe an uncontrolled buying and wasting behavior. A few days ago, one of my friends just ordered the newest IPhone, which is the IPhone7 that was released in the beginning of September, even though his IPhone6 works just fine. I can feel his gratification from his Facebook and twitter as he definitely wants to show his new toy, the…

part of the Chinese culture for thousands of years. Some of the sports include wrestling, ice skating, ancient football, and Chinese golf. Sports in ancient China were not only used for healthy lifestyles but for military training as well. In this essay, I am going to define and tell you facts about three sports in ancient China, swordplay, archery and polo. I will also provide you with the Chinese characters for these three sports. Chinese characters are symbols in the Chinese writing…

In their study, Blythe et al. (2012) presented sentences with new vocabulary to children and adult speakers of Chinese, and recorded their eye movements to analyze whether or not word spacing helped them with vocabulary acquisition. After analyzing their data, results showed that inserting spaces that delimited word boundaries did have a positive effect when learning…

wanted to hurt people intentionally with her power. Moreover, Juliette is already terrified by her powers after she accidentally kills a child who she was trying to help. And the author Amy Tan tells readers about her childhood growing up with a Chinese mother and explains how that environment was like growing up. "And right then I was determined to put a stop to her foolish pride". (Para.43) Amy Tan tells this to readers so that they know that she does not understand why her mother brags about…

author shows us the biggest change in the main character Jing-Mei when she goes to China with her dad to meet her half -sisters. This is the most significant change in the author’s main character as well as the setting. This change is when Jing-Mei goes from not accepting her Chinese heritage and culture to in the end accepting that she is Chinese. At the beginning of the short story, Jing-Mei has a hard time believing that she is Chinese. In the beginning, we find that her mother is…

different stories about being raised in 2 different worlds.Whilst reading through the novel you are able to clearly identify with all the characters feelings.I think the author was able to illustrate this beautifully. Throughout the novel,I felt as each of the major characters are able to identify and express the anxieties over their inability to reconcile with their Chinese heritage when surrounded with western influences. Even though…

We have discussed materialism at length. For the purpose of this essay, I will first give a quick overview of what materialism is. I will then discuss an objection made by Searle in his “The Chinese Room”. I will then discuss how a materialist might answer this objection. I will conclude with whether or not this answer was satisfactory or not. Materialism is, in essence, the idea that matter is what makes a human being what they are. There is nothing more than matter and physical…

herself, where her family comes from and also relates to the overall theme of the story. The setting in a narrative is one of the many ways we learn about a character. In Amy Tan’s “A Pair of Tickets,” June May, the protagonist, at the age of fifteen…

growth. Our society perpetuates these stereotypes through television, movies, advertisements, and even books. We, as a society, must diminish these stereotypes by effectively challenging their substance. American Born Chinese effectively challenges…

Chinese masculinity as a concept can be observed as early as the Zhou dynasty (Hinsch,2013). The transformation of Chinese masculinity has taken place many times since then and much research has emerged regarding how it is portrayed in Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. However, research on Chinese masculinity in Mainland films is limited, primarily because the film industry started to develop only after the Open-door policy in 1970s. Even though this was only four decades ago, significant changes…