Chinese Girl

and the Little Chinese Seamstress, and Alice Munro's Boys and Girls, the young girls in each writing live in different cultures and parts of the world, but all the girls face gender discrimination in their own home or country and choose to rebel against the stereotypical norms. Marjane, The Little Seamstress, and the girl from boys and girls live in a time era and places that don't except strong, willful women. With the help of there family or their persistent attitude the young girls are able…

who are victims of forced labor have been trafficked, and much of those trafficking victims are women and children. This report will introduce the history of the Chinese system, and the potential targets, and government efforts to abolish human trafficking as well as child labor. First, I would like to introduce the history of the Chinese system. Throughout…

When I hear the word foot binding, the first thing I think of is pain and bondage. Foot binding is the act or practice of tightly binding the feet of infant girls to keep their feet as small as possible. Foot binding began in the Shang Dynasty about 1500-1000 B.C. This custom became popular during the Ming Ch’ing eras after 1368. The process of foot binding began at the age of five. Mothers were breaking their daughter’s feet in order for them to marry a good husband. According to the principles…

Girls are told to sit still, cross their legs, and be polite while boys run wild and free. Girls are told to play with dolls, wear dresses, and love princesses while boys run outside, tackle each other, and throw balls. Yet, in today’s society, even if it is not always encouraged, girls can choose: outdoors, indoors, or anywhere! Girls are not required to comply with the stereotype of dolls, dresses, and indoors, but rather they can choose to be anything she wants whether it is a fashionista,…

of an event that occurred a few days ago. It was raining terribly. My wife called me to inform me that she had left office and that the visibility was really bad so I should not sit till late. We decided to that she would get dinner from a nice Chinese restaurant from a mall that was few miles away from our house and a little detour for her from her route back from office. I was engrossed with some research at work so I took some time and got late. By the time I left my wife had already reached…

In the two music videos chosen for this project, there has been an abundance in gender bias and the media has shown that women are motherly and girly, guys need to save girls, and that girls cannot protect themselves. One of the songs chosen was “Agape” by Zhang Li Yin, a Chinese vocalist who sang this powerful tribute to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake victims. There is also “Severely” by the band FTIsland, a Korean boy group, singing this emotional ballad. Lee Hong Ki, the main singer of the boy…

we were before. In The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan conveys the message that the expectations of other characters for the women cause them to change in a way that hinders their ability to express their true selves. Throughout the novel, society expects girls to be ladylike and poised from a young age. In Ying-ying’s story, “The Moon Lady,” after eating a mooncake, Ying-ying becomes restless. When she sees a dragonfly, she chases after it, but she is stopped by Amah and her mother. “‘A boy can run and…

As part of a treat to me, he would make it his duty to give me money every Saturday to buy myself fried rice from our local Chinese restaurant. I admit that I was a bit addicted to fried rice. On Sundays, we would to to the market - a boat ride away from the island - to buy goods. I remember getting lost in the market on one occasion. Ma and Papa had gone to two different vendors…

A natural observation was made involving a family discussing where to eat lunch. Each individual played an intricate role in the exchange, either with his or her direct, or lack of, interactions with the other members of the family. I will apply the systems theory of family to the observation and discuss the concept of power, and how certain sources of power were drawn upon during the exchange. The observation took place at a busy mall on a Saturday at 11:39 am until 12:03 pm after all parties…

Francie Nolan, a girl living in Williamsburg in the early 1900s. Although the novel focuses on Francie, it may also be a story about Brooklyn itself. Francie, though her experiences, describes the life of all the people in this city, and is a representative of Brooklyn life herself. Towards the end of the novel, a young girl Florry is sitting on the fire escape, watching Francie get ready for her date with Ben just as she watched people getting ready for dates when she was a girl. In the same…