Dungeons & Dragons

The Terracotta warriors were soldiers made by laborers for the emperor Qin Shi Huang. The laborers started building them when he was thirteen years old. The warriors were made to protect him from the afterlife. Villagers that were digging wells discovered them in 1974. When they were digging they first found hands and legs, and told more people, they kept digging and found statues, they had they had dug over seven feet they found blue brick. They were made from terracotta or yellow earth…

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is an ancient Chinese martial art film. It also creates the highest box office of foreign language films in the U.S history. According to “imbd.com”, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was originally released on May 2000, in France, at the Cannes Film Festival. According to “boxofficemojo.com”, domestic limited release was in December 8, 2000, and wide release was January 12, 2001. It was released under Sony Picture Classics. Around the world, it was released by seven…

I recently sat down to watch, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," and thought it was very interesting. I thought it was cool how the movie focused on the power of a woman and martial arts. I believe the acting and relationship between the characters was showcased well and the talent of the individuals was obvious and entertaining to watch. This movie is all about the search for the magic sword, "Green Destiny," and the drama this stolen object leads to. After a warrior gives his sword, "Green…

So Wind Rider stoped and helped the man fix it. Then Wind Rider got back in his carage when Moon Shadow said that he healed the carage just like he healed the dragon king and that might be his test. After working for a bit with the company Moon Shadow was able to deliver laundry by himself. So one day when he was delivering laundry Black Dog uncle Bright Stars son beat up Moon Shadow. When Moon Shadow was home…

“Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities” (Yen Mah xii). This quote was written by the author of Chinese Cinderella who taught that one dream can be better than all your negative realities. This novel is very encouraging to have faith even when times are ruthless. In the story, Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah, the memoir really inspires students to stand up for what they believe. Through Adeline's struggles, it teaches readers to…

Imagine being forgotten by your father, bullied by your step-mother, and tormented by your siblings. Adeline Yen Mah endured these things every day, with her only escape as school and her roommate, Aunt Baba, and her grandfather, Ye Ye. In the memoir, Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah, Adeline has a troubled youth. The people that she looks towards for support are Ye Ye and Aunt Baba, and they help her to overcome her abusive childhood. Adeline’s grandfather Ye Ye cares for Adeline in a…

Having grown up with a supporting family, I have become ignorant to the hardships experienced in other households. However, after having read the novel Chinese Cinderella written by Adeline Yen Mah and interviewed Sarah Marcello, my outlook on this subject has been influenced. Chinese Cinderella follows the life of a young Adeline as she struggles through life as the unwanted child of the Yen Mah family. Sarah Marcello was sent to live with her grandparents in Italy following the discovery of…

Without a stable family, life for Jeannette Walls and Adeline Yen Mah was disastrous. Though they both come from different cultural backgrounds, they share similar experiences of a tragic childhood. In Yen Mah’s autobiography, Falling Leaves, she recaps her life in a disunited family under a strict step-mother, Niang. Yen Mah tries desperately to distance herself from Niang by traveling to America, only to discover that Niang did not care enough about Adeline to leave a portion of her money in…

The book A Chinese Cinderella begins in the fall of 1941. The main character is a young girl named Adeline and she is in kindergarten. Adeline has 4 birth siblings, Lydia, Gregory, Edgar, and James and 2 step siblings, Franklin and Susan. Adeline's meanest sibling is Edgar. Edgar goes out of his way to make Adeline's life miserable. He enjoys hurting her and making her feel like she is less than him. James, the youngest of the boys, is sometimes compassionate towards Adeline; however, he is in…

Adeline Yen Mah’s autobiography, Chinese Cinderella, tells the tale of a young girl in 20th century China who was severely abused and neglected throughout her childhood. Her story also resembles the Chinese Cinderella story Yeh-Shen. Throughout her novel, many themes and issues are addressed including Adeline’s perseverance, her broken family relationships and realising her own self worth and importance. Through multiple positioning techniques and Yen Mah’s vivid vignettes, readers gain personal…