Hans Christian Heg

CONFUCIOUS THE FOUNDER OF CHINA’S UNIQUE FAMILY DYNAMICS To understand China’s distinctive family structure and culture, all one should do is study the historical character of a man named Confucius. Confucius wasn’t a famous emperor who fought a war or commanded an army, nor was he a warrior who bore a sword or crossbow in a battle. Instead, he was an educator whose words, documents, and teachings helped construct China’s family dynamics. His philosophy’s and ethics were handed down for…

Issues with Adoption Adoption has existed for decades and originated in the United States, and since then it has come a long way and improved. When adoption was first made it had many unreasonable rules and guidelines, such as a law made in Rome stated that “France's Napoleonic Code made adoption difficult, requiring adopters to be over the age of 50, sterile, older than the adopted person by at least fifteen years, and to have fostered the adoptee for at least six years.” (Wikipedia). So in the…

The Asian woman is supposedly sexually active, exotic, overly feminine and eager to please. This character is usually called the "China Doll," and it also appears many times in movies. Examples of movies are the Return to Paradise and the Year of the Dragon. Hollywood sometimes fails to portray the Asian women in such way that is in a good matter. Usually the Asian woman is portrayed as prostitutes who are trying to support their family by offering their body to men who are rich and also because…

Persia grew from a small tribal group to a vast civilization that stretched across the Mediterranean Sea. With this growth, society changed immensely starting with a small simple village then becoming a complex society with millions of citizens. During this time of growth a new religion, created by the Prophet Zoroaster, made its way to popularity. Zoroastrainism is a monotheistic religion with the belief that the individual has the responsibility to choose between good and evil. This choice…

to prove your worth to become someone high-ranking, but that didn’t mean everyone was fair about it and didn’t cheat their way in if they could. Both civilizations were impartial when it came to a certain religion in laws. Ancient China, during the Han Dynasty, was more philosophical. They had customs that you should follow and morals that were important, but no laws. In Rome it was similar. Religion was a private concern of families. They were practical about it, and only had a set of customs…

I read your text “On Discovery”, and I have some interpretations that I would like to share with you. I found your text very interesting and I was able to interpret it on a different level. I have noticed that in the text, you refer to Tango Ao as someone seeking to find the Gold Mountain. I believe that the Gold Mountain refers to Chinese immigrants who were searching for gold in California in the 1800s (“Searching for Gold Mountain”). Based on my interpretations and the details of the text, I…

Tera, I could not agree with you more. In order to address a problem, we must first recognize that there is a problem. In this case it seems like the Chinese government just wants to turn a blind eye to the poor air quality. In my opinion it is because this problem has spiraled so far out of control that they know it will take a lot of money, man power, and research to correct the problem. Your suggestions on how to address the problem, I think are all excellent ideas and feasible. Clean…

It is easy to look at early civilizations and pick out similarities and differences. As people all around the world started to settle in the areas that best supported life, the role of government took many different shapes. Egypt and China are two countries that although took very different shapes in their governments they also have quite a few similarities in their form and function. The rise of civilization in Egypt was fast taking about 500-600 years, whereas the rise of civilization in China…

In the stories, “Oedipus Rex” and “The Joy Luck Club”, the characters of the stories are placed in a society where they are guided by rules, with the people and events in these stories the characters are shaped to go against the standard and rule to shift their identity, but the characters change themselves, but the way they change can be beneficial but can also ruin everything. There are people in these large event, who we interact with and with these interaction we learn and take what we…

This weeks reading covered the third and fourth section of Joy Luck Club: American Translation and Queen Mother of the Western Skies. These sections contain stories from both the daughters and mothers from the Joy Luck Club, with Jing-Mei’s story continued across them both. In American Translation, the daughters of the Joy Luck Club discuss the problems they have encountered as adults- mainly marital and career troubles. In Queen Mother of the Western Skies the mothers and Jing-Mei rediscover…