Hymn

In the essay, “The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom,” Amy Chua asserts that “Chinese mothers or parents” are stricter than their western counterparts. They have a different mindset in defining success on their children. This authoritative type of parenting emphasizes that parents know what is better for their kids. The child’s wishes are not considered primary in the decision-making process. Her opinion is supported when Chua forced her daughter, Lulu, to play the piano piece relentlessly until she…

In 2011, Amy Chua shared her personal narrative in her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which raised awareness about southeastern Asian parenting techniques. She too is a tiger mom, who pressures her children, now teenageers, to excel in everything, whether it be sports, academics, or a musical instrument. The story is relatable; however; it is scrutinized by western parents who encourage independence in their children, not confinement. Southeastern Asian parents seek structure, and in…

going a step further and asserting that without the coexistence of both the elements there could be n beauty at all, ‘the ideal’ becomes to him a relative concept. To discuss Baudelaire’s aesthetics of beauty, one of his most important poems is ‘Hymn to Beauty’. In the poem, the poet hold the…

In the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, Chua pushes the limits of her daughters’ happiness in order for them to be successful. Many people believe that because of this, she is risking their happiness. I, on the other hand, personally believe that Chua is raising her children without much risk. In the book, Chua tells us a story about how Lulu and Sophia made her birthday cards that were unsatisfactory and how she forced them to make better ones. She further explains, “I gave…

Other parents (especially those from a non-Euro American culture) demand much more. The stereotypical Northeast Asian parents’ expectations put much greater emphasis on discipline and family honor than my own culture. In Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua encourages parents to be strict. Rather than be satisfied with a B, she says parents should shame kids for getting anything less than an A. [12] Since the cultural norms for myself are lower, my baseline motivation tends…

In the book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, by Amy Chua, I had a lot of mixed feels about the story that she told. The overall purpose of this book was to show the difference between the different parenting styles in different cultures and I believe she did a good job explaining it. Throughout the novel, I did agree with some of the things she did to her children but on the other hand I did not agree with her. At times, she was very controlling over her children and never gave them a chance to…

actually knows best? Western or Chinese? Amy Chua wrote an article called, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”. Amy Chua is a professor at Yale Law School, authors about five or more books. Amy is also married and a mother of two. In her article she argues that Chinese parenting is more effective than Western parenting. Chua has three main differences that she goes off of and explains in her writing. In the article, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, by Amy Chua is about Chinese parenting being…

Li-Young Lee’s “A Hymn to Childhood” flashes back to the Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China, which took place from 1966 to 1976. During this time, the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong was losing influence because of his failed policy, the Great Leap Forward, and so he wanted to reaffirm his power by starting a sociopolitical movement to eliminate his adversaries and other revisionists. Li-Young Lee infuses this past by including himself as the speaker who narrates…

Amy Chua is a professor at Yale Law School and author of the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. She has a clear and simple thesis that Chinese parents use superior techniques than Western parents when raising their children. In Chua's commitment with preventing her children from failing and making them into “successful” stereotypical chinese children, she has deprived them of a childhood. Chua's parenting has only led to the deprivation of their childhoods, anger caused between both her and her…

“organic form” –its setting, theme, scene, narrative, image and symbol. It is often referred as “a scientific approach to literature,” because it advocates methodical and systematic readings of texts”. In this case, the structure of poem titled the Hymn of Apollo has six stanzas with 6 six lines each, about the lines, the number of syllables round between eight and eleven, being ten the most frequent number of syllables; in every single line the pattern of repetitions creates a meter of five…