Hymn

In Amy Chua’s excerpt, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”. A comparison between Chinese and Western parents. She makes an argument that Chinese style of parenting is better than Western style of parenting, she uses these two rhetorical devices contrast and anecdote to persuade her audience about the success of Chinese style parenting. Chua uses contrast to point out the parenting of Chinese and Western parents. She mentions the differences between Chinese and Western parents and even talks about…

In River Hymns, specifically “Dirt Cakes” and “Southern Silence,” Tyree Daye depicts Youngsville as a small, rural, white majority with racial divisions -- racism. He has a place in the town amongst all of the problems, along with family and friends. The adults in the family have to let loose and forget what has happened throughout the week with drinking and dancing. This shows the backgrowling work that they are forced into and in a bad working environment. He writes in a way that is not happy…

is an American lawyer and author she is a professor at Yale Law School and an author of”Day of Empire” and “World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability.” Amy Chua in her essay from her book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, describes the differences between Chinese mothers and Western mothers. Chua’s purpose is to the difference between the mothers and also their point of views on raising their child. She adopts an harsh tone in order to have…

relationships. In Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom by Amy Chua and in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the reader can see the relationship through the eyes of the mother and daughter. Even though Amy Chua and her two daughters can be frustrated with each other, they all still care for each other and work through their problems. On the other hand in Amy Tan’s story obedience to her mother is based off of fear which makes their relationship full of hatred. In Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom,…

HUM1: Demeter in the Hymn to Demeter is More Closely Resemble to Penelope in The Odyssey than Calypso In The Odyssey, Calypso resembles herself as Demeter, the goddess in Hymn to Demeter. However, Penelope in The Odyssey is more closely resembled to Demeter. Penelope and Demeter share one thing in common. When Demeter and Penelope struggle to fight with authority or pressure for their loved ones, Persephone and Odysseus, Persephone and Odysseus also suffered simultaneously when Demeter and…

The New Innovation “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw. In each of the three texts Banking Concept by Paulo Friere, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, and Sanctuary of Schoolby Lynda Barry Change is something each of them want to propose. In all three of the texts change in the outcome of how students learn, how teachers or parents teach children, and how they can change one another. In the…

parenting technique would be the most beneficial for future offspring. Amy Chua, a Yale Law School graduate of Chinese descent, wrote a story about the details of her and her husbands’ choice in how to parent their children. The book is entitled “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” which she proclaims that “Chinese parents are better at raising children than westerners”. In creation of this book, Chua has received an enormous amount of feedback, mostly negative. However, the article “Amy Chua is a…

A common question among parents is “Are we raising our children right?” This question is addressed in Amy Chua’s book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”. Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School, asserts that the best parenting technique is that which the Chinese use, and that the parenting in the United States, the “Western” parenting technique, is horribly ineffectual. For children to shine they must succeed and for them to succeed they must submit to their parents who know best. This is…

In Julia Ward Howe’s song “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” she uses religious overtones with God as his holy truth continues to spreads amidst fight and as the narrator recounts God’s triumphs. However, while the religious aspects of the song are clear, the true tone of this song is one of rallying. Howe uses the much respected figure of the Christian god that spreads his truth to all while gathering great in order to create a tone that rallies others who hear the song. God “has sounded fourth…

included evidence from a variety of sources which includes first-hand accounts and peer-reviewed articles which adds to the credibility of Dewar's research. The author effectively uses first-hand accounts from Amy Chua's autobiographical book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, that describes Chua's opinion of the most effective parenting method, in order to provide an insight on how tiger parents push and challenge their children to success. When Amy Chua's 7-year-old daughter failed to master a…