Karen Tei Yamashita

Empirical analysis of literature can be a strange denomination of fun while reading. Viewing literature for its structure and organization is the essence of what makes being a bookworm so powerful and worth the effort. The ability to surgically splice and dice novels into their core elements and placing them in an organized fashion so that they can be later compared and contrast to other similar list in an effort to claim the positive or negative notoriety of a piece of literature is hardly a ticket to the amusement park. However, despite the initial lack of positives when analyzing literature in such a way, the end result can be a satisfying nature of finding out a portion of a puzzle. This data can be collected under many titles: literary devices, media, diction, language, basically anything in the actual text is up for grabs.…

Assimilation in American In the early 1940’s, World War II was like a raging bull. Here at home, the Unites States government put a drastic policy into play. People of Japanese ancestry, many of them were American citizens, suddenly found themselves as the victims of fear and discrimination. Although they were not guilty of any crimes, they were rounded up and sent far away to what were basically prison camps. In the book, Letters To Memory, Karen Tei Yamashita talks about the history of her…

I remember the day my eight-year old sister came to me asking me how much a girl her age should weigh. At the time, I was only nine and thought her question was odd, but went along with my day. The next few months my sister began dieting and exercising and continued to reach and reset her weight goal. It quickly spiraled out of control and within weeks was diagnosed with anorexia and hospitalized. Looking back, it still astonishes me that someone that young could feel the need to lose weight…

“Never settle for less than perfect just remember who you are, you are a Rangerette.” -Gussie Nell Davis. Ever since I was a Sophomore in High School I was introduced by the organization of Rangerette’s. My director constantly telling me “It’s an experience like no other.” or “The pride of wearing the red, white, and blue is such an honor.” I never realized how much of an honor it was until I stepped my foot onto that field for the first time in the legendary uniform on September 19, 2015.…

Karen Danielson was born on September 16, 1885 to Berndt Wackels Danielson and Clotilde née van Ronzelen in Blankenese, Germany. At the age of nine, Karen developed a crush on one of her older brothers who soon pushed her away leading her to begin suffering from depression effecting her for the rest of her life. After her mother left her father, Karen entered medical school at University of Freiburg, she transferred to one other school before graduating from University of Berlin in 1913. She…

Karen Horney was an independent woman that reached her dreams without letting people to get in her way. Both my great-grandmother and Karen Horney influenced me how every though I am a newly single mother as well as a college student, I can and I will get past this dark phase in my life. Although tough and at times I may want to give up, I know that if I put myself and my son first to focus on what we need that I can succeed because in the end, all those obstacles will be worth…

getting-leaning type. This is most likely influenced by my family constellation, or birth order. I am the youngest child of my family. Although not a problem child as Adler predicted, I was too pampered by my parents leading me to then become dependent. As the “baby” of the family, I often got the most attention which inevitably put pressure on me to achieve more than my older sibling. My older sibling performed average academically and also became a stereotypical, rebellious teenager. Watching…

My definition of compassion is when you are willing to help another being in need without the expectation or intent to receive anything in return. I was privileged to grow up with a mother that was very compassionate and caring, and from an early age she showed me that true compassion is giving without selflessness. I often find myself doing things out of compassion from day to day such as holding the door open for someone if I spot them trailing close by behind me. However in these same…

Producer, Mike Nichols provides us with a powerful look into the life of an American nuclear plant worker in the 1983 movie “Silkwood.” Starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell and Cher, “Silkwood” depicts the true story of Karen Silkwood, a chemical technician and union activist at Kerr-McGee nuclear facility in Crescent, Oklahoma. Knowing that the plant is three months behind in meeting a contract’s deadline, Silkwood suspects that their work is being compr0mised in order to meet the deadline.…

In an interview, Karen Tei Yamashita talked about what makes her to write I Hotel and how she started about it. She wrote a satirical article for her friend Amy Ling who is the professor of English and Asian American Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Amy Ling told her the project might be about the Asian American movement in Los Angeles, but gradually Karen Tei Yamashita realized that she would shift the focus to San Francisco and enhanced her research to north. Because there are…