Ken Jeong

Discovery as a process produces challenges, nevertheless can the impact of discovery be ultimately joyful? Simon Nasht’s documentary ‘Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History’ (TMWMH) and Richard Flanagan’s ‘The Narrow Road to The Deep North’ (‘Narrow Road’) reveal that although discovery can create joy for some, it does not necessarily mean joy for all. These texts expose that challenges evoke and emotional discovery that can range from fulfilment to despair, rediscovery is completed in the hope…

For example, the episode opens with an awkward “welcome meal” for Allison by the staff at the HMO where she finds out that Ken has been telling personal stories about their personal life. Allison proclaimed “Let’s have a moratorium on intimate details about our personal life” and Ken replied to the staff “We need to stop talking about Allison when I say don’t tell Allison” (Jeong, 2016). This is a direct example of the Park couple trying to accommodate each other in the work place as they try to…

Stuart Hall (1997) wrote about the impact of classifying and stereotyping various forms of difference in society. According to Hall (1997), race, like many other forms of difference, is socially constructed (p. 225). As such, individuals’ racial identity varies over place and time (p. 239). Hall (1997) suggests that stereotypes are used to maintain the boundaries between different groups of people because racial boundaries have proven to be fallible (p. 258). In his text, The Spectacle of the…

anywhere, and at any time. The ability to detect whether or not that person lives. This skill is vital to life because it can be the determiner for life and death situations. Hook: We will introduce the topic by starting with the video featuring Ken Jeong(where a group is playing charades and the one acting has a heart attack)[LINK] up until the man in the video drops and no one knows what to do. As soon as we pause the video we would ask, “Who knows what just happened?” and, “What would…

Many studies on family and race, specifically Asians prove that people’s lives are structured in a certain way and have a clear impact on their life chances. Although these statements are true and relatable on a personal level, some of these facts are beginning to wane away. An example of this would be a quote from Yen-Chun Cheryl Chen and Jui-Chung Allen Li “the father-son axis is fundamental to the family relations in East Asian societies,” (62) this must have been true for past generations…