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Without this role, a plethora of negative consequences, such as a house becoming disorderly, will occur. The only controversy over this belief is the question as to why, specifically, women should take on this role and not men. Despite her situation, Lindo Jong was accustomed to this role, saying "What was more satisfying than having Huang Taitai nod and pat my head when I finished combing her hair" (56), as if she enjoyed the role. It can be inferred that Taitai acknowledged her importance…

they are two parts to the same song. We now flash back to last year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, when Jing-mei receives her "life's importance" from her mother. Eleven people are present at the dinner: Shift back and forthly, Shoshana, Rich, Lindo, Tin, Vincent, Lisa, Mr. Chong, Jing-mei, Suyuan, and Canning. When the crabs are served, the Jong family takes all the best crabs. Jing-mei's father and Mr. Chong get the best out of what's left, leaving Jing-mei and her mother with really bad…

The title of Amy Tan’s story, “A Pair of Tickets”, hints to a lot of things. First of all, I assumed from the title that the story will most likely contain a journey-a start and a destination. After reading it, I realized this was true both figuratively and literally. Tickets, whether they are train tickets, airplane tickets or movie tickets, are used for allowance of entry into a particular place. The title also declares that this experience was being shared, because there was a pair of tickets…

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The Seventh Wonder of the World As one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and also the last of the seven built, Colossus of Rhodes was the largest, most celebrated statue of its time. Colossus sat on top of a 50-foot pedestal and stood approximately 110 feet tall. To get a better idea of his size, Colossus measured about the size of the Statue of Liberty. Although there have been inconsistencies surrounding the pose and location of the statue, Colossus and the contributions of ancient Greece to…

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Amy 's mother a dream that one day Amy will visit China and understands her mother and family culture. Amy did not think she had Chinese blood in her, but her mother thought her a lesson, plus she lead her sister background. When Amy Tan arrived to Hong Kong border and enters Shenzhen, China, she felt out of the ordinary. Tan, did not think she had Chinese blood because she was born in California. Amy’s mother said to her “Someday you will see” “it’s in your blood, waiting to be let go”.…

By being a male dominated culture, women often get roped into destructive relationships. Through characters like Lindo Jong, An-Mei Hsu’s mother, and Ying-Ying St. Clair, it is shown how much pain the Chinese system has caused escalating from wasting years of a woman’s life to causing her death. In contrast, the characters like Rose Hsu, Waverly Jong, and Lena St.…

The Book of Negroes (Lawrence Hill, 2007) is about a woman named Aminata Diallo. When Aminata was eleven years old, she was kidnapped from her little village, Bayo, located in a part of West Africa now known as Mali. After this incident, Aminata is then sold into slavery. Throughout the book, she had her heart set on returning home, which she eventually did. Aminata left Africa and went to England so that she could present the account of her life so it could help abolish the slave trade. In…

had entered her in a talent show to show off her piano skills. Jing-Mei had not been practicing correctly though due to the fact that her teacher was deaf. When the day came to perform she did absolutely terrible. “Lots of talented kids,” Auntie Lindo said vaguely, smiling broadly. Waverly looked at me and shrugged her shoulders. “You aren’t a genius like me,” she said matter-of-factly.”(54, 55) This did not make her feel any better as she looked at her mother who had no emotion but…