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Wong setting the story background in the sixties, uses close form to implicitly reveal that even though Hong Kong people’s living conditions were preserve the characteristics of Shanghai people; however, living in the complex historical movement, Su as a representation of younger generation are struggling to close to Hong Kong’s independent culture. In “Love in Ruins: Spectral Bodies in Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love,” Olivia Khoo writes, “Although Hong Kong’s status as a Special…

“Lost Sister” by Cathy Song presents the universal struggle of women in finding who they are in society as observed in two different environments. The first half of the poem is in China and presents the women as united as sisters, but in the second half in America one sister becomes lost. Song is able to use inclusive terms such as sisters and they to show to juxtapose the you that both relate to the universal struggle i to create a helplessness to the poem that truly encompasses what a lost…

Australia and the World: Australia and Asia In this chapter Nick Knight speaks about Australia’s complex relations with Asian regions. While admitting trade and economical benefits, Australians often do not want to think about themselves as Asians. Knight suggests such attitude is caused by European influence from the time, when Asia was treated as a second-rate world; Australians also feared of Asian “invasion”. Australian aborigines contacted with Asian people long before the “official”…

In the passage The Rules of the Game, there is a little girl named Waverly througout the story she is torn apart by two cultures American and Chinese while her mother on the other hand is all for the Chinese culture. In the text we see this many times like when Waverly's mom said "in Chinese we say" and "Chinese people do buisness, do medicine, do painting. Not lazy like American people" This is showing us that Waverly's mother does not care for American culture. But Waverly on the otherhand…

Asian immigrants come to Australia in the 19th century. The purpose of Chinese people came to Australia in many numbers was to strike gold in there. Most of them are forced to dig the gold that is there because they have been contracted with sponsored their voyages all this time, but they did not forgot to gave what they’ve got in Australia to their families in their hometown in China. There many Chinese people in Australia that has exceeded the limit, so Australia made a White Australian policy…

Source Analysis 1 The Chinese Diggers in the source appear very different from the pictured Europeans in the sources. In the sources, the Europeans can be seen using horses and carriages to move their supplies and themselves (often individually or in small groups of around three), while the Chinese can be seen moving on foot as one in one big, long line (with their being many more Chinese than Europeans), carrying their own supplies using bamboo poles- and having to pack fairly light because of…

The notion that changing the physical behaviors and countenances to fit into another group of people with different identities does not alter the identity of each person is a prominent theme throughout Gene Luen Yang’s book American Born Chinese. There are three main characters throughout the entire book, Monkey King, Jin Wang, and Danny, who all exemplify the theme of immigration. Monkey King identified himself as a god since he built his kingdom, but when he was not accepted by gods and…

Chinese dragons are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology.According to legends, the Chinese dragon can breathe fire, call for rain, fly into the clouds and hide at the bottom of the sea; it's also capable of becoming as large as the sky or disguising itself by being as tiny as a pinhead. According to the legends, the Chinese people refer to themselves as the descendants of the dragon. “In Chinese lore, the dragon was a benevolent creature with powers to bring rain, floods, and even hurricanes…

American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang and Amreeka, by Cherien Dabis present ideas of people’s struggles with self-identification through similar, yet different means of rhetoric. Furthermore, the creators of these texts both use pathos as a form of articulation to show that people from different backgrounds are not easily accepted into society, however, they each appeal to a different emotion. American Born Chinese appeals to the reader’s sense of amusement by using comedic, stereotypic, and…

The Mississippi Delta is home to a various of cultures that helped shaped a unique foundation. Why did the Chinese immigrate to The Mississippi Delta and what lead to their amazing contributions in The Mississippi Delta? Why was the Chinese able to strive in the business industry? The Chinese migrated to The Delta in an attempt to abscond the barbarian harsh circumstances in the west. In the west, the Chinese faced discrimination and dangerous working conditions. The Chinese worked for super…