Song of Songs

Works of literature raise several questions throughout their stories. Each work of art poses a main question that does not quite offer an answer as a critic named Roland Barthes has once stated. Amy Tan illustrates a question that does not completely offer an answer in her novel The Joy Luck Club in which Tan narrates the lives of four different mothers who are part of this club which meets to eat food and discuss things which brought all of them joy. The mothers emigrated from China and those…

In Maxine Hong Kingston’s story, Silence, she reveals a painful and strict childhood when she didn’t speak. Through reading this story one can discover the relationship she had with her silence which she conveys to the audience as comfort. The Silence of her voice provides considerable information towards her Chinese beliefs. The idea of moving can be harsh on whoever experiences the concept of leaving behind a sense of security. When traveling around the world, one can differentiate various…

We were in the Mellonion forest, running for our lives, just Holly, Crank, Arty, and I, had just escaped another raid on the tyrants of Flabastian Mountain. This was the fourth attack we had planned this year, and it was going great until we ran into The Legend27. We would have planned more if we had not been on lock down for 3 months because of a mole somewhere in our camp. We had finally found the waste of a human life, we sentenced him to walk through the death swamp, and he had it coming. I…

During 600 BCE to 600 AD in China, there were many changes and continuities. Few examples of the changes in China was the cultural beliefs, political practices, and unification of China. In contrast, the continuities of china was the ideology of confucianism,the Han civil service exams, and the mandate of heaven. During the period of 600 BCE to 600 AD, the Chinese had changes such as the cultural belief, unification of China, and political practices. Earlier at this period of time, people…

How did Chinese Astrology impact society? Since the origin of the Chinese Astrology is unknown, it is a popular way to determine a person’s birth year and used in a way to count years, months, days, and hours in a calendar. Throughout the Astrology, there are twelve animals that each stand for a year in the twelve year cycle, a day in a twelve day cycle, and for every two hours in a twenty-four hour day. Along with that, the impact on society from Chinese Astrology brought many people the…

To me, success during the Yuan dynasty means how much they accomplished,inventions that changed the world,in such little time.For example the invention of paper money began during the yuan dynasty.“The official banknote of the Yuan Dynasty was Chao. Made from the bark of mulberry trees, Chao was the first paper currency to be used as the predominant circulating medium in history. The Yuan government used woodblocks to print paper money. The Imperial Mint was located in the capital city…

Do you know why Tang Dynasty is called "The Golden Time"of China?Some one may think China became prosperous in the gold rush.The Tang Dynasty is the golden time of China because Chinese made a big revolution into different area,such as literature and politic . In A.D.618,one of the Yang Di’s generals took over China.he made himself emperor and founded a new dynasty called Tang Dynasty.(connect2)There was quite simply,nothing like it in the world.At its height-around the eight century C.E-the…

Bigger than life itself…… the Blue Whale Throughout history, different species of animals have come and gone. In this constant cycle of life and death, there has been one animal that tops the charts both in size and uniqueness. These ancient and magnificent creatures are known as the Blue Wale and they are currently living today. The
Blue whale, or as scientifically known as Balaenoptera musculus, is to date the largest creature to ever live on earth. Ranging from 82 to 105 feet (25 to 32…

meant, "name is God." When he was weaned, she took him to the temple in Shiloh and dedicated him to God for whom he was named and asked the old priest, Eli, to raise him. The Bible has a long poem called "Hannah's Song" sung as she gave her little boy to God's holy man, Eli. Her song has some similarity to the "Magnificat" sung by Mary during her visit to Elizabeth after the angel's announcement to her. Every year Hannah would make the growing boy a new "linen priestly vest." She had three…

A song written by the group Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, titled “Ohio,” tells the story of Kent State and embodied the feeling of many of the American Youth. The song has lyrics such as, “Gotta get down to it/Soldiers are cutting us down” and “We’re finally on our own.” The war had finally seemed to reach the home front. All of these events, and others, worked together to build resistance against the Vietnam War in the public’s eye. The Soldiers and What They had to Endure: There is no single…