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    U-Par Case Study

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    u- Par’s” is lactated in 9090 Alta Dr West Las Vegas. The restaurant serves American (traditional) food, bakeries, and breakfast. There are 89 reviews and the average star is 5 out of 2.5. There are some of bad reviews and I am going to talk about two bad reviews. Miss.L wrote the first bad review in July 27th in 2016. She gave the one star rating because of the bad food. She went to the restaurant with three of her friends and unfortunately none of people liked the food. She said that she…

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    The story of the, "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan, expresses a unique perspective on the English language in various people's perspectives of English. As a daughter of a Chinese immigrant, Tan writes about situations where she saw limitations imposed upon her mother because of her language skills. She also discusses the perceptions and judgments that people make when spoken to with imperfect English. Tan stresses in her essay the huge effect that her mother’s language had on her identity as a person…

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    There are some who think that a book is always better than the movie adaption. Then there are some who think just the opposite. The book “The Joy Luck Club” is book based on the lives of four women, Suyuan, Lindo, Ying-Ying and An mei. These women came to America to escape the harsh feudal society of China, while America has democracy. When Suyuan dies, the few members of the club invite her daughter June who is a new generation (learning American customs) to take her place. June must choose…

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    American and the Chinese cultures are presented in the Joy Luck Club, the amount of Chinese cultural elements is greater than of the American, because Tan wants her readers to gain a deep understanding of the Chinese culture. The most important cultural elements in the Joy Luck Club are the idea of language, the belief, and the lifestyle. Amy Tan use these elements in order to inform the reader about the Chinese culture and understand how the characters act in the ways they do in the story.…

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    the author Amy Tan explicitly demonstrates how she has developed her perspectives about language and the way of thinking under the influence of her mother’s limited English skill. The strategies Tan used to support her argument include vivid anecdote, striking contrast, and emotionally appealing parallelism. This journal is going to analyse how those rhetorical devices were being used during the delivery of Tan’s stories, and present my connections with her. At the beginning, Tan employed…

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    Jing-Mei's Mother

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    In “Two Kinds,” by Amy Tan, the relationship between a Chinese mother and her Americanized daughter, Jing-Mei, is described through the mother’s efforts to make her daughter a prodigy. At first glance, Jing-Mei’s mother appears to be controlling, uncompassionate, and disgruntle towards Jing-Mei. Although this impression is accurate at the beginning of the story, the reader begins to learn more about Jing-Mei’s mother and her past, as well as her intent with forcefully encouraging Jing-Mei…

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    The Joy Luck Club

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    The Joy Luck Club is a movie that was directed by Wayne Wang and the story written/based off by the book The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. This movie was created and came out on September 8, 1993. This movie is directed towards any audience that is viewing the movie and the reason for that is because the purpose of the movie that the author and writer want to show the audience is how the Chinese culture can change from one generation to another and also how strict and different the culture was…

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    Amy Tan, an author of ¨Mother Tongue¨ elaborates about how there's different types of Englishes a person can have or speak. “Lately, I've been going more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as ¨broken¨ or ¨fractured¨ English¨. Her mom who immigrated to America from China speaks English that is considered to be not advanced in Western society. In other words, her mother can’t speak English well as others. From the article, Tan’s position on…

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    Tan Two Kinds

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    "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan is about a relationship between a daughter and her mother. Amy Tan uses actions to explain the relationship being abusive. One of the actions to portray this relationship was that Amy Tan's mother slapped her (98). All because Amy Tan started questioning why her mother was not accepting her for who she is. Actions speak louder than words. Other actions in this story are when her mother and Old Chong decided to have her play at a talent show. "She snapped off the TV,…

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    English 100 October 10, 2014 Various English Amy Tan is the author of “Mother Tongue” essay. Her essay provides real life stories about her mother and herself struggling in America. Her story is an amazing eye opener because it makes people realize that someone who cannot speak standard English is less intelligent, but after reading “Mother Tongue” this person will change his/her opinion about people who cannot speak English. In her essay, Tan explain about her mother’s broken tongue, she…

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