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her white friends would agree with her that she was about as Chinese as they were, indicating she really possessed little of that ...

The stories being examined, by Chekhov and Mansfield, are clearly two stories that truly delve into the inner being of an individu...

or values. It is by understanding leadership and its influences that the way leadership may be encouraged and developed in the con...

the Russian culture has long remained something of a mystery as well. Even despite the seemingly mysterious nature of Russian l...

Mrs. Popov is likely a respectable woman who understands the etiquette of the day, which is what the audience will likely see (Che...

just get the story out. In fact, many novelists and short story writers are storytellers. They simply tell a story. That is all th...

that reveals to the reader a great deal about the characters involved. Pelagea is deeply in love with her husband, Yegor Anton Che...

and one could well envision how Chekhovs character, Gurov, may well have married for something other than love. "He had been talke...

Using Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls and Anton Chekhov's The Duel, the writer discusses how each author addresses the topic of Russian...

Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...

When she disappoints her mother by failing one of her tests, she acknowledges her mothers failed hopes, but she also sees her "pro...

Mothers and daughters are perhaps, first and foremost, women. And, as women they are often stuck in many social categories as well...

magazines; these tests are things like name the capitals of the states and so on (Tan, 1989). She hopes that Jing-mei will demonst...

of the nation, America is and was considered a land where someone could be anything they wanted, and they could succeed and be ric...

When Jing-Mei fell short of achieving the lofty goal her mother set for her, her insecurity intensified. After seemingly endless ...

because when I was growing up, my mothers limited English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed t...

beings can sink. On December 9, 1937, Japanese troops attacked the city of Nanking; on the 13th, the "6th and 16th Divisions of th...

In eight pages the complex relationships between Asian mothers and their American daughters as described in Maxine Hong Kingston's...

A 6 essay comparing and contrasting the film version of Amy Tan's popular book and the book. The essay emphasizes Hollywood's ten...

In five pages this paper discusses how parental understanding is crucial to children's success in a consideration of Gwendolyn Bro...

An analysis of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant, Amy Tan's Young G...

In five pages Erich Fromm's theory on marketing orientation is applied to the character of Harold, husband of Lena, in Amy Tan's t...

and how they interpret life and art. In focusing on this subject we incorporate two essays which discuss aspects of art and life f...

him an hour just to move his head into the room. The protagonist exclaims, "Ha! Would a madman have been so wise as this?" which i...

little pleasure from drafting speeches for corporate executives," working as much as ninety hours a week because she could not see...

structure. "First Confession" recounts the events of a brief period in Jackies life. Therefore, Jackies perspective does not alter...

forced to make an inner journey that she was loathe to make. This is often a key component in the mythological heros quest. He or ...

play, the power in this contest lies with Waverly. But her mother is jealous of the girls success (not an unusual reaction), and ...

two people who hold true to the notion that determination and hard work can get you ahead in the world of the American ideal. Gats...

experience, clearly illustrating how her lack of inner strength and fortitude is what stands in the way of her finding true happin...