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Essays and Poetry on Racial Diversity

and might even change the future history for succeeding generations. He states that he remembers the Trail of Tears, yet qualifies...

History and Traps

discovered that she was pregnant after Harry left for the War. It sounds like a soap opera because Harry did not return from the ...

Success of Children and Parental Influence

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

Short Stories Analyzed from Pickering's Anthology

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...

The Picture of Dorian Gray Characters' Approach to Art and Life

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

An Address of Four Specific Questions in Literature

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...

Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Erich Fromm

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...

The Cultural Bond of All Mothers and Daughters in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

In twelve pages this report discusses how the relationships between mother and daughter transcend everything including generation ...

A Review of the Print and Film Versions of The Joy Luck Club

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

Amy Tan's Two Kinds

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

Amy Tan’s Two Kinds: Mothers and Daughters

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

Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Symbolism

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

An Idealistic Literary Vision of America

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...

Literature and Culture in Flannery O'Connor, Anton Chekhov, and Amy Tan

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

Amy Tan: "Two Kinds"

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

Chinese Immigrant Mothers

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

Wang's The Joy Luck Club Film and the Mythological Approach

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 ...

A Comparison of 'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan and 'First Confessions' by Frank O'Connor

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

The Life and Art of Amy Tan

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

Amy Tan and a Ticket to China

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

Jing-Mei Woo’s Personality Traits in Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds”

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

Amy Tan's "Two Kinds" and Generational Turmoil

and sends her to learn to play the piano from a neighbor, Mr. Chong. Jing-Mei resents the lessons but tolerates them because Mr. C...

Does Studying Literature Improve Individual Writing Skills?

medical surgeon needs more than just the study of human anatomy to perform. However, it can be argued that although it takes more ...

Identity Development by Humans

In these instances, states Erikson, if the mistrust is severe enough the child will give up ever having his needs met and may inte...

Politics and the English Language by George Orwell

In three pages this paper discuses communication and politics within the context of Politics and the English Language by George Or...

'Politics and the English Language' by George Orwell

In five pages this paper discusses how Orwell decries the degradation of the English language in his essay. There are no other so...

1984 by George Orwell and the 'Doublethink' Language

In five pages this paper discusses how language is distorted and deconstructed in this futuristic novel by George Orwell. Three s...

Language and Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

about it in the morning paper on the subway on his way to work. Sonny "had been picked up, the evening before, in a raid on an apa...

Anderson's "Feed" - Sinister Possibilities And Prodding

of consumerism - the perpetual wanting of more and more materialistic tangibles until there is nothing left to appreciate - reside...

The Role Of The First Language In The Acquisition Of A Second Language

There are a number of theories that have been developed when considering second language acquisition, especially in the context of...