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their late mother, who was the familys support system. Of her, the narrator would recall, "I always see her wearing pale blue" (B...

classroom her image came between me and the page I strove to read" (Joyce). With Sonnys brother there is a sense of helplessness...

problem is, he and Sonny have never really understood one another; or rather, his brother has never truly understood Sonny. For So...

Introduction James Joyces Araby and James Baldwins Sonnys Blues are two very intimate and powerful short stories that utilize fir...

Discusses cultural and sociological aspects concerning different languages through stories written by Amy Tan, Gloria Anzaldua and...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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...

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...

century. "He claimed that he made his language as simple as he could so that ordinary people could understand it, yet it is barel...

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

to make units, such as vowels and consonants, which are speech sounds in verbal language. The sounds are put together to make a wo...

the black man as one who thinks deeply, spiritually, and intelligently. In a time when the narrator is oppressed and ridiculed ...