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Mother And Daughter Wu Tsing
1,603 wordsPlease refer to the book, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. Turn to page 35 (for those with the red cover version by the series editor, Judith Baxter) and refer to the story Scar. Extract: I was sitting at the top of the stairs when she arrived. I knew it was my mother She cried with a wailing voice that was so sad. And then I remembered the dream with my mothers voice. (till page 37) Question 1: EXPLAIN CLEARLY WHAT FEELINGS IN THIS PASSAGE AROUSES IN YOU TOWARDS AN-MEI AND HER MOTHER. YOU SHOULD R...
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Joy Luck Club Yin And Yang
3,687 wordsConfucianism and Taoism The constant struggle between women and the Confucian system and the use of Taoism to manipulate it and their tension with American values, exemplified in Roses broken marriage and her mothers opinion of it, is the cause of the tension between the American born daughters and their immigrant parents in the Joy Luck Club. Confucianism is a rigid set of social guidelines and rituals based on ones place in a mainly patriarchal society. Taoism is based on the harmony of the un...
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Status In Society Ying Ying
968 wordsIs it fair to judge someone by their sex? In traditional Chinese culture, many judgments were made about a person just by observing their sex. The women was looked upon as an inferior being. They had little or no status in society, and little was expected from them. They were discriminated against when they tried to stand up for themselves. Chinese culture was customarily male dominated. The male was expected to do most of the work, and the woman was expected to stay at home with their mouth shu...
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Ying Ying Wu Tsing
885 wordsIn The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, one examines the story of four Chinese families throughout the generations. By examining specific examples of sacrifice within each of the four families, sacrifice will be proved to be one of the main themes of the story. Ying-Ying St Clair made quite a precious sacrifice while she was in China. The sacrifice was 14 years of her life. That which adds to this sacrifice is that the years make up the time from which she was age 18 - 32, which most people consider t...
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Mother And Daughter Wu Tsing
1,727 wordsPlease refer to the book, ? The Joy Luck Club? by Amy Tan. Turn to page 35 (for those with the red cover version by the series editor, Judith Baxter) and refer to the story? Scar? . Extract: ? I was sitting at the top of the stairs when she arrived. I knew it was my mother? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? She cried with a wailing voice that was so sad. And then I remembered the dream with my mother? s voice. ? (till page 37) Question 1: EXPLAIN CLEARLY WHAT FEELINGS IN THIS PASSAGE AROUSES IN YOU TOWA...
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