Literature is an ocean in which the greatest thoughts have been cultured like the most profound wisdom of the ages. The source of all literary thought is life with all its manifold complexities and dimensions. The literary landscape has been continually growing and flourishing through...
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In āRules of the Gameā Amy Tan helps to understand that when trying to obtain independence, patience to experience growth can hinder any obstructions from stalling this sought-after element of growing up. By the end of the story, Waverly recognizes that she āhad nowhere to...
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Amy Tan is a Chinese American writer and novelist, whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and the Chinese-American experience. Her story. āRules of the gamesā is partly inspired by the stories of her own family. In this story, Amy Tan uses chess as a tool of...
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The first quarter of the book, Feathers from a Thousand Li Away, primarily focuses on four Chinese mothers, and their past lives. In the first chapter, The Joy Luck Club, the narrator, Jing-Mei Woo, describes her late mother, Suyuan Woo, who has died of an...
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United States has embraced of the most diverse population in the world today. It is diverse in terms of its ethnic makeup and religious practices for immigrants. Immigrants from different nation congregate upon the United States in Seeking for a better life for family or...
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The third quarter of the book, āAmerican Translation,ā explores the stories of the four daughters. In āRice Husband,ā Lena St. Clair discusses her deteriorating marriage with her husband Harold. From the beginning of their courtship, the two had always split things–money, chores, etc. Lena doesnāt...
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There are many bilingual and multicultural people in the world today. For many, the alternatives of that language they use, and the way they use it, correspond to what social or cultural community they belong to. Amy Tan may be a Chinese yank writer she...
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Amy Tan has skilfully interwoven her Chinese heritage and personal experiences as a first-generation Chinese-American in a multitude of her literary works . The charm of oriental culture displayed successfully showcases its virtue of emotion and the dynamic relationship Tan exhibits between her and her...
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Amy Tan successfully incorporates various aspects such as Chinese values and customs in her works to create the most realistic essence of Oriental culture that she is famous for, most especially in The Bonesetter’s Daughter. . She creatively intertwines pieces of both oriental culture and...
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Family and culture should be the two most important things in our lives. In the short story, āA Pair of Ticketsā by Amy Tan, the main character (Jing-Mei) evolves over the course of the story by struggling with her identity as a Chinese to being...
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Have you heard of the phrase āsame-same, but differentā? It is usually used to describe people, situations, or things that are similar in one aspect but different in another. The unique thing about this phrase is that it contains words that contradict themselves but perfectly...
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The first quote from both essays is related to time. As in both stories āMother Tongueā and āOnce More to the Lakeā shows a glimpse of time passage and the impact of time on the characters of the story. It matters a lot for both...
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In Tan’s novels, her Chinese and Western culture and the ultimate attempt at balancing the two is the foundation in which her stories lie upon: the trivial matters such as the manner in which one sits at a table, of the way one speaks and...
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Individuals tend to evade things they don’t comprehend, to abuse the new. This is something that Gloria Anzaldua and Amy Tan know all too well. The author of ‘How to Tame a Wild Tongue’ Gloria Anzaldua was an American scholar of Chicana cultural and feminist...
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āMother Tongueā by Amy Tan Title of Work: āMother Tongueā Author: Amy Tan Occasion: Explain the context of the piece. What has caused the speaker to say what s/he says? Minimum of 3 sentences. Include 3 quotes as evidence and explain what each quote tells...
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How do the languages that one speaks at home influence social identity? In Tanās article āMother Tongueā, she expresses her recognition and concern over the difference in social attitudes towards her motherās use of English and American societyās standard English. By introducing her recent realization...
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