picked up on this wave of increase by tanning for things such as prom, summer and even just to fit in with the social norms. “One fifth of girls in grades 9 through 12 have bathed in ultraviolet rays from a tanning device within the past year…(Ban the Tan par. 2).” Reports show that many women say tanning is addicting because of the “desire to achieve an attractive look and trim, and for warmth, light, and relaxation (Woo, Eide p. 63).” Also ladies believe that tanning beds will you give you the vitamin
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it so difficult to be understood? | by | | Herman Jacobs | | Why is it so difficult to be understood? For this essay we were asked to place imagine ourselves as the main character of a short story and then answer a simple question about her motivation. The challenge is that the main character is a Japanese-American woman living more than 50 years ago. The story “Two Deserts” by Valerie Matsumoto tells of Emiko Oyama, a young mother who lives in California’s Imperial Valley. Emiko
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Comparison/Contrast Essay Oblique lines can be drawn to connect the similarities and differences from the short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan to “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. Although each short story has a different setting, ethnicity, theme, meaning, purpose, past and/present characters, we are still able to determine which characters resembles one another as well as the actions that are portrayed from one character in one story that mirrors another character from the other story. These two
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world. Although what a person is first taught may come from their culture, how that person views others and the world are up to them. The world is not one big culture, everyone sees the world in a different way. In the novel excerpt Two Kinds by Amy Tan, a young Chinese girl was told that she could be anything she wanted to be in America. From that day on her mother forced her to spend countless hours searching for her talent. Later in the excerpt, she started to think on her own, diverting from
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These three people will then read the story, research it, and re-write the story in a different context. Finally, they will present the story to the class in their chosen format. Group Members: 1)Camron 2)Hunter 3)Nick In order to be educated about story options, students must first research at least three short stories. To demonstrate understanding of these short stories, students must write an NVF for the short stories they research. You will type the three stories
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You speak good English by June Hamid. In the past, during my years spent living and studying overseas in Australia and in the United Kingdom, I was often informed or presented with this matter of fact statement. At that point, I didn’t really know how to respond, especially when surrounded by native speakers. It is often difficult to explain something that was indeed very natural to me. But now, as I do then, I find pride in being able to converse and express myself fluently in this language of
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How do you improve your language skills to the point that you can give a snappy response when foreigners compliment you on the way you speak ‘their’ language? IN the past, during my years spent living and studying overseas in Australia and in the United Kingdom, I was often presented with this matter of fact statement. At that time, I didn’t really know how to respond, especially when surrounded by native speakers. It was often difficult to explain something that was indeed very natural to me.
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its cover is a metaphorical phrase used which means don’t pre-judge someone or something by their outside view. Society as a whole tends to make an initial impression simply by the way someone looks, dresses or even talks. “Mother’s Tongue” by Amy Tan was about an English scholar whose mother was judged due to her broken English. This reading is just one mean of how someone is judged for her communication barrier. Everyone comes from a variety of backgrounds, cultural differences, and influenced lifestyles
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book by its cover or someone's intelligence by her English. By Amy Tan • Art by Gabe Leonard I am not a scholar of English or literature. I cannot give you much more than personal opinions on the English language and its variations in this country or others. I am a writer. And by that definition, I am someone who has always loved language. I am fascinated by language in daily life. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual
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I "let my words speak for themselves?" Do I prefer to be more direct, relying on what is explicitly stated in my speech? (Low-Context) Novelist Amy Tan describes the differences in cultural communication this way: "An American business executive may say, 'Let's make a deal,' and the Chinese manager may reply, 'Is your son interested in learning about your widget business?' Each to his or her own purpose, each with his or her own linguistic path." When individuals from high-context and low-context
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