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    Effects Of Abuse There are many effects which may cause a person’s health and well-being due to different forms of abuse. Each form of abuse will have different effects and each person will be affected differently. Some people may react to the effects of abuse with self-neglect and self-harm‚ where as others may become aggressive or have mood swings. Suicidal thoughts Suicidal thoughts are a sign of self-neglect and self-harm as a person is thinking of ending their life. Suicidal thoughts can occur

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    DOI: 10. 3969/ j. issn. 1004- 2237. 2010. 02. 007 ( Wayson Choy‚ 1939- ) ‚ British Columbia) ‚ ( Earle Birney) ‚ ( The Sounds of Waves ) ‚ ‚ ‚ 2005 9 ‚ 1995 ‚ 1996 ‚ ‚ ( Globe and Mail) ‚ 6 : ( All That Matters‚ 2004) ( Not Yet ‚ 2009) ( The Jade Peony‚ 1995) ( Paper 1967 ‚ ( University of ( Margaret Atwood) ( Trillium Award) 1945- 2004 1998 ‚ 18 ‚ ( University of Alberta) 90 ‚ ‚ [ 1] ( P28) 100 ‚ ‚ ‚ Shadows : A Chinatown Childhood‚ 1999) ‚ ‚ ( 2001 ( 3 ) 2003 3 ) ‚ ‚ :

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    Canada have assimilated into the western culture. The Chinese Canadian does not belong to the Canadian or to the Chinese. Firstly‚ in their mind‚ they hold the view that they are Canadians; however‚ their family is quite traditional. From The Jade Peony‚ Poh-Poh said to Jook-Liang‚ “War over?”Grandmother chuckled‚ shifting her dialect. “Always war in China. First‚ bandit wars in South China‚ Communist—Gung Chang—wars everywhere‚ and all those sun-cursed Japanese dogs yapping into North China

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    wealth. However some members of a family and some friends can not provide this type of wealth‚ in some cases they may even do the opposite. In Chinese culture around the time ’The Jade Peony’ takes place‚ females especially‚ young females‚ were not treated with the respect that males were. To quote Poh-Poh in the Jade Peony‚ "A girl-child is mo-yung - useless". As a result her family does not treat Jook Liang with the respect that she deserved. Because she is a girl‚ she is labeled as less useful than

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    the president of the Cahoots Theater company of Toronto from 1992 to 2002. In 2005 he was named a member of the Order of Canada. His first novel the Jade Peony (1995) ‚earned him two prestigious awards‚ the Trillium Book Award and the Vancouver Book award. His second and last novel to date is “All that Matters” and is the sequel to the Jade Peony‚ it was nominated for the Giller Prize. His first memoir Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood was written in 1999 and won the Edna Staebler Award for

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    continues to teach at Humber School for Writers. He was president of Cahoots Theatre Company of Toronto from 1999 to 2002. He is the author of the novels “The Jade Peony” and “All That Matters” and the memoir “Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood”. He won Trillium Book Award and the City of Vancouver Book Award for his novel “The Jade Peony” and the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for the memoir “Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood”. He was nominated for a Governor General’s Award and

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    Chinese art (slide) Description: (slide) (khit ilang slides‚ kaw bhala) Chinese art it is visual art that‚ whether ancient or modern‚ originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists. The Chinese art in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and that of overseas Chinese can also be considered part of Chinese art where it is based in or draws on Chinese heritage and Chinese culture. Chinese art has arguably the oldest continuous tradition in the world‚ and is marked by an unusual degree of

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    the immigrants‚ every single one face the same problems and hardships. Some may ask their selves why they go for it. Most of them migrate because they want to have a better life‚ to receive a better education and other several reasons. In “The Jade Peony” these aspects of the immigrants experience are clearly shown on the example of the Chinese-Canadian family: language issues‚ behavior changes and loss of culture and memories. The very first problem that the immigrant faces on the new place is

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    “A Summary of Wayson Choy’s I’m a Banana and Proud of It” In his essay “I’m a Banana and Proud of It” (from The Globe and Mail); Wayson Choy explains the reason why he is called a “banana”. Choy begins by expressing his love to his North American citizenship. He mentions that banana means “yellow on the outside and white inside” (365). In other words‚ Chinese born in North America behave and act like white people but still look like Asians. Regardless of this nickname Choy believe that it is “not

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    has all begun is because we as a society are not accepting people for who they originally are and where they come from. Everyone is unique in their own type of way‚ and people should be proud of that‚ not embarrassed. As we read the novel The Jade Peony‚ the theme of “belonging” is a very key issue between the children and their friends. In various situations‚ the children debate with their father‚ mother‚ and grandmother weather they are Chinese‚ Canadian‚ or both. All three of them do something

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