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    The Simple Joys of Reading What happens when a person is bored and restless? Maybe he would like to go to a cinema and kill a couple of hours watching a movie. But what if there are no good movies or if he has missed the screening time? Perhaps he could go for a walk. What if the day is too hot for a walk? What if it was raining? What if this bored and restless person is well and truly stuck at home? The answer is absurdly simple. If that person has cultivated the reading habit he would neither

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    Presenting the Problem in Alice Walker’s Possessing the Secret of Joy In 1992‚ Alice Walker published her novel Possessing the Secret of Joy. It tells the story of an African female named Tashi‚ who is from Olinka‚ a place where females commonly practice genital mutilation. Throughout the novel‚ Tashi is torn between her Olinkan culture and her American culture. She has married an American; however‚ she chooses to honor her heritage and undergo the “female circumcision” as a teenager. The novel’s

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    A Fortune by Joy Monica T. Sakaguchi Maybe you are a thief and living by stealing wallets‚ emptying them from money and put them back. Or perhaps you are a rich man with a son; you maybe love but never show. And maybe you are the son of a man‚ who never noticed or loves you. Love and money are big things in life‚ and they are very important in everyday life. In the short story “A fortune” by Joy Monica T. Sakaguchi from 2000‚ is the relationship between a teenager and his dad illustrated. The short

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    JOY OF CARING AND SHARING” Sharing‚ taking‚ earning‚ losing‚ stealing‚ squandering‚ hoarding. These are all human impulses‚ and very natural otherwise we wouldn’t be human without them. Yet on this list only one item — sharing — appears in the world’s wisdom traditions. Why is giving or sharing set apart? After all‚ there’s no mystery to why someone might want to earn‚ hoard‚ squander‚ or steal a million dollars. One way or another‚ most of our daily actions follow the principle of more is better

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    The Joy Luck Club

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    Reading Guides | | | The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan Paperback Other formats: Hardcover $16.00 add to cart Read more... | | | INTRODUCTION Through the stories of The Joy Luck Club‚ we peer into the secret-laden lives of eight Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters. The daughters reject their mothers’ seemingly constant criticism of everything they choose‚ from husbands to hairdos. They view their mothers’ warnings as irrelevant‚ and their advice as intrusive. The

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    The novel‚ The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan takes place in a couple of different places. All of Suyuan Woo’s childhood memories take place in China. After coming to America the setting takes place in San Francisco California in 1949. Also there are few different time frames. The time frames consist of the 1920’s to 1980’s. I have to give this timeframes because of the flashbacks that are given in the book. The characters that I believed are most fully developed are Jing-ming “June” Woo‚ Suyuan Woo‚

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    Returning to One’s Roots and Understanding Chinese Culture in The Joy Luck Club Cultural divides are difficult to overcome in storytelling because understanding another culture is a not an easy task. However‚ in The Joy Luck Club‚ Amy Tan does a wonderful job of making the Chinese culture comprehensible for the American reader. With a culture that is exceedingly different from American way of life‚ Tan presents both cultures side by side in order to draw attention to their differences and benefits

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    THE CHANGING PARADIGMS OF THE LOVE LAWS The Joys of Motherhood‚ by Buchi Emecheta‚ describes the hardships of life in West-Africa from the perspective of Nnu Ego. The novel reveals the byproducts of development and colonialism in West-Africa; byproducts that affect society’s hierarchy of gender and subservience. Through the Englishman’s intervention in West-Africa‚ the economic well-being of families is greatly restored. However‚ this supposed positive change also casts many negative circumstances

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    Directions: Each section of The Joy Luck Club begins with an anecdote that symbolizes the main ideas that are to follow in the women’s stories. For each section‚ you will analyze the anecdotes by answering the questions below. You can refer to each section’s lessons/experiences to provide details that support your analysis. Part I: Feathers from a Thousand Li Away: a. In the space below‚ bullet point words/images/lines from the anecdote that stand out to you (it’s okay if you don’t know the

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    Preserving the Joys of Childhood Candy bars and chocolates are the little joys of childhood. Even I can say that my childhood life will not be complete without those sweet stuff. However‚ there are some children who are denied the privilege to enjoy and indulge in those little joys. Those are the children with diabetes. Here in the Philippines‚ a lot of children are suffering from this disease. That is why our government is having its awareness campaign against diabetes. And young as I am‚ I

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