Essay on Crossing Boundaries- Maos Last Dancer

Throughout Li Cunxin’s memoir, Mao’s Last Dancer, Li immerses the readers into the complex, restrictive and challenging lifestyle he lived through various prose techniques, which engage the audience into the cultural values of his life. Some examples of this is when he was living in communist China, in a commune, going to a Beijing dance Academy, going to Houston and finally moving to Australia. Through these experiences, culture is portrayed as being both limiting and liberating. Culture could be limiting because it is was so restrictive because of Mao’s rules but it was also liberating because Chinese people are meant to be loyal to their country and since their country is communist, they believed that it was the most free nation in the world. This is shown in the story of the blind rabbit, where Li is taught that nothing comes easily, allegiance to country surpasses that to family and to keep pride in the family name.

As the story goes along, Ji-li is verbally attacked due to her class status in the Cultural Revolution. Ji-li begins to doubt the kindness of the Communist Party. “‘If he hadn’t been a landlord, none of this would have

The novel, “Mao’s Last Dancer”, was written by Li Cunxin. It tells his riveting tale of growing up in a poor family of six boys, living in a village in China under Mao’s reign. It goes on to share his eventual defection to the United States as an artistic dancer. His childhood was filled with both hardships and joys. But both helped him to grow as a resilient person to achieve once-thought impossible goals.

We all have watched the movie ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ and learnt about the themes and values that were prominent throughout the film. The main themes that stood out to me were tough choices and perseverance which are everywhere. Throughout the whole world people must make hard decisions and meet their challenges by persisting every day. Whether it’s deciding what you want to be when you grow up or to make the decision to keep pushing for something you believe in, tough choices are everywhere. And are always surrounding us in our lives.

The relationship between Chinese peasants and the Chinese communist party became more close knit during this time. Between circa 1925 and circe 1250 the Chinese communist party and the peasants had a relationship they both had a sense of nationalism, saw Japan as a common enemy and gained social rights.

The two characters from both passages feel animus towards their own society. Lin is so resolved to eradicate her Chinese identity that just associating with her own kind causes her to be irritated and socially isolated from them.

‘Don’t look back!’ Not one day has gone by, since I have spoken these words to my son at the fruitful age of 12, that I have not felt proud of him. It has been what feels like one hundred years of missing Li and living without him, all redeemed from witnessing him in one performance that would change my perspective forever.

The theme of love also takes a great part in this film. When Li went to America, he became involved in a secret relationship with a girl called Elizabeth Mackey. This relationship was kept secret from Ben, because Li didn’t want to cause him any trouble. However, when Li wanted to stay in America, Elizabeth and he got married because China recognised international marriage. This however, did cause a lot of trouble. Consul Zhang of the Chinese Government tried to convince Li to return to China, telling him that marriages between the east and west never work because of the differences in culture.

Lindo and Waverly are two women who experienced very different childhoods, where the society and cultures of China and America pushed them in separate directions. Lindo grew up in China, where family is the single most important priority. At the young age of two, she is “promised to the Huangs’ son for marriage” (51) by her parents through a matchmaker. She is “an obedient wife” (56), learning to please Huang Taitai while planning a way to null the marriage arrangement. By living a dual identity at such a young age, she learns to be inconspicuous and clever. The effectiveness in how she claimed Tin Jong as her second

Argumentative Essay “In the long run, boundaries keep the good in and the bad out. ”-Unknown Author. In my Opinion Having boundaries means someone setting the rules for you and having no boundaries means doing whatever you want to do or having no rules set. I think having boundaries is more important than having no boundaries.

           Wei Bin Lin grew up in Shanghai, China. At the of age 20, Lin came to Brooklyn, New York where everything was completely different. It varied from all types of thing from the food, the way they dress, the types of music they listen to, culture, transportation, and how the way the school system worked. Lin felt totally out of place in New York, it didn’t feel like home to him, Lin was starting to feel homesick, he wasn’t entirely sure if he had made the right choice, but Lin told himself, “I’m sure as time goes by I’ll get use to this American lifestyle.” And yes, as time went by Lin was having the time of his life in New York.

From 1949 until his death in 1976, Mao Zedong transformed a country in poverty and chaos into a well-organised state with an educated populous, over which he maintained total control. 2 more intro sentences.

China's transition from the leadership under the iron fist of Mao Zedong to the more liberal Deng Xiao Ping gave the People's Republic a gradual increase in economic freedom while maintaining political stability. During Mao's regime, the country focused on bolstering and serving the community, while subsequently encumbering individual growth and prosperity. Deng advocated a more capitalist economic ideology, which established China as an economic force in the global community while endowing its citizens with more liberties and luxuries than previously granted.

He was a philosopher attributed with the writing of the Tao-Te-Ching and the reputed founder of Taoism. ("Tao" meaning the way of all life, "Te" meaning the fit use of life by all men, and "Ching" meaning text.) Lao Tzu was not his real name but rather an honorary title given to him by his followers meaning "Old Master".

Peter Chan’s film, Comrades: Almost a Love Story, focuses on the relationship development between two Mainland Chinese immigrants to Hong Kong, Xiao Jun and Li Qiao. Xiao Jun is a naive Northerner of China who speaks Mandarin, while Li Qiao is from Guangzhou, a Cantonese speaking region of Southern China. Both foreigners of Hong Kong share the dream of making a better life, in which Xiao-Jun’s goal is to be able to make enough fortune to marry his fiance, Xiao Ting, while Li Qiao’s goal is to become a prosperous businesswoman. Originally, when Li Qiao met Xiao-Jun, she planned to deceive him for her individual financial acquisition, just like any other mainlanders she approaches who have a disadvantage of not being able to speak Cantonese. However, as the two spent more time together, Li Qiao became more honest to Xiao Jun when she discovered that he was willing to stay and accompany her as a friend despite him knowing of her deception. The fact that both shared the same feeling of being an outsider in the city of Hong Kong brought the two into a closer connection that soon lead to a romantic love relationship. Inevitably, the two lovers’ relationship was unable to carry on due to their individual’s goal in their mission in coming to Hong Kong. Thus, eventually the two separated to their own roads; Xiao Jun returned to China to marry Xiao Ting, while Li Qiao ended up marrying the gang boss, Ou Yang Bao, because he was able to fulfill her financial difficulty at