Kingyo By Edmund Yeo

He is frequently shown to be a bit cynical and generally just exhausted. “It kills me sometimes, how people die.” (p. 464). Though sometimes he can be a bit humorous when narrating, it always has an undertone

In the story The King Of Mazy May author Jack London shows how life was like during the 1800’s gold rush. London told everything that you would want to know about the gold rush in the 1800’s the story starts with a definition of what the boy named Walt Masters. Look like what he had seen what he had done in his lifetime the important things and the things you would not believe that he has not seen now let's get closer into the story the king of mazy may.

The narrator though an educator, is not very good at verbalizing his emotions. He tends to be the person who keeps everything inside

In Tony Morrison’s “Song of Solomon” it explores the discovery of ethnic identities. It depicts the life of Macon Milkman Dead, a withdrawn loner who doesn’t feel accepted by others and is disconnected with his family and heritage. With help from others in his community Milkman takes a trip to discover himself and his roots bringing him closer to the true meaning of his purpose. Milkman in turn realizes that flight represents liberation from a life of restrictions, set in an era of racism and separation. Flight may seem as a positive solution to such a life of problems and discrimination, however, holds very negative aspects in family settings. Abandoning your own and severing those mutual bonds plays a significant role in the life of the loved ones left behind. Most are left recovering from their loss, or completely lose hope such as Hagar. Solomon leaving his wife Ryna and children behind was necessary sacrifice he had to make in order to be free. Solomon is never punished or looked down for his decision; in his song it acknowledges his accomplishment as a great achievement. In “Song of Solomon”, the ability of flight symbolizes the escape from oppression while searching for freedom.

The author of this document, Huey Long, hoped to inform readers, mainly American voters, of the cause of the Great Depression and his solutions for fixing the economy, as well as the individual lives of Americans. This document comes from his book “Every Man A King” and it describes the need for his proposed “Share the Wealth” program in America. The quote that best explains Long’s intentions for joining the United States Senate and the writing of his book is this statement, “eventual day had arrived when accumulation at the top by the few had produced a stagnation by which the vast multitude of the people were impoverished at the bottom.” In this, he is referring to America’s mal-distribution of wealth during the 1920s by explaining the root of its problem. The reason for informing readers about these problems is so that solutions can begin to be put in place, starting with the persuasion of American voters to vote in Long’s favor. He writes that he hopes “I might do something to spread the wealth of the land among all of the people.”

His diction let’s you sense the carelessness and monotony of the characters lives. This style of writing shows the reader that the worth and value of the individual is not

Imagine living in a world of perfect paradise, where no one disturbs you or takes away your freedom of thought. You’re living in pure harmony and feel as if your life is going to be peaceful forever. But what if one day someone comes along and changes your world, taking away your custom beliefs and changing your culture. What would you do? In the novel Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, the character Okonkwo, an indigenous member of the Ibo tribe, comes in conflict with the European settlers as they try to convert his tribe to Christianity. Even though many people choose to convert to this new system, Okonkwo, along with a few friends, respond adversely to this foreign settlement as they attempt to restore order in their native village. As the Europeans bring their religion, messengers, and government into the tribe, the outcome of Okonkwo 's response, causes him to bring his identity into query when he realizes that things that were formerly common, will always collapse in the end.

emotions felt by characters in the novel. His use of language in this way helps convey his

Social rank and relative wealth play great roles in determining a person’s life in Umuofia society. Sometimes a man with sheer force of will cannot change his future through hard work. One of the main conflicts in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is the clash between Okonkwo’s determination to succeed, his free will, and fate – which seems to have less appealing things in mind. Okonkwo’s will plays a major factor in determining his future; he chooses to kill Ikemefuna with his own hands, he chooses to kill a government official, and in the end, he chooses to take his own life. However, the pre-destined conditions of his life, his father’s failures, and a series of unfortunate circumstances ultimately lead to Okonkwo’s downfall.

Play for a Kingdom written by Thomas Dyja is a novel about men’s honor and true self-worth during a time of the American Civil War. This war cultivates a persons will to live and willingness to rely on the soldiers who fight next to him. This novel demonstrates that men fighting with each other may have a difference of religion or place of origin; including their heritage, social structure, speech patterns, and native language, however each man is fighting for the same thing. The northern troops were fighting the Rebels to regain a country and the confederate were troops fighting to build a new nation.

“The Bridegroom”, a short story by Ha Jin explains how the head of security at a factory is stunned, first when an employee proposes marriage to his adopted daughter, and again when his newly son in law is put in jail for the "wrongdoing" of homosexuality. The short story sets in Muji City in China in the mid 1990s. Cheng, the narrator, has some degree of sympathy, but ultimately he's unaware and un-accepting. The narrator believed that homosexuality is a disease or illness instead of a quality or state of being. Because Cheng is use to his own culture and heritages he's closed minded to others.

“Jack London is King . . . Alexander Supertramp . . . Graffito carved into a piece of wood discovered at the site of Chris McCandless’s death” (9).

The film that I watched is 《The Memoir of a Geisha》, and it was released in the United States on December 9, 2005. The director of this film is Rob Marshall, and 2 main characters in the movie are Sayuri (starring by Ziyi Zhang) and Hatsumomo (Gong Li). Although this film is produced by American directors, the origin of the story is in Japan.

and mournful significance on how his character is depicted. The love of the character 's

He writes in a language, and he uses a lot of metaphorical features. We as readers are very confused about the way he has chosen to describe the story, but we are also very fascinated by the action. So whole this short story tells us that he has had a tragic life and how he helps others achieve a good life and you can say here that he has a good point.