Short Story: Chu-Yi's Journey

The historical classic, “The Good Earth”, revolves around the life of Wang Lung, introducing the average Chinese farmer on his wedding day to the slave O-lan. Together, the newly married couple care for Wang Lung’s father and farm the land, prospering from the fruits of their labor. Their early life continues to bring great fortune when they are able to purchase land from the House of Hwang, who O-lan served, and when their first two children are born sons.

“A trans-like state settles over your efforts, the climb becomes a clear eyed dream.” Stated Krakauer in The Devils Thumb. Mountain climbing has become a popular interest for thrill-seekers in modern times. It is an immensely challenging activity, involving strength, determination, and the proper mindset. There are many accounts of mountain climbers heroically reaching the summit of mountains, but none more striking than that of Everest and The Devils Thumb. These are gut wrenching, first hand accounts of some of the greatest feats performed in mountain climbing history, although they are each different in their own way. Krakauer was climbing to find himself amongst the frozen rocks and chest deep snow, and Weihnmayer climbed to push his limits, and to accomplish what many thought to be the impossible.

She retraces the mountain of her ancestry every single day quietly. In the wind she can smell the scent of her ancestors made from crushed pale blue leaves of the mountain. The smell is coming from up the mountain side from which her ancestors descended from, where the mountain lion laid down and ate their deer. It is better to be where she once came from, where her ancestors came from, up on that mountain watching nature. The elderly that remember it once are all gone, the old songs of ancestors are forgotten, and the story where it all began died with its memory. The memory of the culture dances in the snow frost moonlight, swam in the freezing mountain water, went through the

The ladder wobbling more and more with every step.  As soon as Chu-yi notices she stops, but the rickety old ladder keeps wobbling. Cu-yi thought she should better just keep moving and thinking she should have told her parents and maybe then then she would be saved. Chu-yi was thinking so much she almost dropped her backpack, since she was distracted. Chu-yi kept it on and thought about what would happen when she gets down, but then she hears something that made her freeze.

A bush caught her dress, and she had to pick off the thorns that got stuck to it. After that, she comes across a log that is laid across the creek which she would have to climb over to continue her path. This is easier said than done, because one has to keep in mind that she is small, and old. After she successfully made it over the log, her next task was to climb through a barbed-wire fence. "There she had to creep and crawl, spreading her knees and stretching her fingers like a baby trying to climb the steps" (DiYanni). Though the barbed-wire fence is dangerous, she made it through safely. The woods were an obstacle all on its own and she is still not even halfway where she needs to be yet. Just for her carrying on her path after going through the woods shows that she is brave, and that nothing is going to stop

I’m reading Warriors Tallstar’s Revenge by Erin Hunter. My favorite setting is on page 304. Erin explained, “he scrambled past a hawkthorn, skidding as the slope steepened. Bracken slowed him down, dragging at his paws. He pushed through it, relieved that the slope was flattening out, and paused at the bottom to taste the afternoon air.” This reminds me of our grandpas big sliding hill. While I was climbing it to get to the top I slipped on a patch of ice and started to slide down the hill. I had to use my hand to make myself stop but I got to the bottom of the hill first. I rolled over smelling the afternoon air mixed with the burning

Loung would no longer have the help and advice from her father. For the past couple months Khmer Rouge soldiers came and took people from the camp and they did not return. Then one day two khmer Rouge soldiers came to Loung's hut and told Pa to help the get a wagon unstuck. Pa knew that he was going to die. He stood up with fire in his eyes and his chest pumped out. Before he had to go, he told Loung "My beautiful girl,"he says to me as his lips quiver into a small smile."I have to go away with these two men for awhile"(Ung,). Loung knows her father may not return. She has to cope with his death and accept the pain. The loss of a parent can take away your emotions, but death is part of life. Loung must learn to grow up without Pa and be strong. To be a strong young woman and help Ma take care of the

Unable to withstand the embarrassment of having a wife he is not proud of, he abandons her. Han Kang used the sense of pressure emotionally to depict not only the public opinion but also the force that drives Mr. Cheong’s actions.

to this poem for help. It is a beautiful argument that clearly shows that she climbed

In the autobiography Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah, the narrator was influenced in many ways by the people around her. One character which influences the narrator’s life to a vast amount was her step-mother Niang. Her Aunt Baba also played a very big part on how Yen Mah turned out in her later and earlier years as well as everywhere in between. Her grandfather Ye-Ye was a constant support to Adeline Yen Mah.

All through time, successive generations have rebelled against the values and traditions of their elders. In all countries, including China, new generations have sought to find a different path than that of their past leaders. Traditional values become outdated and are replaced with what the younger society deems as significant. Family concentrates on this very subject. In the novel, three brothers struggle against the outdated Confucian values of their elders. Alike in their dislike of the traditional Confucian system of their grandfather, yet very different in their interactions with him and others, begin to reach beyond the ancient values of Confucianism and strive for a breath of freedom. Their struggles against the old values

Ever since the first person to climb Everest, many courageous people have been climbing, mountains, cliffs, and canons. This one special little girl decides to climb a humble tree creating a new journey for both the girl and the tree. In the passage The White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett the little girl climb a magnificent tree. The author uses languages and selection of details to make the climbing of the tree into a dramatic adventure. The little girl is Sylvia and she is insignificant to the tree.

After many hours of running, she fell on the ground and collapsed. And she did not wake up. Many hours passed, but still she did not wake up, until she heard a sound. A wolf howled, and she immediately woke up and ran back home.

Through comparing different translations of the same texts one can get an idea of the meanings for the Chinese words used by Chuang Tzu in his work. In comparison to the English language the difference in the translations of the text gives the impression that the Chinese words used are much broader terms and must be simplified before we can describe them in English. This paper will assess the second section of the Chuang Tzu, specifically Discussion on making all things equal translated by Burton Watson.[1]

“What happened?” my parents asked with a comforting voices in cantonese. My sister was not able to answer my parents because she was really hurt and sad. Stupidly, I asked “Are you okay?” I knew my sister would either not answer me of scream NO. After a while, my parents told her “Calm down!”