Textual Analysis Of Ang Lee

When writing a book, an author would generally include some kind of conflict or stress situation to show how a character reacts to such events and grows as a result. The books Revolution is not a Dinner Party by Hing Chang Compestine and Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn are no exception to this. When comparing these two books, the reader can come to some interesting conclusions about the similarities and differences when considering the characters, time setting, and conflict situations within the book. Both Compestine and Hahn's works contain young characters and are presumably written for young readers. The main character in Compestine's book is Ling, a young Chinese girl who is nine years old. She lives a relatively comfortable life with her parents, who are both employed at the best local hospital. Her mother is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, while the father is a surgeon. Ali is the main character in Hahn's book. She is a young American girl, who remains 13 throughout the book. Like Ling, she is also an only child who lives in physical comfort with both her parents. The main difference between the characters is that Ling is quite a lot younger than Ali, while they are also from different ethnic group. Ling, however, considers the United States and English as symbolic of freedom, education, and sophistication. It is unlikely that Ali attaches the same meanings to her own heritage as an American.

Mark C Elliott’s book Emperor Qianlong Son of Heaven, Man of the World is a short biography about Hongli. Hongli was the fourth son of the Yongzheng Emperor and the favorite of his father and grandfather and was born in 1711. In the beginning it describes how he rose up in rank as a son through his father who introduced him to the current emperor Kangxi, his grandfather. The first chapter gives us the story of what Hongli was like as a child and how he won the favor of the Emperor. The book follows Hongli all the time from his birth from a low ranking palace consort right up to the end of his life even after he technically gave up his title as

“The mind changes, the word changes, time doesn't stay still, history is a verb, it is ongoing, there is no past tense, future tense, history is constant” Hung Liu told interviewer Rachelle Riechart (Riechart). Hung Liu is a Chinese woman who was born in Changchun, China in 1948. She was born during the age which we call the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which heavily impacted her life. She lived in China for 36 years and then left for the United States. She now resides in Oakland, CA, where she teaches art at Mills College (“A World of Art”). A lot of her artwork is based on photographs and memories she has from China and photographs she’s taken in the United

Providing for your family and yourself is a important key to survival, in “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry the Youngers know the true struggle of survival in the 1960s being an african-American family in a low income neighborhood. The family of five (soon to be six) living in a two bedroom apartment must share everything and live paycheck to paycheck. The play itself shows the hardships the family are trying to overcome poverty, but once they receive knowledge of a check that is, ten-thousand dollars, coming for Lena (Mama) Younger from the life insurance of the Youngers’ (Walter Younger Senior) deceased father. Since the coming of the check everyone seems to have their own plans for the check. The check changed everything, we

For millions of immigrants, America has been seen as the land of opportunity where anyone could become anything he or she wanted to be. A family that believes strongly in the American dream can be found in Amy Tan’s short story, “Two Kinds.” The story centers around the daughter of a Chinese immigrant who desperately wants her daughter to become successful. In the story, the author shows the difficult lives immigrants face when moving to a new culture. In this short story, the theme shows the protagonist’s conflict with her mother on the type of daughter her mother wants her to be. The author establishes the theme of how difficult mother-daughter relationships can be through characterization, setting, and symbolism.

I really, really loved the writing style of Andy Weir. I was drawn in right from the start. The main character Mark Watney was funny, smart and you were just rooting for him to survive right from the start. He is the type of character that I would love to know in real life.

In advance of the group discussion regarding Tao Teh Ching written by Lao Tzu I already had a profoundly fluid knowledge of the several paradoxes and the principles of Taoism that were displayed in the book by Tzu. However I lacked the ability to comprehend the government based aspects, or how they related to the major themes that were spread throughout the book. Also since during the time this book was written it was a warring states period, why was there such a substantial emphasis on having a peaceful state of mind. While I was partaking in our discussion these points were made more clear to me and allowed everything that I already knew to be tied into one thought.

We will talk about the iconic figure Li Ka-shing, a famous investor from Hong Kong. There are specific analysis two classic cases of Li Ka-shing. In 1970, after two oil shocks, the global oil prices and oil stocks were in the doldrums, but Li Ka-shing was optimistic about the oil industry at that time and made the biggest overseas investment. Then, Husky Energy had more than 5,000 ports and oil concessions gas production wells, of which about 40% were owned by the mining company that also held a 26.67% stake in heavy oil refineries and 343 petrol stations. The downturn in oil prices caused cash flow difficulties. After the acquisition of Husky Energy Company, he made a series of rapid expansion, took advantage of low prices to buy and drill more oil in order to reduce debt. In June 1988, he spent 375 million Canadian dollars in fully acquiring another Canadian oil company Cantera Energy and thus Husky Energy doubled its asset from original $ 2 billion. In October 1991, Husky Energy, another major shareholder with a 43% stake

As two renowned figures in modern Chinese literature, Lu Xun and Eileen Chang share the similarity of integrating their criticisms of patriarchal society into their works through the depiction of antiheroes. The portrayal of antiheroes in both stories emphasizes how partriarchay leads women into a position of dependency. Yet, due to the difference both in the time period they are in and the purpose of writing their novels, Lu Xun depicts an antihero as a victim and endows it with some merits whereas Eileen Chang portrays it more as a outright villain. While Lu Xun uses his antihero to emphasize how patriarchal society suppressed women and enlighten readers to pursue gender equality, Eileen Chang has little interest in depicting the society—she

There is not much to know for sure about the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu. According to the legend, Lao Tzu wrote down his wisdom from the advise of the border official that later became sacred text known as Tao Te Ching. Lao Tzu then became the figure of Taoism that is over two thousand years old and is still relevant today. Lao Tzu philosophy looks into the hostility in the world and see the hidden harmony by using Tao that translates to “the way.”

“Do not let the circumstances control you. You control the circumstances.” Chan. Some might not have know Jackie Chan as an author. Chan was born on April 7, 1954 in Victoria Peak, Hong Kong where he lived in extreme poverty. When Chan grew up he then moved to Canberra, Australia to go to school, more specifically, Dickson College.

“When your parents pay attention to you, you have healthier relationships and greater academic success in your 30s.” (Gillett, Baer, and Insider). This is an example of influence in our childhood environment, which can lead to a brighter future. Certainly this may not always apply, but the surroundings we grew up in can affect our future. In the biography, A Lead in the Bitter Wind by Ting Xing Ye, she was brought up in a family which was negatively impacted by the Cultural Revolution in China. The Cultural Revolution caused the wealthy to lose their status, and the poor to rise up in the ranks. Those of wealthy families were publicly discriminated and shamed for being “Capitalists”. In her childhood, Ye suffered to the point where she attempted

In his novel, The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck theorized the concept of psychological maps of a person’s reality. Based off of the principal of cognitive biases, Peck states that a person creates numerous ‘maps’ throughout their life to organize information and make sense of the world. Cognitive biases and Peck’s maps profoundly affect the way we perceive the world and ourselves. By creating ‘maps’ in a person’s psyche, these biases dictate the ways people interact with various situations. ‘Life is difficult’ is the first line of The Road Less Traveled, and it holds true. The multitude of maps a person creates throughout the course of their lives heavily influence how they deal with different conflicts.

Chuang Tzu helps us see the complete relativity of what normal minds see as matters of fact: “What one calls right the other calls wrong; what one calls wrong the other calls right (34).” Tzu shows how people discriminate, therefore we fail to see the truth. Unlike the ordinary man, the sage instead embraces all things and sees unity rather than distinction between things. The wisdom comes from understanding that everything is subjective, and thus there cant be objective views. It is said that “if right were really right, it would differ so clearly from not right, there would be no need for argument (44).” In other words, things that are debatable are unreliable and therefore cannot be said to be true.

But June gets to his feet, impatiently tugs on his jacket, scowling subtly. Pain pulls at Lee’s heart as June pulls on his shoes, hand slightly shaking as he steadies himself against the wall; his jaw is clenched and he’s gritting his teeth, as if he’s holding back from saying something.