The Life Of Lord Yu 's Prison

Explanation: When the war between China and Japan becomes more and more intensely, every Chinese people including the aboard hate Japan because Japan invade their land and attack their compatriots. But Meiying, who is a wonderful girl in Chinatown, has a boyfriend as a Japanese people. In that time, it is such a terrible thing because the Chinese people believe that people who has communication with Japanese is a traitor. Meiying keeps the secret for such a long time but

In the Qin state, a growing leader was about to prosper. Legends says a wealthy merchant who is acquainted with King Zhuangxiang of Qin came to him one day in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BCE). His name was Lu Buwei. On that day, Lu Buwei had arranged with the king to meet his lovely wife, Zhao Ji. As soon as they met, the King Zhuangxiang of Qin felt an attraction to her. Eventually, Zhao Ji became the mistress of King Zhuangxiang of Qin and in 259

She was my mother,” (31).  Jing-Mei says this to her aunts after her mother had died, and she had to take your position in joy luck.  She felt like she never really knew her mother because of their miscommunication.  Suyuan Woo, Jing-Mei’s mother, had many hopes and good intentions for her daughter. While Jing-Mei wanted to be herself and still please her mother, Suyuan wanted her daughter to be a child prodigy. Always wanting the best for her daughter, Suyuan hoped Jing-Mei would one day become an extraordinary pianist.  Although Jing-Mei played the piano, she never put forth much effort into the music because her best was not good enough for her mother.  Nonetheless, she stopped playing the piano.  “I could only be me,” (154).  She could not be something that she was not; she could not live up to her mother’s expectations.  This symbolized one of Jing-Mei’s songs, “Pleading Child.”  Suyuan continues to put all the pressure on Jing-Mei so that she will not become like her mother for all the reasons she had come to America; hopes for a better life.

However, once Jing-mei stepped off the plane and saw her sisters, she was able to embrace them with "all hesitations and expectations forgotten"(331). The rapport between Jing-mei and her sisters demonstrates the capability of Jing-mei to forget her fears and have faith that she can do anything. Both Suyuan and Jing-mei worked through their problems by remaining strong and willful, making their lives much easier in the end.

The mother in the story tries everything in her power to make Jing-mei famous in some way. Yet Jing-mei was content to being herself.

In contrast, during the era of The Story Yingying, the cultural norm for a woman was to be submissive, patient, and passive. Yingying upheld all of these cultural standards. After meeting Zhang for the first time Yingying showed no interest in him at all but overtime Yingying finally gave into Zhang and fell in love and they became engaged. Unfortunately, Zhang had to leave for a year to go take a civil service examination, but he promised her he would come back to her. She waited patiently and after a year, her fiancé returned but shortly after had to leave again to retake the examination. Again she waited patiently for his return, but he never came back. After waiting for years for her fiancé to return, she became eager to

What was life in the prison like? Only few people can answer that question, but The Yuma Territorial Prison was not only a prison, it also had other activities which the prisoners could get involved in so they would not spend all day locked in a cell. For example a very important part of the prison was the famous Library which was built inside the Yum Territorial Prison. It was not a very fancy library, the prison could hardly afford books for the prisoners and for the people of Yuma to use. This library did not only help the prisoners but also other people who were not inmates as well. The library was filled with books once Madora Ingalls got people to donate books and raise money for new books. Another thing they would do to raise money

In the chapter “Waiting Between the Trees” Ying-ying’s past in China that she has kept from her daughter is revealed. When she was young she believed that she was too good for any man, however eventually she realized she had to settle and married an indecent man, despite her being extremely vain. She had given up herself for this man, only for him to

Elliott gives an exuberant furthermore, captivating story that touches upon various parts of the Qianlong rule. The initial three sections take after a generally ordered approach, itemizing thusly Qianlong's early life, his first years in control, and familial obligations and their effect on his run the show. As Elliott notes, `A distraction

Jing-Mei feels differently though, “Unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to. I could only be me,” (359/80) and she was correct for she had no natural musical talent. Jing-Mei has a desire to please her mother, but an even stronger one to choose her own life. She pacifies her mother by going to piano lessons but puts in no effort. Jing-Mei is “…determined to put a stop to her blind foolishness,” (356/48) but her mother’s desire to create a prodigy to compete with Aunt Lindo’s daughter, keeps her focused on the impossible. That is, until Jing-Mei escalates this conflict to its breaking point in rebellion. Stunning her mother, she shouts “Then I wish I’d never been born! I wish I were dead! Like them,” (359/77) referring to the twin daughters her mother lost in China. Sadly, the mother’s desire to have Jing-Mei conform to her expectations creates a constant battle between mother and daughter, and, in rejecting those expectations, seeing disappointment in her mother’s face all too often causes Jing-Mei to feel, “something inside me began to die” (353/18).

Jing-Mei observes that even though she is playing incorrect notes, Old Chong applauds her. Her observations help her come to the conclusion that Old Chong’s eyes were too slow to keep up with the notes she was playing. She uses this as an advantage to get out of

The feeling of understanding Mei Changsu's thought process without Mei Changsu explaining himself was a pleasant one even though he and Mei Changsu were little more than strangers who happened to be on the same side of the chessboard. Jingyan jousted, "Xia Jiang will commit any crime, except treason." "He conspired with Liang's second highest ranked prince," said Mei Changsu. He spoke as if he'd personally witnessed the events and his tone was innocent. " He served Liang for sixteen years.

Suyuan had very high expectations and envisions of what she felt Jing-Mei should become in order to make make it in America. Suyuan became obsessed with the fact that she could give her daughter the chance to experience the american dream; which in result caused her to start to compare Jing Mei to Waverly, the daughter of her friend, who coincidentally was a chess prodigy. Suyuan did everything in her capability to give Jing-Mei the opportunity to become an excellent pianist. Jing-Mei’s mother offered to clean the house of a retired piano teacher, Mr. Chong, in exchange for piano lessons for Jing Mei. Everyday, Suyuan pressured Jing Mei to practice the piano even though Jing Mei had no interest.

It is hard to let our children to choose their own dreams. When parents show constant disappointment in their children, children can eventually become disappointed in themselves. Seeing her mothers disappointment over and over again starts killing something inside of her. Jing Mei breaks down, “I looked at my reflection, blinking so I could see more clearly. The girls staring back at me was angry, powerful. This girl and I were the same. I had thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with wont’s. I won’t let her change me, I promised myself. I won’t be what I’m not“ (19). Hopes for making your parents proud can shatter after so much pressure as did Jing Mei’s.

“Ch’en She and Wu Kuang plotted together saying, “If we try to run away we will die, and if we start a revolt we will likewise die. Since we die in either case, would it not be better to die fighting for a kingdom?” (78) What these two imperial leaders showed was courage, and bravery. Especially Wu Kuang because he knowing angered one of the commanders so that he could attack him, and the rest of the men could become angered and want vengeance. They killed all the commanders and this began the revolution against the Chin Dynasty.