Amy Grant

I was not sure how to feel when I learned that my favorite producer had just released what was being marketed as a modern adaptation of my favorite of Shakespeare’s comedies, Much Ado About Nothing. I loved Whedon’s cult classics such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer since the shows had strong female characters who were unapologetic of their sexuality and were revolutionary in the way the shows portrayed queer relationships; however, his more recent work had left a bad taste in my mouth (namely Cabin

In, “ Mother Tongue” Amy Tan characterizes her mother English is not perfect. Her mother cannot use the correct English when she speaks. She doesn’t care all the forms of standard English, and she can say whatever words she likes. However, Amy’s mother really like to read Shirley Maclaine’s books, and talks with everybody. Some people can not understand her mother, and some people understand about 50 or 80 percent. That is why, she could not have a good service when she went to banks, restaurants

individuals, the aid from family and loved ones is necessary when trying to recover. However, for Amy Winehouse, it seems as if every inner-struggle the star had brewing inside was swept under the rug by her mother and father. It is evident that ignoring mental health issues will never have a positive end result and that is demonstrated in Amy. In order for the audience to step in her shoes for a few hours, Amy is re-presented to the audience by fragments of footage of herself and interviews of her closest

In the short story, “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, it explains the differences such as work ethic and beliefs between the narrator, jing-mei or daughter and her mother. Jing-mei is a chinese american that is the daughter of a woman who lost everything from her home to her to twin daughters and her husband. The mother believes deeply in the american dream and her daughter finding her special prodigy. The mother gave Jing-mei a test to help see where her talent lied but throughout the story she failed. The

In Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior, the author Amy Chua uses ethos, logos and pathos to persuade her readers that the Chinese style of parenting is superior to the Western method; however, I do not believe that her argument is effective. In the case of ethos, the author is a professor at Yale University, which is a status that commands credibility and respect. She presents herself as a Chinese mother (authority figure), who was raised according to this method, which shaped her own parenting style

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Nowadays, the child’s education becomes more and more important. Study can change a person’s life. A strict mother and a amiable mother from “Tiger Moms” is written by Annie Murphy Paul, and “Two Kinds” is written by Amy Chua. In the story “Tiger Moms”, the mom was described “like a monster” by reporters, but everyone has a different side. The article “Two Kinds” is talking about a kind mother tried to let her daughter study piano, but the girl play the piano horribly and her teacher is deaf and

In “Mother Tongue” author Amy Tan states, "Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all--all the Englishes I grew up with." Tan clearly discusses her many Englishes, when she uses them, and why. Her relationship with her mother has been greatly impacted by these different versions of English and this has directly impacted her writing along with people’s perception of her. In this essay, Tan tells of how, throughout her life, she has been through various scenarios that go to show that patience

in Nguyen’s essay the two girls go to school and are automatically placed in a bilingual education system based on their physical features. This leads people around these characters to make assumptions of them not being able to understand english; when in reality, that is not the case because in Tan’s essay the mother understood and read a variety of newspapers. In Nguyen’s the girls also understand the materials in class and excelled in academics. Furthermore, the two essays also connect with one

Jing-Mei, a young girl born in America, continuously opposes the tenacious ambitions of her Chinese immigrant mother who believes America to be full of unlimited opportunities. The different types of conflict present in Amy Tan’s short story, Two Kinds, establish the theme of parental expectations in a relationship between mother and daughter. Jing-Mei undergoes an internal struggle as she aspires to become her own individual, just as external conflict appears between the mother and daughter, each