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Involvement in Vietnam From the early 1800’s up until 1931 Vietnam was controlled by France, Frances rule was then ended as they were forced to pull out of Vietnam due to the start of WW2, France left a ‘puppet ruler’ named Emperor Bao Dai. This left Vietnam vulnerable to invasion which was an opportunity Japan could not refuse and took advantage of Vietnam’s situation by invading. This sparked the return of a well known Vietnamese communist, Ho Chi Minh who was an exile

of Tay Ninh, Vietnam in 1026, after its founder Ngô Văn Chiêu, a district head of the French administration in Cochinchina, received a vision of the Divine Eye. Divine Eye was perceived as the focus for worship on all Cao Dai alters in the culture of Caodaism. The word Cao Dai, literally meaning “Highest Power,” is believed to be the supreme being who had created the whole universe by the Caodaists. The full

Storytelling can be found in every corner of the world. It is used to pass the time, tell of past or current events, and is the way that we communicate with each other. In Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie, storytelling occurs during times of hopelessness when life seems hard and allows the characters to live vicariously through the tales told. The narrator and Luo use storytelling as an escape from reality in times of desperation. The tailor is influenced by the stories to the

Storytelling can be found in every corner of the world. It is used to pass the time, tell of past or current events, and is the way that we communicate with each other. In Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie, storytelling occurs during times of hopelessness when life seems hard and allows the characters to live vicariously through the tales told. The narrator and Luo use storytelling as an escape from reality in times of desperation. The tailor is influenced by the stories to the

That is probably why every relative questioned Mr. Bao’s moving into a house in the most dangerous city in Orange County, Santa Ana. According to “OC register”, Santa Ana has the highest crime rate in OC, up to 869 cases a year in 2016. However, Mr. Bao and his wife had been searching for almost two years to find “the perfect house” in this poor area, and fortunately, they found one. Located at the corner of Harbor Blvd and First Street, the gated community is truly a diamond in the rough. The lovely

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie Throughout his novel Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie illustrates the powerful influence that books have on their readers. Through his narrative, he establishes his stance on the controversial issue of whether or not storytelling is good. He combines countless events and feelings to create a novel that demonstrates the good of storytelling and the iniquity of book banning and burning. In the end, Sijie portrays storytelling

It is very hard not to think about a specific culture without connecting it to a certain kind of landscape. For example, in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, the landscape of the village is in every single shot. The humid village and green surroundings were synonymous with the very primitive village life. Everything done in the village revolved around the resources that nature provided for them. This seemed to be a very prevalent theme in a few of the films we watched. In A Bite of China

Characterization analysis of Bao-yu and Candide Characterization of the protagonists in both Cao Xuequin’s Story of the Stone and Voltaire’s Candide play a significant role in the way the cultures are portrayed in the stories. By looking at Bao-yu and Candide, we can conclude that the characters were created to represent their cultures. Bao-yu is the main character protagonist in Story of the Stone. Bao-yu is not like other characters physically, he was born with a piece of jade in his mouth

like that,” Bao-chai said. Dai-yu laughed. “So do I. I think you should make sure we can keep it first before giving it a name.” Bao-yu cradled the cat in his arms, and he and Dai-yu set out to Grandma Jia, who he was sure would find it amusing. As the two were close to arriving at her quarters, they spotted Jia Zhang walking out. His eyes immediately filled with contempt as they focused on Bao-yu. “What have you got there, boy,” he said. Bao-yu hesitated. He glanced to his side at Dai-yu. She froze

book, we know that the “spirit flower of Fairyland” was Lin Dai-yu and the “beautiful jade without a blemish” was Jia Bao-yu. In their previous life, Jia Bao-yu used sweet dew to water the Lin Dai-yu, the flower reincarnation, so in present life Lin Dai-yu was born to be a girl who shall use her tears to repay Jia Bao-yu. As introduced in the song, in the later part of the story, when Jia Bao-yu was charged and had to leave home, Lin Dai-yu could do nothing but signing. Both of them could not change