Lai

Although the Lais of Marie de France may seem to be ordinary tales of knights and chivalry, each explores the complicated issues surrounding love, loyalty, and gender. Marie uses four stories in particular to make statements on the relationships between men and women of that time. The first story follows the tale of a knight named Guigemar. Despite his noble qualities and popularity, “he never displayed the slightest interest in love” (44). This all changes one day when Guigemar goes hunting. He

the king discovers there secret and the two are scorched to death. Furthermore, what would love be if one could not gather any satisfaction from this event? In The Lais of Marie de France the happiness of love is a very significant factor, it is the determination that drives the passionate relationships that flourish within the lais. In the story of “Laustic”, the lovers are never in physical acquaintance but seem to gaze at each other every night

“Chevrefoil” Adapted Imagine a story of lovers from The Lais of Marie de France as a children’s book. It would show the events true love can overcome, and inevitably end in a happy ending. The stories would have to be adapted in such a way to where all the details were appropriate for a child. It must be wrote to where the story would not be over their head, so they could fully understand the story. My adaption of “Chevrefoil” from The Lais of Marie de France into a children’s book would essentially

At a first point, one need to understand what a lai is. Like Dr. McDonie says on his notes, a lai is “the art of compression [by] stripping away of the unimportant details in order to concentrate on what is the most essential matter”. In other words, a lai will give the important details of the story and go straight to the point. Marie de France was a woman writer in the 12th century, who will write in French instead of latin. However, she will give a special touch to her writings because she will

Attacks stretched as far as the northern U.S. military installation, Chu Lai, down to the primary objective in the south, Saigon. The launch of such an intricate and fierce attack caught many U.S. commanders off guard because at the time, the potential of the Northern fighters was severely underestimated. In the years before, Saigon acted as a safe haven for many refugees trying to escape the horrors of war. The comfort of the city soon vanished when the North Vietnamese sent 35 battalions to

today, and occurred significantly more as of recent times. Consider the way that textbooks depict the My Lai Massacre, a standout amongst the most notorious occasions of the Vietnam War, amid which American soldiers killed unarmed Vietnamese ladies and kids. To the degree that textbooks say the slaughter, they regard it as a detached occurrence—notwithstanding the impressive confirmation that My Lai is demonstrative of "wrongdoings submitted on an everyday premise with the full attention to officers

Sanctioned massacres are massacres in which the targets of the mission have not threated the perpetrators of the violence, "The My Lai Massacre: A Military Crime of Obedience" written by Herbert C. Kelman and V. Lee Hamilton explains how this sanctioned massacre, resulting in over one hundred lost lives of unarmed citizens by US soldiers in the village of Son My (Kelman & Hamilton 131-132). The orders were traced back to a Lt. William Calley who was originally charged with most of the murdered in

English you must think, do, wish for nothing else (Lai 117).” This shows that Ha struggles with the other Vietnamese to learn English. Ha needs to learn the new language and help her family in learning the new language as they continue to struggle in learning English. (Transition word/phrase/Sentence) “Until you children master English you must think, do, wish for nothing else.” (117)To learn english and the americans way Inside out by thanhha lai Ha struggles with the other vietnamese to learn

On March 16, 1968, "Charlie Company" was sent into a little Viet Cong town called (by the U.S.) My Lai 4. Their directions by bosses were: "... murder each man, lady, tyke and creature in the town. Blaze every one of the homes.... nothing ought to be strolling, developing or creeping." The very word "My Lai" is synonymous with war zone monstrosity. There were a lot of reasons for the misconduct and inhumane acts carried out by the American soldiers in the village. The biggest being is the lack of

Giordano. Besides the successful of this company, there is also definitely an entrepreneur behind it that worked really hard to make it happen. The entrepreneur of Giordano that also will be discussed in this essay is Lai Chee-Ying (Jimmy Lai). In order to describe how Giordano and Jimmy Lai became so successful, this essay will purposefully explain what Giordano is and what Jimmy Lai’s background, characteristics, and skills to make it happen. First of all, Giordano was established in 1981 and headquartered