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    Every Tiger Mother Wants To Rule Their Children In the articles “Two Kinds” and “Tiger Moms”, two diverse kinds of lives with tiger mothers are told by the two writers: Amy Tan and Annie Murphy Paul. The two main characters in the articles, Amy Chua and Amy’s mother are both giving many educates to the readers. Those two characters are described brightly and visual by the writers. However, from the articles there are still many similarities and differences by the different behaviors ways of the

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    stories. Also, Chua makes a point to portray the differences between Chinese parenting and that of Westerners. Amy Chua compares and contrasts Chinese mothers and, what she refers to as, Western mothers and shines a light on the harsh parenting style she chose. Chinese mothers are very strict. They do not even come close to the sternest Western mother. Chua believes there are three major differences in the parenting styles. Firstly, Western parents worry more about their children’s

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    found out that his so called “dead mother” is not really dead, but instead in London with the husband of an neighbor. Among this, Christoper has also learned that his own father also killed Wellington, the dog of the neighbor whom ran off with Christopher 's mom. Christopher learned the

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    The Mother Project is a documentary by Tierney Gearon. In this film she documents a period in her life where she moves from London to Los Angeles, showcases the relationship with her mother and kids, portray her pregnancy at the age of 41, and depicts her life as a photographer and how she photographs very personal moments of her life. The documentary takes place in New York, where she begins her project photographing her mother. The filmmakers record her visit to her mom’s house with her kids.

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    Don’t punch out your mother. That’s probably the first rule in the art of getting along with Mom as the two of you work together to plan your wedding. I know a bride who decked Mom merely hours before her wedding in one cathartic punch. After a year of haggling and battling over everything from the dress to the guest list to the flowers to the flavor of the cake, the tensions were so high that the bride just erupted after one not-so-well-placed comment from Mom. Mom was a virtual volcano of pent-up

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    that my mother had suddenly gotten up and had grabbed a pan from the kitchen to protect herself. I do not really remember what happened after that, I just remember that this affected our family’s dynamics. Nothing was the same after that evening. I think that my mother felt the support that we had for her after we protected her during that violent moment, because she never allowed my father to hit her again. To be honest, I am not sure if he ever even tried. I like to believe that my mother never

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    poet and was known to be a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. The poem “Mother to Son” was written by Langston Hughes in 1922 and the poem portrays a conversation between the mother and her son. The poem revolves around the mother telling her son that life is full of ups and downs and no matter what happens, not to give up. The poem showcases hardships, hope, and words of wisdom that the mother will tell to her son. The mother begins by how her life wasn’t easy, she states “Life for me ain’t been

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    Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Essay

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    “In one study of 50 Western American mothers and 48 Chinese immigrant mothers, almost 70% of the Western mothers said either that ‘stressing academic success is not good for children’ or that ‘parents need to foster the idea that learning is fun.’ By contrast, roughly 0% of the Chinese mothers felt the same way. Instead, the vast majority of the Chinese mothers said that they believe their children can be ‘the best’ students, that ‘academic achievement reflects successful parenting,’ and that if

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    Mother Tougue This essay titled mother Tougue is written by Amy tan who is the author of novels, children’s books, essay and memoir. And it was first delivered as a talk at a symposium on language in san Francisco in 1989. Amy Tan used expository detail in her essay .Two of her details that interested me are ; the fact that Amy Tan was forced by her mother to call people on the phone and pretend she was her mother. It interested me because Amy Tan was forced to yal or complain to those people

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    My mother died four years ago from an asthma attack and not a day goes by that I don’t miss her! Initially, when I found out that she passed away; I was 15 years old at the time. As a result, I knew my whole life was about to change; I would have a void in my heart forever. Furthermore, losing my mother would change my perspective of the world, especially at such a young age. Although, it’s hard to describe the pain that I felt, I can still remember her inner and outer beauty. For example, she fed

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