...Commentary on an excerpt from The Jade Peony In the excerpt from ‘The Jade Peony,’ Wayson Choy conveys the feelings and emotions of a little boy who has just lost his mother. Feelings of shock and awareness are created by the lack of detail present. The author uses the activity around the boy to exemplify and focus on the silence in the boy’s head. Choy uses tone, imagery and the narrative first person to convey the context and feelings of the narrative voice. A sense of distance and detachment from surrounding is established in the first paragraph with the sound of ‘footsteps’ and ‘voices.’ Nevertheless loud auditory imagery such as ‘a chair fell,’ ‘the curtains whipping,’ and ‘snapping’ illustrates the sense of an echo in the boy’s head. It conveys that everything affects him more, and that his senses are more vulnerable. This, therefore establishing that he has gone through some sort of trauma. The actions in first paragraph like ‘kept calling, rush, whip, shuddered and hesitated for a second’ are extremely quick. This is contrasting to the slow movements like ‘pull and clung’ in the second paragraph therefore illustrating the way time felt slower to the boy and the way the world spun around him. The shock he feels, is therefore highlighted. The quick movements in the first paragraph could also portray the urgency of the situation. ‘Rigid arms’ and ‘mommy’s head move’ are the first time that the reader is given some clue about the mother’s death. The rigid...
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...Once, when the world was new it was a bright and sunny day. The sand which was golden brown was smothered with crabs. The sea was full of fish some were spacious some were small. In the village lived a young poor and beautiful girl named Larissa. She goes to the market everyday just to sell juicy fruit and vegetables. Larissa loved going up the hills and visiting all the animals while feeding them their favourite snack every night and day. Her biggest dream is just to save a person’s life! The next morning Larissa woke up, she went to the kitchen and saw her parents making breakfast for her they told her that Maricus the half horse half bull had been released again. Maricus had already been killing a lot of people that lived in her village. The queen was the one who had sent the beast. Larissa had remembered the last time Maricus had ruined her village. Maricus has head like a bull with an elongated body of a cute horse. His tail is stronger than a horse. He is much more likely to kill a human than destroying buildings and injuring an animal. That is why all living things stay way away from him. That day Larissa felt unsecure she stepped outside and saw her peaceful village in a wreck she just couldn’t stand there and just sees her whole village in a mess. So she stepped back in her home and told her parents to seal all the doors and windows. Larissa saw someone she recognised the lady said ‘Hello Larissa’ and walked off. She dropped something Larissa tried...
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...stories of why the ding was created. Another thing that amazed me was the different styles of art comparing a Japan vessel with a Korean vessel. When we discussed about those two pieces of art in class I was so interested in knowing why the styles were so similar yet different at the same time. After the discussion we had I was comparing both objects and I noticed more differences than similarities and it all had to do with the time period. The Korean vessel was from 3000 B.C.E and the vessel from Japan was from the Middle Jomon period. The styles from each vessels can be described as unique in their own ways. Another thing that really caught my attention in these first pages of reading were the jades. These were really important during the Early Zhou period. The jades are basically...
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...to observe more carefully. You will not be graded on the quality or skill of this drawing, as long as you make a serious effort. **Also include a photo of your artwork at the end of your essay.** 7) If necessary, add a page for works cited. ! Ancient American Jade was used in two ancient American regions in Mesoamerica where is was use to simple make beads around 1500 B.C, also in Costa Rica where the first sculptural forms were carved about 1,000 years later. Coasta Rica was a tropical country and biological diversity located between Nicaragua to lower Central America. With the first evidence of worked jade as a pendant excavated in a burial on the Nicoya Peninsula in 700 A.D it eventually died out and been replaced by a fashion for ornaments of gold. The Bird Pendant that Archaeological evidence suggest, was made and treasured in 500 B.C. ! Ancient American Jade was made up of multiple semiprecious hard stones.Its compact structure, hardness and admirable surface gleam was preferred for statues. Jade was a beautiful color when worked.This is a very interesting bird pendant for its color being a blueish greenish making it a one of its own kind. ! The context that the American Jade Bird Pendant consisted of was social, it was...
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...paragraph about something general about the theme. Remember to have quotes and examples from the text – at least two quotes. Bullying is persistent unwelcome behavior, we all have experienced. It can be in so many levels. It can leave its marks, and can have its consequences. But even though we do not think it is humane to bully, why is it continuing? Should we not step in, and help the bully victim? In the article “Big Brother Bullies little sister” by Stuart Jeffries, we are introduced to the contestant Jade in the “Big Brother” show, and how the show exposes people to get viewers. Jade is 21 years old and are from Bermondsey, she swears and talks behind her fellow housemate’s backs. Even though she can be nice, the Television show does not show it. They keep it hidden, and only show the other side of Jade. The huge audience begins to hate Jade, and threaten to hurt her on an unofficial Big Brother website. They make money from the viewers, so they can´t just let Jade go. “Channel 4, which thanks to the 25p-a-minute eviction phone lines and costly "news update" which misguided people can have texted their mobile phones, is making money out this hate” (p.28.ll,40-45) The television show “Big Brother” is a game show in which a group of contestants, called housemates , live in a house isolated from , which includes everyday facilities such as a fully equipped kitchen, garden, bedroom, bathroom and. The house has dozens of cameras and microphones so the housemates are fully...
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...visits to earth. They were bathing in a river and the Cowherd, Niu Lang, decided to have a bit of fun by running off with their clothing. The prettiest daughter (Zhi Nue, the seventh born), asked him to return their clothes. Law dictated that since Niu Lang had seen her naked, they had to marry. The couple lived happily for several years until the Goddess of Heaven missed her daughter, and ordered her to return to heaven. The lovers were permitted to reunite once each year. On the seventh night of the seventh moon, magpies form a bridge with their wings for Zhi Nu to cross to meet her husband. In the second story, Niu Lang and Zhi Nu were fairies living on opposite sides of the Milky Way. Feeling sorry for the two lonely sprites, the Jade Emperor of Heaven brought them together, but they became so enraptured with each other that they neglected their work. The Emperor decreed that from that point on, the couple could only meet once a year. Star gazers celebrate Qi Xi by gazing up at the star Vega, east of the Milky Way which represents Zhi Nu, and at the constellation Aquila, on the west side of the Milky Way, where Niu Lang waits for his love to join him. A Chinese website whose founders oppose the holiday's increasing commercialism advises, "Lovers, could you please not show off your happiness? Forget the hearts and flowers and keep your love-happy selves to yourself." I'll be playing hockey. It's the...
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..."Although money, fame, and power are all powerful motivators, our conscience can be far more compelling than any of these. The need to feel intrinsically good about what we have done is an innate part of human nature. Very often, we follow this instinct rather than give in to outside temptations. For example, the celebrity Jade Goody grew to fame by badmouthing people, swearing, and doing many other morally wrong things in order to win the reality TV show Big Brother. However, this spring she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. In the remaining weeks of her life, she was like a changed person: she spent her time raising awareness for cervical cancer, writing out wills in order to make sure that her two young sons would have enough money after she passed on, and so forth. Knowing that they are going to die can often change someone dramatically. In her final days, Jade's conscience motivated her to do several good things. History is strewn with the names of famous people who have given large donations to charity: Bill Gates, Andre Agassi, etc. Sometimes, these people may not only be motivated by sheer conscience, but also the public honour and fame of having a foundation, a charity, or a building named after them. But people also give anonymous donations - in 2009, an anonymous donor gave a million dollars to some American universities. As no-one knew who they were, money, fame, and power cannot possibly have been ther reason for their donation. Conscience and conscience alone...
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...China, she is a widely known character. She is known as a very beautiful woman who is living alone in a palace in the moon called “Guanghan Palace”. Her story is one of the most famous tragedies in Chinese myths. Recently there are several “retold” versions of the story of Chang-e’s ascent to the moon in different media. In 2010, there was a teleplay named “Chang-e” that told about the love story of Chang-e, Houyi, Wugang and Jade Rabbit. In the retold story, the relationship of these four persons is very complicated at the beginning. Later on, Houyi falls in love with Chang-e and Wugang is in love to Jade Rabbit. They try to start their new lives happily. However, a great flood troubles people, and it can be only resolved by Chang-e. The Jade Emperor gives 2 pills to Houyi and Chang-e but one of the 2 pills is destroyed and exchanged a fake one by a scoundrel. Houyi eats the fake pill when he knows this since he wants Chang-e to float to the moon and control the tides, so that she can stop the disaster. At the end, Chang-e floats to the moon alone. Jade Rabbit sympathizes with Chang-e so she also floats to the moon to accompany her. The 2 couples are both separated. There are several versions of the ancient myth about Chang-e. But the most famous one is from the book “huainanzi”. Chang-e is Houyi’s wife. Houyi gets elixir from Xiwangmu (the Western Queen Mother), and give it to his wife to store. When Houyi is going out to hunt, his student Fengmeng try to steal it but...
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...Deirdre Hornes (De-De) Vallejo, CA 94591. (707) 373-2044. dedehornes@hotmail.com Summary Executive Assistant offering an impressive record of providing support to C-Level executives (similar to a Chief of Staff). Willing to go the extra mile to deliver within budget. Strong relationship building. Able to plan and execute large meetings with ease. Key skills include: * Executive Assistant/Office Manger * Project coordination/management * Creative problem solver * Building effective relationships | * Excellent verbal and written communications * Sharepoint | Professional Experience Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA –2009 – 2014 Executive Administrative/Project Manager – Technology Risk Management Operations Provide assistance to Executive and team which include prioritizing and managing multiple projects simultaneously. Act as a liaison for executive and executive team which includes cross-functional team of business operations owners, system developers, compliance officers, IT network and security team on projects to develop and execute change initiatives. Leveraged in-depth understanding of end-to-end customer experience to identify pain points and latent customer needs. * Strategically manage and maintain Executive Director’s calendar. Setup meetings with other Executive Administrators to coordinate calendaring for large complex meetings. * Facilitate staff meetings by structuring agendas, taking notes and organizing...
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...Chinese family’s as they settled in Canada, with their next of kin born here in Canada, the families struggle to keep their children and family wrapped to their ancient and traditions and customs as they also tried to fit into their new country. The old Chinese culture had many limitations that are seen by relationship expectations, gender roles, education and jobs. In the book The Jade Peony written by Wayson Choy many of these limitations were exemplified. The jade Peony is told in the point of view of three of the four children of the Chens family. The story starts off in Jook-Liang’s point of view. Jook-Liang was the only daughter of Stepmother and father, and the only sister to Kiam, Jung-Sum, and Sek-Lung. Jook-Liang’s early life is...
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...In “The Jade Peony” by Wayson Choy, Jook-Liang’s family had immigrated to Canada from China. She suffered from gender discrimination as a girl who lived under Chinese traditional culture. “Jook-Liang, if you want a place in this world, do not be born a girl-child.” (27) However, Jook-Liang was able to withstand these negative views with the support of her friend Wong Suk, who Jook - Liang thought as the monkey man when she was young. After spending a lot of time Jook- Liang, Wong Suk was able to give the support and care to her that she is lacking from her family. With Wong Suk’s open-mindedness and support, Jook-Liang was able to expand on her dreams and interests, as she showed a great fond in tap-dancing and yearned to become a movie star. She idolized Shirley Temple and mimicked her dance steps and fashion. It is effective as it shows how...
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...In Wayson Choy’s novel The Jade Peony, Meiying is a bright girl whose forbidden relationship with Kazuo is continually impeded by racism. Meiying attempts to maintain this relationship but since she isn’t capable of coming to an equilibrium, the Chinese and Japanese teen couple living in Vancouver is forced to break up. Throughout the duration of the Second World War, the Canadian-Japanese are strongly discriminated against by the Canadian-Chinese. The “tall”, “elegant”, and “smart” (238) babysitter of Sek Lung that everyone in has come to love, experiences unbelievable hardship. Meiying tragically dies at the end of Choy’s novel. Choy classifies Meiying as a bright, likable person, and someone who is filled with potential from Sek Lung’s...
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...Leaving the sunny skies of Southern California wasn’t easy for Jade Walker, but after suffering two gut wrenching, tragic events, she made the difficult decision to leave her new life behind and return to that which she knew the best. Relocating back home to the rural community of Wolf Creek, located roughly three-thousand miles east of the bustling west coast city of Crawford, allowed her the chance to clear her head and also seize the opportunity to begin the career of her dreams as a published romance author. After the moving men placed the last cardboard box inside of her soon-to-be home office, Jade presented them with a generous tip and sent them on their way. As soon as she had seen them out, she proceeded to the kitchen to prepare...
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...Chinese Valentine's Day Everyone knows Valentine’s Day. But I believe most of people except Chinese don’t know that China have their own Valentine’s Day, We call it Chinese Valentine’s Day. This festival is very important for Chinese people. So let me introduce some information about this festival. At the beginning, I should introduce a myth for Chinese Valentine’s Day. Three or four thousand years ago, there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day, a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowhand farmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately, the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back. But that is not the end, love is a very powerful thing. It can change a lot of thing. Niu Lang was very sad and he didn’t know what could he do. So With the help of celestial cattle, the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife, the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One billowy river appeared in front of the Cowhand. The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever...
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...This woman’s name is Jade Thrasher. She is a nurse, and she is married to the love of her life, Matthew. Still, she was addicted to a habit that almost cost her life. Her father, Charles, was the first to notice a weird sore forming on her nose that turned this young woman’s life upside down. 1-12 As the Daily Mail reports, Jade wanted to be tanned and felt pressured to achieve that. After all, she was just one of the many who wanted to be bronzed. In Nashville, the place she live in, being pale was seen as unattractive. Then, in 2014, Jade started to grow concerned over the clear spot her father had noticed on her nose. Things were getting worse and the sore started bursting and refused to heal. Then she was told that she must get a biopsy...
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