On one side there is Foucquet the self-interested superior scholar, and on the other, there is John Hu, an innocent Chinese copyist trying to explore a new land. Hus is exploited from the outset as his views are written off as inferior and he is placed on a position that he cannot measure up to. Hu’s behaviour on the Voyage as well as during his time in France was perceived by Foucquet to be “Chinese madness”.5 Hu’s perceived crazy actions include things such as stealing a horse, eating disproportionate amounts of food at a time, and refusing to have any sorts of interaction with women. Hu frequently changes his demeanor, happy one instance and angry the next, which puzzles Foucquet and others eventually getting locked up in an insane asylum after being labeled as
The smell isn’t good but that’s nothing compared with the feel of all those serverd nostrils and lips and ears between your fingers”. This graphic image gives us a glance into the teenagers working lives, their arms are “slick” in blood and guts, this is not a job that they enjoy. We see an arrogant side to the narrator on page 4, “To be honest hes not my sort of bloke at all, but somehow he’s my best friend”, he comes across like he feel’s superior to Biggie, as if he owes his friendship to Biggie. The narrator shows us that there is a lot of loyalty between the two boys, on page 6 he states “Biggie’s not the brightest crayon in the box but he’s the most loyal person I know”, this leads us to belive that Biggie is unintelligent, not the most cleverest person. The narrator goes on to say that “I made him look brighter than he was”, this was done out of loyalty, the narrator was trying to help but it actually ended up wih Biggie and himself failing thier exams they “fried”.
However, with the use of this word, it implies humor saying that all the master does is talk a big word, but never actually does as he says. It is nice to see Franklin change it up once in a while, adding some humor although it may not be his forte. Likewise, Lame Deer too involves unexpected humor when he says, “You can’t do much with a cat, which is like an Indian, unchangeable” (121). After bashing the whites a countless number of times, Lame Deer finally softens his statements with an attempt at humor. Instead of making fun at the whites this time, he pokes fun at his own race, saying that they are stubborn to
English Essay Compare the ways in which Piggy and Simon attempt to prevent the boys from descending into savagery. Throughout the novel, the lord of the flies, you can clearly see the way in which the author, William Golding, differentiates the characters to show us as the readers their purpose in the novel. For piggy, he symbolises rational thinking. At the time the novel was written most power was still in the hands of the middle and upper classes. "Piggy was an outsider, not only by accent, which did not matter, but by fat, and ass-mar, and specs, and a certain disinclination to manual labour."
This concern is also expressed in the source written by Huan Guan, a government official where he tells about problems in society from lack of technology, such as iron plows. He discusses how technology becomes useless as all the tools are “crude and not very functional,” (Doc 2) showing how the Chinese prefer tools that are useful and efficient. Huan Tan, an upper class philosopher also hints at self-praise, saying “the benefit [from technology] was increased a hundredfold.” (Doc 3) This further shows Han China’s concern for effective technology. The source from the History of the Han Dynasty discusses how the appointed governor Tu Shih is praised as it glorifies technology, such as “iron agricultural implements that allowed people to enjoy great benefit for little labor.” (Doc 4) The Romans, on the contrary, had attitudes that expressed little to no interest or concern to how the lower class or the peasants will benefit from technology. The upper class Roman political leader Cicero calls crafts “vulgar and unbecoming.” (Doc 5) This shows the
He is much more negative than Ricci and Las Casas in his words. Unlike Casas, Sepúlveda believes that in “prudence, talent, and every kind of virtue and human sentiment,” (8) the Natives were inferior to the Spaniards. As stated above, Casas disagrees with this entirely. This would also be a difference from how Ricci views the Chinese. He had great respect for them.
The spread of Buddhism in China was liked by many people such as scholars, but some people did not like Buddhism such as Emperors and people from other religions. The first document doesn’t relate to the spread of Buddhism in China, but Zhi Dun, a Chinese scholar, author, and confidant of Chinese aristocrats and high officials appreciated the spread of Buddhism. He said that the Buddha correctly observes the commandments. Like Zhi Dun, in “The Disposition of Error” the Chinese scholar says that Confucius’s written works do not have everything in them and that Buddhism is like a wonderful creature because it is compared to both a unicorn and a phoenix. So the Chinese scholar in Document 3 must think Buddhism is good.
While Richard Milhous Nixon is seen as the worst president in the history of the United States of America, many people and historians also believe he did “one thing right.” That “one thing”0 would be his trip to China or as Richard Nixon himself referred to it -“the week that changed the world”0 However did it really change the world? Or was it just a political move made by the Nixon administration in an election year? Though the visit to China did help in opening up trade and communication, it was useless for President Nixon to personally go to China, and was not a history changing event like it was portrayed. In the year of 1971 it was revealed that a top secret meeting was held in China between America’s top foreign relations officer -Henry
He is disgusted by human physicality, which leaves him isolated and lonely towards adults and leads him to sexual impulses with little girls (Spring). The narrator ironically describes his as “a very clean man” instead of a dirty old man, but his implications are clear: his obsession with bodily purity has made him more perverted than simple lust life (Spring). Soaphead Church can be labeled as a ‘people hater’ who prefers objects to people. While, writing his letter to God we find him even crazier then before. Morrison not only wants us to see how Soaphead is a bad person but he wants us to see another way to deal with racial self-hatred (Spring).
Abstract John Humphrys’ article “I h8 txt msgs; How Texting is wrecking our language” is a cynical piece about how texting is bad for the English language. He believes that English will deteriorate into acronyms and a mnemonic system. He starts off with explaining his love for the dictionary. Each use of a dictionary leads to enlightenment, according to Humphrys. The newest edition of oxford English dictionary came out; to humphrys’ humor, the new edition “has removed the hyphen from no fewer than 16,000 words.” The fact the hyphen has been removes isn’t what gets to Humphrys, but what he believes to be the reasoning is what shocks him.