To make her point clear she uses a lot of pathos and a lot of examples from experiences with herself and her two daughters, Louisa and Sofia. At the beginning when she tells the stories about her daughters trying to fight back you think ’what a terrible mother’, but she uses this feeling to support the view the readers have on the Chinese mothers as being mean to their kids so that afterwards she can tell how it turned out good and therefor the way she raises her kids is the best. Amy Chua has a high ethos because she is a professor at Yale which is a very respected job, and as a parent it makes her more reliable because she tells the reader that her parents treated her the same way that she treats her daughters, and as we can see she has been very successful. Also she uses loghos: ”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,
Chen, the bandit sold her to a Madam from Shanghai who transported Polly to America. Lalu sold to a man named Hong King who owned a saloon in Warrens. Polly's sense of home was changed, ever since she came to America. When she was in China, her home was with her family in a farming village, as she got shipped to America , she met new people, and found her home with Charlie in Salmon Canyon. In the beginning of the book, Lalu was in China with her family and was farming.
Affected by her experiences growing up during China’s Cultural Revolution and her move to the United States, Hung Liu’s recent exhibitions showed both adversity and perseverance. Hung Liu was only permitted to draw from life when she was trained in Beijing. Liu, however, was against these strict rules and secretly used photographs as an aid in her painting. Her father was captured and taken away to prison when she was six years old. Her family has to destroy most of their family photos because those personal items were prohibited during the Cultural Revolution.
In Alice’s case, her characteristics and values have been drastically influenced by what her family has been through in the past. An example of the influence of past lives on the behaviors of family members is the relationship between Alice’s mother and her grandmother. There is great conflict between the two of them during Alice’s childhood because her grandmother has such high expectations of Alice’s mother that she finds difficult to fulfill. Alice’s grandmother is an old fashioned Chinese woman, who believes that the wife of the house must bring honor to her family by perfecting all domestic duties. Juggling four children, cooking, cleaning and adjusting to a new society puts pressure on Alice’s mother.
The Marriage Law may have been the beginning of China’s rapid growth and not one knew it. Women in other countries had been granted right before China passed the Marriage. China had always been behind the powerful countries but this was a big step towards the race of being the dominant country of the world. This law may have seemed minor to other countries that had already granted women their rights but this could have been China’s first step in becoming a powerful country. If this little detail would have been taken more seriously China dominant future could have been predicted more quickly.
For eight years, Clelia remained with her parents opening a small florist shop which she grew a strong connection with it. However, it was not until 1889 where her dads plan for her to stay with them backfired. From her florist business, that Celia had established she was able to accumulate two thousand dollars that she was going to use to pay for her education at the Wellesley College in 1889. During her first year at Wellesley, she realized that his dad was telling here the truth, it was not easy task for here especially being a twenty –five year old freshman woman. By the
Financially I think Jennifer and her husband are doing great. I believe if Jennifer would maybe cut her hours at work that she could start a family together. I also feel this would help Jennifer and her stress level. This is a huge decision that Jennifer and her husband would have to make together, but I don’t believe with Jennifer’s schedule that they would be able to throw a baby in the middle of Jennifer’s life. If Jennifer’s husband would want to cut his hours that would be great, but something has to give at this point.
Here she makes a substantial amount of money considering her background. She chooses to stay because she makes enough money to pay rent, feed her children, and send them to private school. She could not even imagine such a life if she were to waitress or be a servant. Kelly finds that, even in an effort to eradicate force into the profession via anti-pimping laws, some women still found themselves working against their will-- either forced by their partners or deceived into thinking that they are taking up another job. For example, Magda was promised work as a waitress, but ended up serving at a
For centuries people seem to think race and ethnicity define a person, However, we now know that there is more to a person than just race and ethnicity. In our society the heritage of an individual most likely defines who they are. Each individual, regardless of religion, race, or ethnicity has a sense of pride burning within them. This concept of pride sometimes overturns or perhaps overlooks problems within our society to fulfill this need. In the film Eat a Bowl of Tea, directed by Wayne Wang, a young Chinese couple living in a 1960’s Chinatown located in New York are constantly facing conflicts in their marriage.
Her mother became a polygamist in China and therefore disgraced herself. She never knew her mother well except from the few times she saw her and the stories her grandma told of her. In this An-mei learns about sacrifice from her mother. This story is like the parable because her mother transforms herself into something totally different. The Red Candle is about a Chinese girl named Lindo whose parents chose a husband for her when she was only two years old.