Joy Luck Club Comparative Analysis

Her most successful novel, The Good Earth, shortly after being published became the best-selling book of 1931 and 1932, and also received the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize (“Brief Biography of Pearl S. Buck”). “For many reviewers and critics, the realism of The Good Earth contributed to its universal appeal, making discussions of race irrelevant. Despite the limited criticism of the novel, readers in the western world have overwhelmingly considered the novel realistic in its portrayal of Chinese culture” (“The Discourse of Whiteness”). As a writer, Pearl attempted to promote intercultural understanding through her work (Conn 51). Majority of critics have had good things to say about The Good Earth and her other works.

Bai brand is a beverage company founded in 2009 in Princeton, New Jersey. Its flagship product is Bai Antioxidant infusions. Dr. Pepper Snapple Bottling Group ended up purchasing Bai Brans for 1.7 billion dollars cash. The commercial “Bai goes Big For the 2017 Super Bowl” successfully advertises their product, the Bai drink, and encourages individuals who want a refreshing, yet healthy drink, to try a sip of Bai. Pathos is found in nostalgia for the song “Bye Bye Bye” which was a very popular song in the 90’s.

The book does not contain much dialog which makes it more difficult for the audience to be captivated by the story. The audience uses the actors and their reactions and facial expressions as a way to connect with the narrative. Being able to visually see the story acted out on film makes the events of Martin Guerre feel substantially more real. The film attempts to blend the historical facts of the book with an entertainment element needed for general audiences.

Beginning in the 18th century, many ancient civilizations began to decline including the Ottoman empire and the Qing dynasty. The Ottomans had reached their peak late in the 15th century. The turkic warriors demolished the Byzantine empire and established an Islamic society in much of the Balkans and the Mediterranean. To the east a new Chinese dynasty was emerging in the mid 17th century. The Qing emperors were not of Chinese descent, but were instead a nomadic group called the Manchu that conquered a declining Ming dynasty in 1644.

Perhaps, now, we can see that Chinese is the current racial majority, making their mother tongue the dominant second language. For this very reason, Malay or Indian kids may learn Chinese as their ‘mother tongue’. The taxi driver then moves on to commenting the need to learn one’s mother tongue language in order to understand one’s culture. The passenger also doesn’t consider herself to be an Indian simply because she doesn’t relate to any of their practices or culture.

An opinion that was discussed in class that I agree with is, when learning about the Holocaust, it is more authentic to visualize and reconstruct the past through a personal recollection rather than be provided with images. I believe that the content of these personal recollections is dependent on the length of time past between the experience and the recollection. More specifically, the passage of time leads to more emotional memories being mentioned, as was briefly discussed by Ruth Kluger in her novel Still Alive (2001) (Kluger 34). As opposed to Kluger’s view that emotional memories are merely remembered better, I believe that this content changes with time because the more general, over-arching details of the Holocaust became well known

The most prominent similarity was the fact that Liesel still adored to steal and read books. Without this trait, this would be an entirely different book. The two most salient differences between the book and movie were the fact that Max Vandenburg didn’t give Liesel and books and that Death didn’t give any, or almost any, comments and narrations. Without these, there are noticeable differences between the film adaptation and book. All in all, I prefered the book better.

The diction and tone in Woolf’s essay affects her message as it was melancholy and calm. The diction was clear and understandable to ensure that the audience could understand her message, rather than try and decipher large incoherent words. Woolf also uses many words with negative connotations, but takes a neutral attitude to the subject. At the beginning of the essay Woolf 's tone is very hopeful, but as the essay progresses it turns dark and somber. At the beginning Woolf used phrasing such as “ Pleasant morning” (Woolf 5) and “enormous energy of the world”(Woolf 24) .

In 1999 Estée Lauder bought part of the company and in 2006 it was wholly acquired. Nevertheless, the innovative spirit and the creator’s philosophy remained intact in each Jo Malone product, thanks to Estée Lauder’s understanding and respect of the brand DNA. (Gordo, 2013) Much of Jo Malone’s success can be attributed to Estée Lauder. According to its Financial Report (2014), China remains one of the target markets for Estée Lauder, and its double-digit annual sales growth is expected to continue.

But in China, this view seems cannot be fully correct as even China has different ethics group, but still, they could live together peacefully in general. Different aboriginal contain their local culture but they seem did not reject each other. China is a country with diverse ethnic groups, 56 recognized by PRC, so I would like to promote this special feature by using the sentence” This is China, this is home.” in different dialects at the end of this video. China has 7 major regional dialects and numerous sub-dialects including, Northern(北方話), Hakka(客家話), Wu (吳語), Min (閩語), Yue(粵語), Xiang(湘語) and Gan(贛語).

After Buddhism’s arrival in China, the Chinese defended the policies and beliefs of Buddhism. Zhi Dun described Buddhism as providing a way to reach nirvana, or total enlightenment. Due to Zhi Dun’s position as an upper class scholar, his writing doesn’t reflect the lower classes’ feeling of danger due to invading nomads. As an upper class scholar, Zhi Dun was not directly threatened by such nomads.

In the speech, I announced the terms that previewed the actual chords and the main points. While I did this, I spoke at a quick pace, but nevertheless with clarity for the audience to catch every word that I spoke. Speaking too quickly, the fast motions, and a few careless pronunciations really made the speech less appealing. After watching the video, I noticed how much I used void fillers. I would say “alright” and “so” quite often.

This is why China is in trouble. The Chinese people are taking everything at face value. No one is questioning their teachers and without questions the students do not have a full understanding. Another example of the Chinese stuck in an information drought would be one of Applebaum’s example of censorship saying, “the Chinese government also demanded that Microsoft delete the writings of a free-speech advocate from its blog software” (Applebaum 643). Microsoft is only one example of censorship in China.

Since this occurred a few years after the Gold Rush, there were already Chines immigrants that were starting to build their new life in the United States and looking for jobs. Since they were successful, the head of the Tong Hook Ton Dramatic Company decide to expand to the east as well. Having heard that the Europeans residing in the East Coast enjoyed watching Chinese inspired theatre they thought that it was a good idea to go to the East Coast. At first they were skeptical about this opportunity and when they arrived to New York, their intuitions were correct. The European Audience did not

I enjoyed the movie better than the book. It included just the right amount of action scenes, description words, and details from the story. The story was amazing but I like seeing things more than reading them. I usually like the movies better than the book.