Chen Shui-bian Essays

  • Cultural Encounter In The Joy Luck Club

    1739 Words  | 7 Pages

    First of all, culture can be defined as practices between people in cultural societies. Cultural encounter is also defined as the cultural identities and symbolic figurative and interpretational forms through an international and global perception. The concept of cultural encounters is explained and illustrated in the literature as the dynamic perception of culture. Cultural encounter concept is planned to deal with all the varieties of this cultural phenomenon including the communication between

  • Ambiguity In Yellow Earth

    713 Words  | 3 Pages

    director did not see any use for it, he would not use it in his film. The ambiguity of film language often times leads the viewer to ponder of the real meaning of a scene, rather than the superficial meaning of it. In the movie Yellow Earth, directed by Chen Kaige, is set in 1939 and focuses on the development of the relationship of a communist soldier and a peasant family. The goal of the soldier, Gu Qing, is to collect upbeat songs from the village to use for propaganda in his respective army. Gu develops

  • Concubine And Fugui

    946 Words  | 4 Pages

    Farewell My Concubine and To Live are two drastically different films that represented the Communist takeover as well as other major events of turbulence like the Japanese invasion. While Dieyi presented a life of hardships, through intense beatings and punishment by the troupe master, it was not the same with Fugui. Fugui began the movie as a rich gambler. However, when the Cultural Revolution surfaced in both films, the lives of both characters were under pressure. Dieyi had to live in a chaotic

  • The Dell Theory In Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat

    1130 Words  | 5 Pages

    Throughout Thomas Friedman’s book The World is Flat, he discusses how technology, certain people and other factors have made the earth smaller and flatter in a figurative sense. However, the most interesting topic in my opinion is the Dell Theory. This essay will talk about what the Dell Theory is and why it seems . In chapter 16 of the book, Friedman talks about the Dell Theory and that it can help the world achieve long-term peace. The theory states that “No two countries that are both part