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Engaging Our Hundred Secret Senses: Amy Tan, 2001.
This paper provides an examination of the soaring career, culture, and works of Chinese-American author Amy Tan with a special emphasis on her novel, "The Hundred Secret Senses".
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 73.95
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This paper examines the life, career and literature of best-selling Chinese-American author Amy Tan. The author focuses specifically on her novel "The Hundred Secret Senses", and examines the history of Chinese-American immigrants, the discrimination they were subjected to, and the pressures of assimilation into American culture. The paper also looks at the pull between Chinese tradition and American way of life, and how Tan struggles with this issue in her writing.
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"In only a handful of novels, Amy Tan has brought us the legends and stories of her background. She has introduced the American public to a new world of fiction, based on her own experiences mingled with the experiences of her ancestors in their beloved homeland of China . In these stories, she has shown herself to be a writer of uncommon technical skills, powers of observation, and richness of humanity, a combination of gifts that inspires her many readers to eager anticipation of her future works."
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"The Hundred Secret Senses" by Amy Tan, 2002.
A look at the theme of mixed identity and senses in Tan's novel.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper discusses the way in which Amy Tan manages to weave the theme of cross cultures and identities in most of her works, focusing on "The Hundred Secret Senses." It describes the main character of Kwan who also represents this confusion and uncertainty of her identity.
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"As is suggested by its title, The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan?s work of fiction suggests that there are senses that go beyond the five customary ones individuals think of when analyzing the ways that human beings perceptually relate to the world. Tan is a writer primarily interested in how individuals located between cultures conceptualize their identities. She suggests that identity and truth, are mutable and constantly in flux, dependent upon perceptions that lie deeper than the material world. Two of three main characters in the text are bi-racial, the half-white and half-Chinese Olivia Yee and her half-Hawaiian husband Simon."
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"The Hundred Secret Senses" ( Amy Tan ), 1999.
Examines the Americanization of Olivia, the power of cultural models, language, supernatural themes and characterization.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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" 1. Amy Tan's The Hundred Secret Senses shows that Olivia was shaped by American values, materialism, self-centeredness, rationality, skepticism, and rejection of the traditional ways of China. The major complicating factor is, of course, the influence of her sister Kwan. Their very names suggest this division, one American, the other Chinese. As much as Olivia wants to throw off forever her ethnic past, Kwan is always there as both sister and surrogate mother to remind her of the roots of which Olivia is ashamed.
Because of her Americanization, Olivia lives a life defined by externals--what other people think of her, how much money she and her husband make, material goods. Her childhood, however, is more contradictory: "For most of my childhood, I had to struggle not to see the world the way Kwan described it. Like her talk ..."
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"The Hundred Secret Senses", 2002.
A focus on 'Oriental meeting Western' issues discussed in Amy Tan's third novel, "The Hundred Secret Senses" .
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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A paper which explores important ethnic issues in Amy Tan's "The Hundred Secret Senses" - one of the most important being how the novel emphasizes the differences between East and West through its two main characters and how each has much to learn from the other.
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"The Hundred Secret Senses" is Amy Tan's third novel and received positive response from the readers because of her earlier successes namely "The Joy Luck Club" and "Kitchen God's Wife". The book as her earlier works is a beautiful blend of east and west and the writer herself coming from a Chinese family brings an element of Oriental culture and values in the Hundred Secrets Senses too. While the storyline is definitely unique in its own way, it is important to understand that it is not the plot for which Amy Tan is famous but it is her wonderful and lively characters, their amazing and rather incredible powers and their ability to bring something different to everyday American life that makes her novels interesting and gripping. The readers may not always be able to relate to those characters but they are special because they open new vistas and introduce the readers to a world they didn't know existed."
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The Immigrant Experience in Amy Tan's Novels, 2000.
How Amy Tan explores the immigration experience as portrayed in her novel "Joy Luck Club" and short story "Two Kinds".
1,430 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 6 sources, $ 47.95
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This paper takes a look at how Amy Tan's stories and novels have shaped the American view of the experience of Asian-American immigrants. The paper looks at the contrasts that Amy Tan had to face, especially in terms of the clash with her mother's culture, and the confrontation of the experiences of Asian immigrants in American history.
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"A look at how Tan's stories and novels have shaped the American view of the experience of Asian-American immigrants. Looks at the contrasts the Amy Tan had to face, especially in terms of culture clash with her mother's culture, and Tan's confrontation of the experiences of Asian immigrants in American history."
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Metafiction in Amy Bloom's "The Story", 2006.
A review of a short story entitled "The Story" in the book "A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You" by Amy Bloom.
1,990 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper examines how Amy Bloom's "The Story" is a prime example of the numerous ways one can play with metafiction to enhance a reading or writing experience. The paper explains that Bloom uses two separate narrators to achieve this: One is self-conscious and the other one is not, but both are unreliable. The paper looks at how one narrator peels away the mystery of storytelling by discussing the elements of fiction, and even inviting the reader or audience to help in making creative decisions. The paper points out that combined, the narrators increase the self-reflexivity of the piece, calling the reader to reflect on fiction and how it is created and presented. In essence, this paper shows that Amy Bloom reflects on the art of storytelling by creating a self-conscious first person narrator.
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"Amy, the narrator from page 58 and onward, is aware of the fact that she's telling a story to an audience or reader, and constantly reminds the reader of that by asking the audience about creative decisions. "Can I say that the husband was not any kind of importer? Can I say that he was what he really was, a modestly well-known cartoonist?" she asks on page 58. She does it again in the following paragraph when she asks: "Should I describe him as tall and blond when in fact he was dark and muscular, like the husband?" This not only has the effect of temporarily taking the audience out of the story, but it also causes us to reflect on the elements of fiction, in this case, characterization. Amy also discusses her creative decisions by acknowledging (although falsely, perhaps) what effect they may have on the story as a whole."
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude", 2004.
A review of the novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
4,200 words (approx. 16.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 112.95
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This paper discusses Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel titled "One Hundred Years of Solitude". The paper claims that this book is recognized as a modern classic with an insightful and relevant message. The paper explains however, that the message is not simple to understand and not easy to define, largely because it questions the nature of society and the people in society. The paper explores how the book challenges people to look at themselves, human nature and society in a new way. The paper does this by focusing on the events of the novel, the meaning of the novel and the final message.
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude cannot be understood by analyzing the plot. Its style and structure is not driven by plot like many novels. Instead, it takes a wider approach and focuses on the life of a family and a town. It can be considered as the story of the town Macondo. It can also be considered as the story of the people who founded the town, the Buendias. The novel begins with the formation of town, as Jose Arcadio and Ursula found the town. The town continues to grow and remains largely isolated from the outside world. Later, the town comes into contact with others in the region. This leads to civil war and the once peaceful town is forced to change. Colonel Buendia becomes leader and war continues. The civil war eventually ends and a peace treaty is signed. Different problems reach the town as a banana plantation is established. "
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"Patterns" by Amy Lowell, 2005.
This paper analyzes the poem "Patterns" by Amy Lowell, which illuminates a woman's search to find personal freedom and dignity under the patriarchal conditions of the 1940s and 50s.
1,325 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that the poem "Patterns" by Amy Lowell is written in the first person with a nameless narrator presenting her reaction to the death of her lover. The author points out that, instead having this protagonist screaming and crying, Lowell creates a woman trying to keep the appearance of being calm thus creating a very dynamic character who is at war with herself as well as with society's expectations. The paper states that there is no particular meter in the poem and the lengths of lines vary greatly with some lines having as many as five times as many syllables as the line that follows them. The author concludes that the poem is told in such an intimate way with such variation in form that the reader can't help but appreciate all the ways that a pattern can be a prison.
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"There are obviously feminist issues within this poem, because the narrator is a woman during an era of patriarchy. The poem also seems to pose questions about what it means to be feminine. In the Victorian age, the "feminine" physique was an hourglass figure, exaggerated - and sometimes created by - whalebone corsets and stiff fabrics such as brocade. The speaker describes wearing an outfit that causes her to have difficulty breathing, and high-heeled shoes that she is "tripping" in, rather than walking comfortably."
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude", 2002.
This paper looks at the themes of solitude and solidarity in "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the means of solidarity and solitude in the book "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. By showing three examples from the book, the writer demonstrates how the lack of solidarity is created by magical realism.
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Amy Tan's "Two Kinds", 2000.
A discussion of the two kinds of conflict expressed in Amy Tan's book "Two Kinds".
1,045 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 2 sources, $ 36.95
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This paper takes a look at the works of Amy Tan, "Two Kinds," from the perspective of new historical criticism, which looks at the authors life and environment along with the work itself.
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"Amy Tan writes about autobiographical events and circumstances in her life in her works The Joy Luck Club and ?Two Kinds.? ?Two Kinds? is a slice of events from her childhood that shows the conflict between Tan and her mother, the collision of old and new cultures, the past and the present, parents? expectations vs. reality, and obedience vs. defiance. Pairs of opposing elements comprise the whole of the story; the title itself, ?Two Kinds,? shows the tension that Tan creates. The argument that presents itself is that Amy Tan is the only person who could have written this story because only she experienced those opposing elements. An examination of ?Two Kinds? defends this theory. "
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude": A Study in Isolation and Despair, 2002.
A detailed analysis of the literary style of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the primary themes of one of his most famous novels, "One Hundred Years of Solitude."
2,508 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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A researched and analytical essay exploring the imaginative literature of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The essay includes an introduction before exploring the text, including a look at social milieu, literary influences, and the existence of magic realism in "One Hundred Years of Solitude". The writer continues with a review of the literary devices used in the novel, as well as characterization and finally provides a conclusion of the themes.
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"The lyric, imaginative literature of Gabriel Garcia Marquez perfectly captures the essence of the human psyche and all of its conflicting emotions. Garcia Marquez has a firm grasp of both fantasy and psychology and utilizes the technique of magic realism in order to present the dichotomy of illusion and reality and reveal the varied emotions that this dichotomy entails. Garcia Maquez also explores the psychological ramifications of prolonged solitude in many of his literary works, and "One Hundred Years of Solitude", his most famous novel, represents the culmination of this theme in reference to the contrast between fantasy and reality. In "One Hundred Years of Solitude", Gabriel Garia Marquez masterfully fuses his rich ethnic heritage with a vast repertory of literary devices and characterization techniques in order to relate the tragedies of the Buenda clan to his central moral thesis that psychological solitude destroys ones perceptions of reality and ultimately leads to sorrow and despair."
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude", 2007.
A review of the validity of the history found in "One Hundred Years of Solitude," written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the novel, "One Hundred Years of Solitude," written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Specifically, it discusses how well the novel summarizes Latin American history from the era of the explorers to the recent present. The paper reviews the history depicted in the book and concludes that the novel is a good overview of Latin American history, particularly the history of Columbia.
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"Finally, the entire fabric of the novel indicates how Columbia and Latin America altered through the 19th and early 20th centuries, and how the people changed as well. The families and characters of the story endure, and they represent the Latin American people - devoted to family, spiritual, independent, and proud. They represent the culture that has slowly died, and literally are a step back in time to look at the history of a country and its people, and how it alters through time. The family represents all the families in Latin America who have seen their way of life disappear to be replaced with something more modern, but far less magical and appealing. The book looks at history with a twist, and makes it much more enjoyable - even enchanting - to read."
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The Hundred Years War, 2005.
This paper discusses the Hundred Years War, which was a series of wars, which begun in 1337 and ended in approximately 1453 when the English finally lost Bordeaux.
3,180 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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This paper explains that the Hundred Years War was the result of three major problem areas: The French and English merchants were in conflict over Flanders, the personal conflicts of English and French kings and national consciousness. The author points out that the losers were not only the soldiers who died or were maimed but also the populace in both England and France who suffered through heavy taxation, loss of income, reduction of trade opportunities and the dichotomy of loyalties. The paper relates that the war between France and England seemed inevitable because, as the 14th century dawned, the French began to see themselves as a unified country not just an assembly of duchies and estates and England, having concluded its hostilities with Scotland, began to build Great Britain, which would last until the end of WWII.
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"At the very beginning, in 1328, King Charles IV of France lay dying, but his wife was pregnant. "On his deathbed, the king said if the Queen bears a son he will be king, but if she bears a daughter then the crown belongs to Philip of Valois." When the Queen produced a still-born daughter, Philip of Valois became Philip VI. A descendant of the revered St. Louis, Valois was accustomed to winning tournaments and loved the idea of battle. The French believed it was unthinkable for an English king to become King of France. To make sure that this did not, and could not, happen, the French legal experts resorted to what is known as "Salic law", whereby inheritance cannot pass down through the female line."
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Freedom in Amy Tan's Novels, 2006.
A look at the importance of individual freedom in novels by Amy Tan.
1,148 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper analyzes the theme of freedom found in novels by Amy Tan and, particularly, in her novel "The Joy Luck Club". The paper shows that, while all of Tan's novels emphasize this theme, "The Joy Luck Club", in particular, underscores how important individual freedom is even when it seems to come in conflict with one's duty to family.
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"In her novel, The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan stresses the importance of individual freedom more than duty to family in several stories. In "The Joy Luck Club," "The Red Candle," "Magpies," "Without Wood," and "Rice Husband," Tan emphasizes the importance of individual freedom in any culture. The women in these stories overcome difficult obstacles and emerge self-confident and proud. This is not to say that their struggles were easy. In fact, many of the women must face difficult situations with their mothers, which sometimes leads to conflict. Within these conflicts, we see how these problems can be solved through communication and understanding. While balance between duty to family and individual freedom can be difficult to find, the strong female characters in The Joy Luck Club prove that it is always are worthwhile venture."
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The Hundred Years War, 2000.
A discussion of the political events that led to the Hundred Year War between the kings of England and France and the events which perpetuated after its closing.
2,990 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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A paper which examines the years before, during and after one of the longest running conflicts between England and France - the Hundred Year War which ran between the years 1337 and 1453. The paper examines the political ramifications of the war for both parties during the length of the war and after its closing.
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"The Hundred Years War is a rather misleading name for the war between England and France in the fourteenth century. The war between the kings of England and France lasted between 1337 and 1453, which is certainly not hundred years. The war didn't last 116 years either. The number of actual warfare were much less one hundred, since in the course of this 116 year period there were numerous long truces and two treaties of peace intended to put a stop to hostilities entirely. One must also add that at the time accepted as the end of the war there was no peace treaty. Also, the actual war started in 1337, while bad relations existed between the two kings ever since the Norman take over of the English throne years before the actual starting of the war. The war was affected by the values that the kings of the two countries possessed and the events of the outside world. The war made no important change in the relations of the two lands until its close, when England lost its possessions on the Continent and turned to up-building of sea power."
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