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Rae Yang's "The Spider Eaters - a Memoir", 2008.
A critical review of Rae Yang's book "The Spider Eaters - a Memoir".
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper takes a look at Rae Yang's "The Spider Eaters - a Memoir", a book addressing the Cultural Revolution from the perspective of a person who was caught up in a frightening time in the early People's Republic of China (PRC).The paper considers the book a disturbing reflection on the youth of the Red Guard and the vicious sort of fascism created by Chairman Mao. It concludes that the book is well written and informative.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Maoism and Youth
Divisions
Conclusion
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"Yang writes in a way that is immediate and also indicating that her days in the Red Guard were far away, a dream somehow, and as much of the volume moves back and forth between the present and the past and with anecdotes to do with her childhood and family adding to a surreal and very personal explanation of a frightening time and different people's reactions to it. A chapter "A Strange Gift from the Pig Farm" refers to her habit of waking at 3 a.m. that remained after she was placed in the Manchurian countryside just as millions of other young people to finish high school were sent for menial labour away from the cities. She had had to waken at 3 a.m. to perform part of her assigned work and the habit remained, years later. (pp. 1-2) So much forgetting a disturbing time, or the person she had become, as 3 a.m. waking in America showed that some things could not be washed away. The inability to reconcile what Maoism preached, what happened, and came into view as very wrong with the CCP movement produced despair later and a wish to die which took time to overcome. Rae Yang embarked on graduate studies at the University of Massachusetts. She graduated from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1981 and in the U.S., completed her M.A. in 1985 and her Ph.D. in 1991, obtaining a post at Dickinson College where she specializes in pre-modern and modern Chinese literature."
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Yin & Yang, 1993.
Complementary creative forces in Chinese philosophy (Tai-Chi, I-Ching).
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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"The concepts of Yin and Yang in Chinese philosophy are complex and difficult to grasp, and they are said to be indefinable in the strictest sense because they are such all-embracing conceptions. The terms are used to refer to the two complementary creative forces in nature. Yin is female and is thought to be passive, negative, dark, cold, soft, and wet; yang is male and is thought to be active, positive, light, hot, hard, and dry. The terms "positive" and "negative" in this instance do not have the meaning of good or bad or desirable and undesirable; instead, they are used in the same general sense that physicists use the terms to refer to the positive or negative electrical charges of particles. Yin and yang together symbolize the eternal and profound duality in nature. They are opposites, but they counterbalance and complement each other (Wu 157)."
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Light and Dark: The Yin-Yang of Aeschylus, 2004.
An interpretation on the images of light and dark in Aeschylus's "Agamemnon".
1,379 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper analyzes how various representations of light and dark in Aeschylus's "Agamemnon", part of the "Oresteia", seem to mirror masculinity and femininity, respectively. It explains how these images also show how the play is mostly about how the female attempts to usurp male power, ultimately achieving it. Nevertheless, because there can never be absolute darkness or absolute light, the overthrow of the male can only be temporary.
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"In Aeschylus?s Agamemnon, the use of light and dark revolves around their relation to the masculine and the feminine, respectively. Throughout the play, brilliant metaphors and images are used to express this idea, most obviously when related to Agamemnon and Clytaemestra. These images also show how the play is mostly about how the female attempts to usurp male power, ultimately achieving it. Nevertheless, because there can never be absolute darkness or absolute light, the overthrow of the male can only be temporary."
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"The Spider Eaters" - An Inside View of Mao's China, 2007.
A review of the book "The Spider Eaters" by Rae Yang.
1,132 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses Rae Yang's memoir - "The Spider Eaters". The paper explains that the books is the story of a classless person who came of age during the Cultural Revolution and who obviously worked hard to present her experiences in a direct and emotional manner. The paper explains that Yang's volume covers the decades between 1950 and 1980 and clearly illustrates the cruelty that Yang came to see all around her though a committed communist and Red Guard. The paper also shows how Yang's memoir points to Mao as a very aware person, a megalomaniac in Communist clothing who had no care as to the degree of cruelty that was inflicted through an entire society, or how this experience might shape future Chinese society and politics. In conclusion, the paper shows that Mao and the Chinese Cultural Revolution destroyed the Chinese who might have had much to offer the socialist experiment, drove great wedges between people and accustomed the Chinese once again to conditions of great fear.
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"Mao's regime could be, just as the Red Guard she came to recognize as brutal, a movement quickly dissolving into anarchy, a kind of gang warfare, till the Red Army intervened. This is an interesting revelation given that one is so often instructed that Mao was not aware of the abuses inflicted on many Chinese during the Cultural Revolution, that the Red Army had somehow taken over or carried out what he had not intended. Yang's memoir points to Mao as a very aware person, a megalomaniac in Communist clothing who had no care as to the degree of cruelty that was inflicted through an entire society, or how this experience might shape future Chinese society and politics. Yang's volume covers the decades between 1950 and her 1980. Shortly after, Yang left for the United States where she made her career."
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"Spider Eaters", 2005.
A book report on "Spider Eaters" by Chinese author, Rae Yang.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper provides an overview of Rae Yang's "Spider Eaters," a political and social memoir of the life of a young Chinese woman during the Chinese cultural revolution. The paper shows that Yang's memoir is of her youth torn between two worlds, that of her loyalty to the Communist Party, and that of her parents and friends.
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"The narrative technique utilized in the book is that of first person. Continuously moving from past to present and from dream to reality this technique helps to convey the vast complexity of life in China, as well as the richness, confusion, and struggle of Yang's inner-self. For example, her dreams act as a soliloquy as they illustrate to the reader Yang's conflicted feelings as it shows her naive and tormented side."
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Women from the Tang Dynasty, 2004.
This paper discusses two poems about women from the Tang dynasty, ?To My Daughter on Her Marriage into the Yang Family?, by author Wei Yingwu (737-731), and ?Endless Yearning II?, by Li Bai (701-762).
1,075 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper examines poems about women, which reflect the culture of humankind and its history from the Tang dynasty, and yet, also reflect life today. The author points out that, in the five-character verse poem, ?To My Daughter on Her Marriage into the Yang Family?, by author Wei Yingwu, the girl in the poem may have left for her new marriage by boat instead of by limousine, but the love that the father feels for his daughter shares the same bittersweet emotions of any parent when the wedding couple says their vows in 2004.The paper relates that the poem, ?Endless Yearning II?, by Li Bai (701-762), with its folk-song-stylized verses could be a love song put to music by one of the present musical artists and understood by audiences of all ages.
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To My Daughter on Her Marriage into the Yang Family
Endless Yearning II
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"The author expresses the realities of life on earth with its pain and burdens. However, he also waits for his turn to be on the other side or paradise with his love, in the mountain wind and blue skies so far above. He hopes that his love can reach up to her, and his tears convince her of the aching of his heart. However, when reflecting on these clear yet complex words, one understands that there is much more beyond the simple telling of a love song?hints and innuendos and insights into other depths of meaning. On a deeper level, like many poets during the Tang period, the storyteller yearns for a distant and boundless heaven that appears in another dimension and awaits an individual?s death."
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Neo-Confucianism, 2002.
This paper discusses both Ou-yang Hsiu and Shao Yung's view on Confucianism.
1,775 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 7 sources, $ 66.95
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This paper explains that both Ou-yang Hsiu and Shao Yung saw the real ideal of Confucianism as legitimating creativity. The author points out that they also believed that people had to see themselves as connected and responding to the world.
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Religious Concepts Compared, 2002.
Compares Tanzih and Tashbih in Islam to Ying and Yang in Confucianism.
1,775 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 4 sources, $ 66.95
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This paper examines these four words in relation to each other in the context of their own beliefs and compares them to the beliefs of another religion. Just as Ying cannot be understood, or exist without Yang, so too the omnipotence and otherness of Allah cannot be understood without closeness to Him because of Tashbih.
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Han Dynasty, 221 BC to 221 AD, 1997.
Political power & leaders of this dynasty. Looks at their views of classes and religion (Confucianism, Buddhism), yin & yang philosophy.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, $ 55.95
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"The Han Dynasty extended from 221 B.C. to 221 A.D. This marked the beginning of the Confucian state, which would extend to about 1600 A.D. The Han period saw the beginnings and evolution of a governmental system, an economic structure, and a variety of intellectual developments. This was also the era when the civil service system was developed, along with the civil service examination by which the imperial Confucian state to recruit candidates to serve in government. Once the Han Dynasty collapsed, unity would be reestablished by the Sui and Tang dynasties. In addition, this period would be marked by the development of relations between the Chinese and various non-Chinese people in East Asia.
The Han empire was contemporary with the Roman Empire, but it was much larger and was indeed the superior civilization in.."
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Life & Death in Eastern Philosophy, 1996.
Chinese concept of yin & yang, Buddhism's idea of body & soul, compared to Platonic & existentialist thought.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, $ 47.95
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"Life and death are inextricably intertwined, a fact noted by various religious and philosophical schools around the world. Life is an essential components in the dynamic of the world, but all life eventually dies. In broad terms, all life also comes from death, or from a lack-of-life, as if life were being created out of nothing. At some point in the past, it must indeed have been created out of lifeless material, and since that time life and death have alternated, the one creating or contributing to the creation of the next. The idea of the relationship between life and death is often expressed better in Eastern philosophy than in Western, which is less given to finding the unity in the world and more to differentiating between elements and behaviors.
The question of immortality is an ancient one and is key in philosophy and religion. Man lives a span of years and then.."
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Plato & Lao-tzu, 1999.
Describes views of Western & Eastern thinkers on nature of reality, dualism, yin-yang and idealism.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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" Human beings have from the beginning tried to discover the relationship between themselves and the universe in which they live. They noted the life cycle of birth, life, and death and wondered if there was something more beyond, and this a question that has been addressed by religion and philosophy ever since. Taoism as represented by the writings of Lao-Tzu and Idealism as represented by Plato differ in certain key aspects of how the world is viewed, how human beings are thought to relate to that world, and so the philosophy developed by each writer. Lao-Tzu is a pantheistic thinker and views the human being as one with the universe. Plato, like most Western philosophers, sees a dualism between man and nature and within man himself, separating mind and body. Plato is even more of a dualist in that he sees this world as a reflection of an ideal world existing on some.."
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Cosmologies, 1996.
Compares world views, mythologies, origins of universe & human life among Chinese yin-yang school, Amer.-Indians & Mayans.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 10 sources, $ 55.95
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"Different cultures produce their own particular way of structuring the world they see around them. They use religion and ritual to explain, to gain control, and to express their own sense of connectedness to their environment. Pre-scientific societies develop their own mythologies to explain the origin of the universe and of human life. A comparison of three such societies shows how varied these ideas can be, with reference to the Maya, the ancient Chinese, and the Indians of the American southwest.
The New Text School in China was dominant throughout most of the Former Han dynasty and was given its name only later in apposition to the Old Text school, which rose to prominence in the time of Christ and gained ascendance through the Later Han dynasty. By "old" text the name means that the work was written..."
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Symbolism in ?Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ?, 2002.
This paper states that the film ?Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? is rich in symbolism especially Chinese symbols and the concept of Yin and Yang.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper states that symbolism can be a reason to criticize the film or a reason to recognize it as a masterpiece. The authors demonstrates that the major events of ?Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? are symbolic and believes that this is effective in creating a film with beauty, depth and meaning. The author continues that, because of the extent of the symbolism in the film, the viewers do not have a clear meaning handed to them but instead are challenged to determine their own meaning.
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"The symbolism as inherent to the film can be a reason to criticize the film or a reason to recognize it as a masterpiece. The film?s very nature is symbolic, with the meaning attached not to the events, but to a greater meaning the events represent. The events and the plot of the movie are a surface feature, below this surface the film operates on many levels. This can be a reason to criticize the film, with the audience sometimes being lost to the meaning and confused at what is happening. In some ways, this can make the film seem poorly plotted and the characters poorly defined. However, on another level, it is these same characteristics that make it so powerful. The film is an epic and everything is on a grand, yet unrealistic scale."
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Geography, Culture and Religion, 2006.
This paper discusses the inter-relationship of geography, culture and religion using many examples from Eastern Asia.
1,405 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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This paper explains that one of the greatest factors, involved in the changes or manipulations of an environment, lies in the geographic distribution religion and the way each specific religion spreads and interacts with the surrounding divergent cultures and religions. The author points out that the famous Chinese characters Yin and Yang signify both the shadowy and sunny sides of the same mountain: Yang represents the sunshine, and Yin the darkness. The paper relates that another critical geographic feature of Asian culture especially Chinese is the Yangtze River; the stones from its riverbed are called "Fengshui" or "Geomancy" and are believed to have special powers.
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"Another example of how the physical landscape of Asia affected Asian religion and culture is apparent in Taiwan. Located in the Shangdong province, Mt. Tai, referred to as "Taishan", is the Sacred Mountain of the East. "Chinese people believe that Mt. Tai is itself a deity or 'Buddha', a powerful deity as well." Mt. Tai illustrates the impact and importance physical geography can have on a culture. Buddhism has incorporated the physical landmark, Mt. Tai, as an integral part of their spiritual belief system."
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Cybiko, 2001.
Presents the history of Cybico Inc., the developers of the ?Cybiko - Wireless Inter-Tainment Computer?
1,956 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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In 1999 a new star was born in the world of electronic entertainment. This star was a new start-up named ?Cybiko Inc.?, founded by the mysterious David Yang. The paper examines the events of April 2001 when Cybiko introduced what now is believed to be one of the most successful e-toys in the world ? ?Cybiko - Wireless Inter-Tainment Computer?. The toy?s success was beyond all expectations ? worldwide sales of Cybiko, which retails in the U.S. for $129, already surpassed $50 million in the same year. The paper shows that the key for Cybiko?s success was the combination of many useful features in one hand-held computer, which created great value for teenagers who now had a toy, a mobile phone and a teen personal digital assistant all in one. This case study reviews the techniques David Yang and his collective used to create this success.
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"By this point I had the value, the price, so to complete the equation I needed the cost. Unfortunately, my sincere efforts to acquire any valuable information through the company failed totally. Although my request was not ignored, and I received a lot of interesting (more or less) mainly advertising information about the toy, they rejected my application for inner information about company?s matters such as the details of assembly processes and other, as well as the financial terms of AOL?s investment. Internet wasn?t much revealing too, although I managed to get an obscure number of units sold worldwide up to now and it was ?more than 600,000?. Combining with even more obscure profit of ?over $50 million? we get an approximate $80 profit from a single unit, thus having a $50 dollar cost."
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