Carpe Diem

Ashima is a feminine version of Asim, which means "boundless" or "limitless" This is actually the opposite of her life in America: as the most culturally conservative member of the Ganguli family, she suffers a lot from the life in the town. She couldn't fit the life here. quote: For being a foreigner, Ashima is beginning to realize, is a sort of lifelong pregnancy – a perpetual wait, a constant burden, a continuous feeling out of sorts. Ashoke is a variant of Ashoka, which means "without sorrow"; this name is directly This name was borne by Ashoka the Great, a 3rd-century BC emperor of India. Ashoke has come over a very difficult obstacle: a near-death experience of a train crash. However, he decided not to remember the disaster itself but all the other good things happen after it. quote: Though there are only inches between them, for an instant his father is a stranger, a man who has kept a secret, has survived a tragedy, a man whose past he does...

When, where, and why did your family (or you) come to the United States? What is some family lore that you know about this experience? Mention any connections, if any, to a country of origin and any traditions that your family has maintained across generations. I came to the United States when I was 15, and the first city I ever visited in the U.S. was Boston. At that time, I was admitted by a school called The Rectory in CT. There is not family lore behind this experience: it's just that we believe I can receive a better education in America. Since my parents moved out of the family mansion and lived in a city, we rarely maintain those traditional activities. Among those we maintained, one of them is called "Qingming", also known as the tomb-sweeping day. On that day, we will visit the tomb of our family. According to traditional Chinese folklore, the spirits will come back, eat the offering, and bless for those who are alive.

Metaphor: Write a metaphor for one of the following themes and explain it. 150 words Choices:  love, hate, happiness, sadness, intelligence, stupidity, cleverness, foolishness, power, weakness, beauty, ugliness, jealousy, admiration, friendship Example: Love is a lemon because it is sweet and sour. I think this because........ Foolishness is a moth who is flying into the fire without noticing because it is reckless and bold. I think this because while we do not see the presence of inherent danger, we are the fool. A moth will fly into the fire is because they navigate by the light, which only sun and moon can provide in ancient times. Since the development of humans and the development of lighting methods, moths, without realizing the sun is no longer the only light source, navigate them into the death. A fool will not notice his surroundings, unaware of the change, and unwitting the danger. Foolishness would like a man who's looking at sky and step right out of cliff unhe...

The story of Sleeping Beauty is a perfect representation of values in a patriarchy society. The female protagonist, the Sleeping Princess, is always portraited as a vulnerable and innocent figure. The princess can't even stand with a wound poked by a spindle. At the same time, the prince is depicted as brave who is strong enough to conquer magic made by a fairy or to fight a dragon.  In the first version, Talia, Sun, and Moon, Talia the Princess is almost an object who is passively accept everything happened on her. In the encounter with the prince, Talia was raped, and her children were threatened and “eaten” by the queen. On the other hand, the queen, a symbol of matriarchy, is described as a mean and jealous cannibal, while the king is justified as righteous and courageous even though he “raped” Talia. This stigmatization of matriarchy is even more obvious in second version: the queen is even created as an ogress, an ugly and hideous man-eater. Besides, in both stories, there...

Fairytale is a genre of literary work that usually comes from oral stories that involve magic elements. If I could be a part of any fairy tale, I would choose the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood. Wolf, in many fairytales, are considered as evil and crafty creature. Despite the negative description of wolves, their cleverness impressed me. Although the wolf figure in fairytales was more of personification, wild wolves actually exhibit characters as a patient and clever predator which drives people to exaggerate those qualities.

What is your interpretation of the Chinese folktale, "The Origin of Ants?" What do you think the moral of this story is? Do you like it? Why or why not? This Friday we have read traditional Chinese folklore named The Origin Of Ants. A protagonist in the story is a young man who fabricates his supernatural skill of smell. Once he is called by the emperor to find the lost jade seal, he accidentally made the thief confess by murmuring "their name". However, when people are celebrating supernatural power and toss his high up in the air, he falls and shatters into dust, and those dust turn into ants with a great smell.  The moral of this story is that people should never lie to make profits. Even though a liar can gain reputation and benefits by luck, it will only be temporal, and the liar will eventually pay the consequences, just like the man shattered to the dust. Besides, since the motivation for this man to make up his supernatural ability is a pressure to fi...