American Kennel Club

Throughout pieces of literature, whether novels or short stories, imagery is an important literary device. Without the addition of imagery, readers would not be able to have emotional or sensational responses. In the interesting story of “The Road”, by Cormac McCarthy, readers encounter several situations where imagery is a prominent element which helps paint a better overall understand of the setting, plot and characters. Early on in “The Road”, readers are faced with a father and son looking…

author of The Joy Luck Club and many other books, though born in Oakland California traces her (family line/lineage/ancestors ) back to china. Tan’s parents had hoped her to be a doctor or concert pianist but at the age of ___she published (JLC). While living in oakland her family belonged to a group started by her mother, made up of other Immigrant families similar to theirs, who bonded together sharing stories, food, and playing the stock market. Her Book the Joy luck club is an…

In Barbara Kingsolver’s, “The Poisonwood Bible”, the Price family moves to the Congo in order for Nathan Price, the head of the Price family, can spread the word of the Lord to the Congolese people. Each characters changed, but Leah Price changed the most in this situation. In the Congo everything is different from the united states, like the clothes and beliefs and many more things. It’s been said that where you move to can influence the way you act and believe; and when Leah moved to the Congo…

Analysis: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city. And the old man said, “Where are you going? And where do you come from?” (Judges 19:17). Joyce Carol Oates wrote this story in 1966 by. Her fabulous short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” begins with a reference to the main character’s vanity. A compulsive habit of checking her reflection in mirrors to ensure she is better looking than others around…

Luck Club was written by Amy Tan, a daughter of Chinese immigrants. Based on her detailed past, I feel like she put pieces of her life in the novel. Just like the novel, Tan’s parents immigrated from China, in look for a better future in America. Amy Tan was raised as an American while her mother still hold inside of her the old Chinese culture. Another thing I felt she compared her life into the novel is what her mother expected her to do as she grew up. Like the mothers in The Joy Luck Club,…

A family in China experiences all the emotions on the spectrum. In Pearl S. Buck’s novel, The Good Earth, Wang Lung and his family go through series of events that represent happiness and hardships. Wang Lung symbolizes the common person in ways that may not be clear at first. No matter where you are or who you are, it is by the law of nature that you are bound to acknowledge the means of life. An obvious emotion that everyone is bound to experience is the feeling of being overwhelmingly full…

Luck Club” is book based on the lives of four women, Suyuan, Lindo, Ying-Ying and An mei. These women came to America to escape the harsh feudal society of China, while America has democracy. When Suyuan dies, the few members of the club invite her daughter June who is a new generation (learning American customs) to take her place. June must choose wether or not she wants to go with her traditional culture or her American one that she has come to embrace. The book review of “The Joy Luck Club”…

Even with five daughters, only one of them desires a relationship with their father, Nathan Price, and that is the older of the twins, Leah Price. Being only fourteen (and a half) years old when Nathan takes his family to Africa, she is determined to stick by her father and be the best missionary in his eyes. The Price’s have the privilege of residing in the best house in Kilanga, which was previously run out of by past missionary families. However, before the Price family flew in, they were…

Culture is one of the key elements in Amy Tan’s the Joy Luck Club. The mothers talk about the Chinese culture and tell the lives of their daughters. The daughters were born and raised in the United States, which makes the American culture overtake their Chinese heritage. Although both the American and the Chinese cultures are presented in the Joy Luck Club, the amount of Chinese cultural elements is greater than of the American, because Tan wants her readers to gain a deep understanding of the…

In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, The Poisonwood Bible, the villain of the story is the Price family patriarch, Nathan Price. Nathan Price is abusive, sexist, and racist. All of these traits cause a problem between him and his family or the Kilanga village, I’m which the story takes place. Nathan Price lives with his wife, and 4 daughters in the village of Kilanga in the Congo. However, his abusive behavior starts to cause a rift between him and his family. I’m the beginning of the story Nathan…