In Anne Fadiman’s book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, two cultures clash with each other in the struggle to save Lia Lee, a Hmong child refugee with severe epilepsy. Although Lee and her family live in the United States, and thus receive medical care from Westerners, her family believes that Lee’s condition is sacred and special. The following miscommunications, both culturally and lingually, between the American doctors and the Lee family leave Lia Lee in comatose at the end of the book. However, Lia Lee could have been saved if the Lee’s had a better understanding of the American doctors’ intentions, and the American doctors understood the Hmong culture. Essentially, the tragedy of Lia Lee can be attributed to the clash of American and Hmong cultures at both the surface and sub-surface level.
In A Viet Cong Memoir, we receive excellent first hands accounts of events that unfolded in Vietnam during the Vietnam War from the author of this autobiography: Truong Nhu Tang. Truong was Vietnamese at heart, growing up in Saigon, but he studied in Paris for a time where he met and learned from the future leader Ho Chi Minh. Truong was able to learn from Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary ideas and gain a great political perspective of the conflicts arising in Vietnam during the war. His autobiography shows the readers the perspective of the average Vietnamese citizen (especially those involved with the NLF) and the attitudes towards war with the United States. In the book, Truong exclaims that although many people may say the Americans never lost on the battlefield in Vietnam — it is irrelevant.
cending from the mazuma predicated fiery debris of the "Nonpareil Dejection", the 1940s brought an overall war that transmuted the general thought of war. Interestingly individuals not in the military were as prone to be killed as warriors, and a (the day when the world will culminate) weapon of arduous to envision force was liberated/discharged bringing the planet abruptly, and roughly into the "Atomic Age". About each nation was brought into World War II, and no nation was impervious to it. When the war culminated in 1945, more than 35 million individuals had kicked the bucket as a result of the
More indirect resistance on behalf of the soldiers was seen through search and evade missions as US troops still followed orders to search for the Vietcong but when they found them instead of engaging in warfare tactics they would give them an informal greeting and not notify their commanding offices (Handout: Glossary for the American War). This gave the Vietcong an advantage during negotiations because it became apparent that the troops were no longer obeying the combat orders given to them by their superiors. The atrocities experienced by our soldiers allowed them to finally see the Vietnamese as humans and not the enemies the U.S. portrayed them as. Additionally in response to the resistance movement within Vietnam a more passive strategy
Growing up as Hmong-American youth, I was raised by a father who joined the military when he was twelve years old. He was forced into the Vietnam war fighting for safety, peace, and a relationship with the United States of America. Through this military influence and discipline at such a young age, my father accepted the military lifestyle. He carried it over from the Vietnam war to my family today. Growing up, my father was always strict on me, especially when it came to my appearances and education.
Vietnam has been a communist country since the aftermath of the war and the “fall of Saigon.” The Vietnamese Communists disliked the Amerasians because they were seen as “children of the enemy.” The children reminded them of the trauma that the Vietnam War caused. They felt that the Amerasians deserved punishment because they are part of the body that has caused “sin” in the Vietnam War. The Amerasians suffered for the actions they did not commit; their presence reflected the actions of their fathers.
The war in Vietnam to do this day has gone down as one of the influential and controversial wars in United States history. The war lasted from 1955 to 1975.The nation as a whole began to uproar over the war and the major consequences of the war. There were many reasons why so many Americans were against the war. Public opinion steadily turned against the war following 1967 and by 1970 only a third of Americans believed that the U.S. had not made a mistake by sending troops to fight in Vietnam (Wikipedia). Not to mention, many young people protested because they were the ones being drafted while others were against the war because the anti-war movement grew increasingly popular among the counterculture and drug culture in American society and
Cheerleading’s stereotype is traditionally girls in tiny skirts, with bows in their hair, and lots of makeup. However, it started out as a male’s sport. For about the first forty years of cheerleading, women were not allowed to take part in the sport. Now, ninety-seven percent of all cheerleaders are female, according to Serendip Studios. This same website also showed that the male presence is still very prominent.
The author’s word choice is attempting to portray a scene with people who are hysterical. The first time people are shown as being hysterical is when “...there were all kinds of -there were infants and children and women, and the women were crying”(4 Shapiro). The words that show hysteria are all kinds of, and crying. The reason they are crying hard is that Saigon is going to be gone soon , and they are scared of what will happen to them and their family. Another time people are hysterical is where “...People run and scream Communists!
I am a 13 year-old student at Old Donation School, and during class, I have been studying Vietnamese culture and different short stories from that culture. I am writing this letter to you so that you would consider my original composition. The original composition, which is called Sự công bằng or The Fair, is a fable that is based on the archetypal concepts of the Vietnamese culture. It is about a young boy named Dinh, who really wants to get this dragon lantern from the fair, but there are some trials before he could get to it.
About Vietnam’s language: Vietnam’s language is Vietnamese tho most people speak a lot of other different languages. Vietnamese people are often labeled as Southeastern Asians. Vietnamese (the language)was adapted from some chinese. Some of the Vietnamese language also uses some Latin alphabet. Their alphabet and language is very unique.
During the age of exploration France was one of the biggest countries to imperialize in the 1800. France desired control of some Indochina for money, resources and labour. France unfortunately cared less about the lives that where spent and more about the resources. For this reason the native people of Indochina suffered greatly at the hands of French imperialism.
Point of View on Culture Among many literatures about Asian and Chinese culture “Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai is one. This short story is about a young girl, Nea, and her sister, Sourdi, and what happens when Sourdi grows up when Nea does not want her to. Their family are Chinese and they moved to America.
The Power of Identity Despite varying circumstances, both visually and contextually, the theme portraying that extreme measures are often taken when others are not accepting of an identity is developed by actions in American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. In the beginning of the book, The Monkey King is more or less serene and collected. At first the book shows some scenes on pages 10 and 11, where he is training peaceful, simple disciplines, and as stated on page 10, “The monkey king ruled with a firm but gentle hand.”
Abstract Language is a communication tool and system to a civilization and different from country to country. Every nation has their own historical, civilized, cultural, climatic characteristics, so every nation has their own language. However, different nations have similarities and differences in expressing their ideas. One common way of showing emotion and attitude is to use idioms. Idioms are used worldwide in order to express meaning more specifically.
