COINCIDENCES AND INCONSISTENCIES February 9, 1999. The body of Hae Min Lee was found in Leakin Park. Fingers were quickly pointed towards young, 17 year old, Adnan Syed. Adnan’s case is a complex one, there’s not a lot of evidence against him, however there are a lot of coincidences that happened the day of Hae’s disappearance.
Wes 2 had a mom who tried to have an authoritative parenting style where she gave love and discipline, but because of their unfortunate circumstances she could not get control of Wes 2 and her parenting style was essentially uninvolved. On the other hand, Wes 1 went to military school where he was given many authoritative mentors, such as Captain Hill, who gave discipline and guidance (Moore, 97). Children who go through an uninvolved parenting style are the least likely to fit society’s norms, while kids who go through an authoritative parenting style are more likely to fit society’s norms (Textbook, 427). These different upbringings could be why Wes 1 is an outstanding citizen and Wes 2 is in jail right
In the book one of the main points of the book was when Henrietta got diagnosed with cervical cancer. this is one of the main Contributing points of the story. The cervical cancer shows signs of unusual behavior of Henrietta cells because as stated by (Rebecca Skloot, 2000, p. 17) " Doctor Jones has seen thousands of cervical cancer lesions, but Henrietta 's was shiny, purple, and so delicate it bled when touch." As time went on Henrietta received her pulmonary results that stated (Rebecca Skloot, 2000, p. 27), " Epidermoid carcinoma of the cervix Stage 1." When Henrietta arrived at Hopkins University for cervical cancer there was a nationwide debate going on about the types of cervical cancer, there was three key people of the debate that was Doctor Jones, his boss, and Richard Wesley Telinde.
Kieu Tran’s comprehensive diction produces a clear distinction between American and Asian culture with examples of “physical punishment in Asian traditions is not considered child abuse” and “in America, there is no way that Asian parents can physically punish their children, if their children perform badly.” Kieu Tran touches on the ideas that America relies heavily on the thought of equality between any person, whether it is a minor or an adult, and the effects it has on Asian immigrant families, especially from Vietnam. In America, beating a child for whatever reason is automatically classified as child abuse, and it can lead to days in jail, like what happened to Mr. Ma and his daughter. Mr. Ma struck his daughter twice, which led to him
Kieu Tran’s offensive diction conveys the destruction American culture wreaks on Vietnamese culture through phrases such as “so-called freedom in the Western culture” and “[m]oreover, by law, parents cannot strike or hit them.” Throughout her entire essay, Tran arrogantly asserts that American culture is bad and Vietnamese culture is good. She starts by explaining that Americans have a misunderstanding of the term “child abuse” and that this term doesn’t even exist in Asian cultures. When Asians come to America, specifically Vietnamese, they are harassed by social workers and the government because they physically discipline their children. While in Vietnam, physical punishment is the standard way of disciplining children, in America, such
Kieu Tran’s assertive tone demonstrates the distinction between Vietnamese and Western cultures using phrases like “Americanized” and “Physical punishment in Asian traditions…”. In the essay, Kieu Tran specifically talks about physical punishment in Vietnamese cultures. The essay depicts the difference between Vietnamese cultures and child abuse. Kieu Tran explains how it’s illegal to hit any child when you are in the Americas because of this many Vietnamese families are punished harshly if the families are found out. Since the cultures in Vietnam and the Americas are very different many vietnamese families aren’t as close as they were before.
In Rules of the Game by Amy Tan, Waverly Jong’s mother expresses this to her in hopes that she would learn the “art of invisible strength,” which was a strategy for winning arguments and respect from others (Tan 497). Tan successfully illustrates the way of Chinese parenting and the frustration a Chinese child often experiences. As the interaction between mother and daughter becomes tense, Tan seems to convey the mother’s message-- “the art of invisible strength” a very understandable Chinese way of
Lam and his mother both rebelled and conformed in their struggle to find or preserve their own individual identities. Lam’s struggle for his own identity began when a huge change occurred in his life— he moved from Vietnam to America with his family at a young age. He went from being a devout child—helping his mother light incense in remembrance of his dead ancestors and relatives to rejecting his mother’s rituals and customs. While living in a new country, his views and sense of belonging to his Vietnamese culture changed; “In America, however,” he writes, “I became rebellious, distant” (Lam).
Kieu Tran’s emotional tone creates a sad truth about child abuse from Asian parents with phrases like “Physical punishment does not work in America, but it does in Vietnam.” and “There is no question of hatred between parents and children. Children never talk back because of the strict punishment.” In this essay it is hard to see what type of message the author is trying to get across. Sometimes he is supporting the abuse of children from their parents and other times he is giving examples of why it is a negative approach to punish your children.
She would often have arguments with her parents because they reflected the traditional ways of living while she saw another way of life, the American culture. In Vietnam, parents played an active part in making decisions. Because interracial marriages were not taboo in America, some Asian-Americans viewed this as a family failure and an end to the lineage. About “(74%) of Asian-American adults were born abroad; of these, about half say they speak English very well and half say they don’t.” (“Rise of Asian Americans”)
What influences the way we see the world, our ideologies and the decisions we make? When speaking of culture some think of it as something that makes us who we are. It gives us a perspective that may be different from everybody else’s . Culture consistently informs the way one views others and the world. Some may believe that culture rarely informs the way a person views the world.
Is Spanking Allowed in America? I was born and raised in Vietnam with Vietnamese culture and ideas while my husband was born and raised in the United States of America with an almost complete opposite set of ideas and culture. When we married, we knew there would be some problems and one of the biggest problems is how to raise 2 year old child who is the poster child for “terrible twos”. I want to discipline my child by spanking her to teach like I was raised in Vietnam by my family.
This novel is the best novel about British India, and one of the most breathtaking stories of espionage, Rudyard Kipling’s Kim published in 1901. Kim became the symbol of the "Great Game", that curious era of shadow boxing between Britain and Russia played out on the North West Frontier, Afghanistan, Persia, and Central Asia. The prosper of Russian territorial annexation and gains in Central Asia during the nineteenth century was spectacular and unbelievable, and a brief look at the map will confirm how close they came to Chitral in the north west of India, now Pakistan. Further to the west the long Baluchistan border seemed almost equally feeble and vulnerable.
I. Introduction A. P. J. O 'Rourke once said “Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them” (O’Rourke, Pg.10). Parents always want their children to be better than what they used to be when they were at their age; that is why they care about every detail in their children’s life especially when it comes to behavior, obeying them and listening to their words. B. Background Information: i. People came to realize that physical punishment is a rough, atrocious, unacceptable mean of punishment that should be banned for its appalling, horrifying effects. ii. Facts about physical punishment (sources used) 1.
The happy family where people are protected and beloved is the backbone of each healthy society. However, some Vietnamese married women who experienced both physical and mental violence by their husbands consider that home is the places of humiliation and affright. Moreover, the domestic violence which leads to the negative consequences of woman’s health outcomes and the well- being of their children has been increasingly accepted by the wives and husbands. Because of women’s silence and acceptance, domestic violence is encouraged to be normalized in Viet Nam, particularly in rural area. This social problem rooted deeply in individual, family, community dimensions.
