Ling Yue stared at the deer in front of her with three horns and shook her head. Her hands shaking as she held the small obsidian knife in her hand. She was nervous as she looked back at her father holding the deer in place for her. Knowing her she didn't want to do this, she was too kind though she was a half goddess. A strong yet kind girl who wanted to let things be how they were supposed to be. Instead he gave her mocking smile at her without saying much at first. THis was his way of telling her not everything will go her way. "Father I can't! It's a living being like us. It has to feed its family too." (Ling Yue) "How can you be the child of me and the goddess of the dead Ilbeus." (Tori) Her golden eyes were in tears as she stared …show more content…
She couldnt help but sigh from the unnecessary information she remembered about her home. but the current main world she was in was a mixed era one: modern, anicent and advanced technology all mixed into one time period. none of these civilzations seemed to clash except the blackmarket dealingsand slavery which she heard from her father. "Hunger is everyone's number one enemy! It makes me think of needless things. Yet I've never starved myself before. Nor do i want to no what a hingry demon wolf I can be like a crazed state on hunger pains." LIng Yue clutched her stomach carefully leaning on the trees as she slowly regenerated. She felt fustrated as her tail curled around her body. Rather it made her reminisce about the one time she forgot to eat for a whole day because she had gotten herself locked up in the library. A glint appeared in her eyes as she heard a rustle from the bushes. Her nose twitched as she raise her face to smell the air. What she didnt notice about herself was the excitemnt she felt for seeing the horned white rabbit in front of her. She readyed herself with her small knife in hand. "I'm sorry but I'm going to have myself a small horned rabbit …show more content…
to which her father warned her not all cute things weren't as they seem. Then she was lured away to its family, then in a mocking manner it popped pellets onto her shoes. She wasnt sure if this was the same one but seeing it angered her. All she wanted was to cuddle them. Afterwards it did a chase and tag as if mocking her slowness. To ehich made her current self sure of one thing this little devil and its family members had a high intelligence. It jumped up and kicked her face while she was deep in thought so she charged at it in anger. It then jumped on her left unarmed arm as if to say see i won. Her face turned angry as she was once again mocked. It's eyes seemed to say 'give up you've lost already before we even began this game.' In a sense the rabbit wasn't wrong since she had no experince in battle since she was a 6 year old child
In the poem "A Song of Changgan", It establishes with the speaker not wanting to be with her husband "And I lowered my head toward a dark corner; And would not turn to your thousand calls;" However, as she turns fifteen she considers that she has no other choice and grasps the fact that she loves him. "But at fifteen, I straightened my brows and laughed, Learning that no dust could ever seal our love, That even unto death I would await you by my post; And would never lose heart in the tower of silent watching." When the speaker turns sixteen, her husband sets off on a lengthy journey which made her worried as he hasn't come home for a while. "Your footprints by our door, where I had watched you go, Were hidden, every one of them, under green moss, Hidden under moss too deep to sweep away. "
“The Death of Woman Wang”, written by Chinese historian Jonathan Spence, is a book recounting the harsh realities facing citizens of Tancheng country, Shandong Province, Qing controlled China in the late 17th century. Using various primary sources, Spence describes some of the hardships and sorrow that the people of Tancheng faced. From natural disasters, poor leadership, banditry, and invasions, the citizens of Tancheng struggled to survive in a devastated and changing world around them. On its own, “Woman Wang” is an insightful snapshot of one of the worst-off counties in imperial Qing China, however when taking a step back and weaving in an understanding of long held Chinese traditions, there is a greater understanding what happened in
In the epilogue to The Death of Woman Wang, we see several ways in which Chinese culture determined the sentence meted out to the Jens by Huang. False accusation of innocent persons was a capital crime in 17th century China, punishable by death. The Jens, however, were not executed. The largest factor in sparing the younger Jen, was based around the cultural importance placed on continuation of family lines and the strict ways in which this could acceptably happen.
Thru-out the centuries, regardless of race or age, there has been dilemmas that identify a family’s thru union. In “Hangzhou” (1925), author Lang Samantha Chang illustrates the story of a Japanese family whose mother is trapped in her believes. While Alice Walker in her story of “Everyday Use” (1944) presents the readers with an African American family whose dilemma is mainly rotating around Dee’s ego, the narrator’s daughter. Although differing ethnicity, both families commonly share the attachment of a legacy, a tradition and the adaptation to a new generation. In desperation of surviving as a united family there are changes that they must submit to.
“Only two kinds of daughters,” “Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind!”(476). When a mother pushes her daughter to hard, the daughter rebels, but realizes in the end that their mothers only wanted the best for them and had their best interest at heart. In the beginning, Jing-mei, is “just as excited as my mother,”(469). Jing-mei eagerly hoped to make her mother proud. However, her mother’s obsession with becoming a prodigy discouraged Jing-mei.
From the beginning of Wang Lung’s marriage to O-lan, she saved him time, money, and effort without complaint. She offered wisdom when asked and was smart in the ways of the world. During the famine, when the family went south in search of food, O-lan taught her children how to beg for food, “dug the small green weeds, dandelions, and shepherds purse that thrust up feeble new leaves”(p. 128). She raised her children prudently. She knew how to bind her daughter’s feet, and she gave them a better childhood than she had had. O-lan knew that the land was the only consistent thing in her life, so she willingly helped Wang Lung as he bought more and more land. O-lan knew her place in the family was as a wife and mother. As a wife, she fe...
Shi Baochang was a Buddhist monk who lived in the early sixth century. He would have been highly educated and in a position to devote large amounts of his time to compiling the biographies in his work. He was a master of Buddhism who preached in the Fields of Buddhism, making him as near to an authority of Buddhist teachings as existed at that time. Most of the women in his collection of stories lived hundreds of years before him, showing that he both was diligent about collecting stories and most likely wrong about a number of things. He wrote this piece to both tell famous nuns’ stories and to encourage other people to join Buddhism.
The Death of Woman Wang, by Jonathan Spence is an educational historical novel of northeastern China during the seventeenth century. The author's focus was to enlighten a reader on the Chinese people, culture, and traditions. Spence's use of the provoking stories of the Chinese county T'an-ch'eng, in the province of Shantung, brings the reader directly into the course of Chinese history. The use of the sources available to Spence, such as the Local History of T'an-ch'eng, the scholar-official Huang Liu-hung's handbook and stories of the writer P'u Sung-Ling convey the reader directly into the lives of poor farmers, their workers and wives. The intriguing structure of The Death of Woman Wang consists on observing these people working on the land, their family structure, and their local conflicts.
From the novel, it can then be concluded that issues that may seem to have disappeared from the world still thrive no matter the period of time. There is still some sort of oppression that takes place even if not necessarily by one race over another. Slavery, racism and gender abuses are still very much a part of the modern world. No matter how they seem to be removed from the world, there is still a little part of them that thrives within the very fabric of society.
Many of Ling’s stories focus on the new woman and her role in society. In contrast to her peers, Ling chose to go “beyond the gentleness of women’s literature” by portraying women who encompassed many de...
The constant changing of technology and social norms makes difficult for different generations to understand one another and fully relate to each other. Diction and slang change as years pass and what is socially acceptable may have been prohibited in the previous generations.
“Shut up i can talk how ever i want!” Lilly yelled, before she could turn right on the left side of her cheek, Mr. WIlson socked her. She ran down the hall with tears rolling down her face all the way to her bedroom slamming the door before Mr. Wilson could say anything else. She then threw herself on the ground bursting into tears. Laying on the floor she spotted something under her bed which at first seemed like a piece of old bark but it was the Monkey’s paw. Curiosity Lily inspected he paw not knowing the dangers it had caused. She then placed it in her pocket, thinking about how bad life was treating her.
The poem of A Story by Li-Young Lee analyzes the coming of age of a son through the eyes and emotions of a father. On the surface, it seems like a simple situation of a father telling the son a story to entertain him. But it is upon closer inspection and deep analysis that reveals the true meaning of the poem that the poet is trying to convey to the reader.
What is a fortuitous encounter? According to Davis and Spears, “[they are] close moments where a person, place, or thing causes our lives to change in a more positive direction” (p. 1, 2013). This movie is about the invasion of the Japanese into China during the 1930’s. This movie illuminates the cruel and horrific pain that was inflicted on many innocent Chinese.
...ith Jing Mei and her mother, it is compounded by the fact that there are dual nationalities involved as well. Not only did the mother’s good intentions bring about failure and disappointment from Jing Mei, but rooted in her mother’s culture was the belief that children are to be obedient and give respect to their elders. "Only two kinds of daughters.....those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind!" (Tan1) is the comment made by her mother when Jing Mei refuses to continue with piano lessons. In the end, this story shows that not only is the mother-daughter relationship intricately complex but is made even more so with cultural and generational differences added to the mix.