I decided to read the novel by Joy Kogawa entitled Obasan. The
novel was written in 1981 and told the details of how the Japanese were
discriminated against during World War 2. The author's main purpose was
to educated the reader on how hard life really was for her family and
other Japanese Canadians living in British Columbia, and especially in
Vancouver. Joy Kogawa tried to show how ignorant British Columbians
really were, and that we still do not fully understand what really
happened during the war. She also tries to teach Canadians the culture
of the Japanese.
The novel starts in the seventies with Naomi a teacher in
Northern Alberta finding out that her uncle has died. When Naomi returns
home to console her Aunt Obasan, she begins to relive the difficulties of
her life. She recounts the struggle against the government and
themselves while trying to stay in Vancouver. Naomi is very small at the
time of the war and did not really fully understand what was happening to
her race. The novel recounts the struggle of Naomi's Aunt Emily to
ensure that her family would be together in whatever place they were sent
to. Aunt Emily wanted to head east to Toronto, but was unable to get the
documentation for the entire family which included her sister children,
who she was taking care of. The novel discuses the camps that the
Japanese families were sent to in Hastings Park during the ...
In chapter 6 of Obasan, a novel written by Joy Kogawa, Naomi, the protagonist had a dream showing her inner thoughts and emotions. In her dream sequence, she sees herself and another man encounter another man and woman. The other man, a british Martinet is toiling away cutting trees for a reason unknown while the other woman, a old lady is walking up a wooded hill. When the British man looks at Naomi she and her man join in and start cutting the tree as well. Soon after Naomi sees a lion dog that yawns revealing its true nature as a robot lion dog.At this point, Naomi’s dream alters and she sees her uncle making a cerimonial bow with a red rose in his mouth later then doing a ritual flower dance for the dead. Behind her uncle Naomi sees a figure
The questions were very thought out and not too broad which was an intelligent idea because if you want to achieve specific answers in a personality assessment, there needs to be specific questions. I read a book about the Big Five before this assignment was assigned so while I was taking the test I could partially tell which questions corresponded to which division of the Big Five. Nevertheless, that did not have an impact on how truthful my responses were. If I were to take the test again I do believe that I would get a similar score because I answered honestly and the answers I chose were the ones that represented me the best. I assume that the test would produce results for diverse groups of people as long as the information about gender, age and country were answered correctly. I thought that having a test that compares similar types of people to each other was a brilliant idea for the reason that it could have been too generic if
daughters. She was trying to get to her husband who was stationed in another town in the
Margaret E. O’Kane is the founder and president of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). NCQA is one of the nation’s leading advocates for improving healthcare through measurement, reporting, and accountability. NCQA is the foremost accrediting organization for health plans including HMOs, PPOs, and consumer directed plans. (Margaret) “Our goal is to increase the value of NCQA accreditation both to organizations pursuing accreditation and to the audiences who seek help in assessing the quality of health care provided by those organizations”. NCQA has developed, maintained, and expanded the nation’s most widely used health care quality tool, which is known as the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS). HEDIS is responsible for evaluating whether and how well
The first impulsive behaviour from Romeo doesn’t take long to come. Romeo is talking with his cousin, Benvolio, to whether crash into the masquerade feast at the Capulet’s house. Even though Romeo is a bit hesitant at the beginning, thinking that is dangerous and inappropriate to get into the Capulet’s house with Benvolio and Mercutio as they are Montagues “And we mean well in going to this mask, / But ’tis no wit to go.” (Romeo), eventually he has a change of heart and ends up going. This clearly shows that Romeo being young and immature, can’t make right decisions and lets the spark of the moment take over him without clearly thinking the consequences of his actions. He even states that in a dream, he learned that going to the feast was a bad idea, which Shakespeare foreshadows Romeo’s dea...
Once the war was over, it was safe enough for her to travel. The reason why she traveled
Throughout the novel, Grendel searches for his purpose and believes that the world is pointless, revealing his
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The British novelist Laurence Sterne inscribes how no one can understand the struggles of being torn by two opposing ideals with equal force at the same moment, except one who is in that position or dealing with that problem. Stern asserts that opposing forces plaguing a man can destroy his sanity. In the novel, Grendel by John Gardner, Grendel is the protagonist who deals with two conflicting ideas on how he should live his life. Throughout the novel, Grendel contemplates the meaning of life and seeks to discover the workings of the universe, observing how men interact with each other. One significant observation is one of the Shaper who is a storyteller who creates meaning out of life that Grendel longs for. As the story continues, Grendel
Scotia with her Friend Marion to see her longtime friend Minnie. Minnie is a long time
An example of Romeo’s rash decision is when he gets revenge and kills Tybalt. Romeo is in full anger and really is not thinking about what he is doing. He ends up defeating Tybalt, but his punishment is that he is banished from Verona and is forced to live in Mantua. Romeo now has to leave Juliet behind and live on his own. After Romeo kills Tybalt he says out loud, “O, I am fortune’s fool!” (3.1.130). Romeo realizes that he has made a huge mistake and that now he is going to have to pay the consequences. He flees the scene and later realizes that he is banished. It shows how Romeo’s unthoughtfulness has caused him trouble. Juliet also, makes a rash decision in begging the Friar to help her be with Romeo or she’ll kill herself. She doesn’t think about how she could think of a different plan instead of threatening to kill herself. Juliet tells the Friar that he must help her or else. Juliet tells the Friar, “ Tell me not, friar, that thou hearest of this, Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it/I long to die.” (4.1.51-67). This reveals that Juliet is “dying” if she doesn’t have Romeo with her. All Juliet needed to do was calm down and think of a plan by herself. Of course, the biggest rash decision was the decision to kill themselves. If Friar John would have went by himself and brought Romeo the message, they would have lived together in Mantua. Instead Balthasar
As American actor and producer Timothy Olyphant said “Sometimes, people aren't as consciously aware of their decisions as they should be”. This statement also applies to Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare. Romeo is often not as conscious of his decisions as he should be. He also weighs his feelings when making a decision more than common sense or reason. This drastically influenced his life, and the wrong turn that it took. The critical choices that Romeo makes are most responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet because he makes his choices based on emotion even when he knows it will end up badly for him, and when he is too ignorant to know.
After taking the Big Five Personality Test I’ve concluded that it is a fairly accurate assessment of my personality. 1) On Openness to Experience/Intellect I ranked at the 53 percentile, with the description that I don’t typically seek out new experiences. I would agree with this assessment. While I am somewhat creative, I am no artist. It takes me more time to do something creative than something analytical, but I do still like to be creative on occasion.
home. We can see that she did not fit in with the people of the
to the farm to see if Skippy was OK. Her friend said Skippy had run off and