success. However, here is where both depart vastly from each other. While Jade Snow Wong seeks success in Academia and later business, which her father feigned disapproval: more like a wait and see attitude. However, Jade Li pursues fame as an actor with her parents extreme disapproval, even lying to their families and friends. Part of the dissimilarities amount to different times. Jade Snow Wong grew up in the WWI/WWII era while Jade Li grew up during the 80s/90s and was able to get away with more. The
overcome many challenges and struggles that help to define and build who we are. According to Orrison Swett Mardon, "Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them." Ruth, Jade, and Marie do exactly that. Ruth McBride-Jordan in The Color of Water is a Jewish immigrant in America who desperately struggles to search for her identity in a time of great prejudices. Breaking free from her abusive father and religious intolerance
their friends and, as friends, have no more authority over them. If children make mistakes, parents cannot punish them. Moreover, by law, parents cannot strike or hit them. The children's minds are always absorbed with the thoughts expressed by Jade Snow Wong: Today, we recognized that children are individuals and that parents can no longer demand their unquestioning obedience. Parents should do their best to understand their children, because young people also have their rights. In addition
The role of American women started to change completely during 1920s. In this paper, I will follow is to identify how American women’s role have changed, describe their difficulties and compare the experiences of Asian American women and African American women. When the United States entered World War I in 1917, millions of men were sent to join allied forces and many jobs were lack of labors. In the meantime, the war led high deaths and injuries. Therefore, most women had started to take a role