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…in the last few verses. In The Horses, for example the 'woods in the hour-before-dawn dark' is contrasted with 'the din of crowded streets' and in Esther's Tomcat from killing a medieval knight to leaping 'among ashcans' in the back alleys of some city…

…the world in 1963, Knight traveled to Japan. He scheduled an interview with the managers of the Onitsuka Company (now Tiger-Asics), the producers of running shoes under the name of Tiger (Katz 59). Introducing himself as a representative of an American…

…involves freedom of choice. In "Without Wood," Rose Hsu Jordan is overwhelmed by too many choices (Tan, 214). In Confucianism, there are few, if any choices at all, because one's actions are so heavily determined by one's role in society. In her marriage, Rose…

…involves freedom of choice. In "Without Wood," Rose Hsu Jordan is overwhelmed by too many choices (Tan, 214). In Confucianism, there are few, if any choices at all, because one's actions are so heavily determined by one's role in society. In her marriage, Rose…

…was born in the year of the Tiger, Ying-ying had a gold side, "leaps with its fierce heart," and a black side, which "stands still with cunning, hiding its gold between trees, seeing and not being seen, waiting patiently for things to come" (The Joy Luck Club…

…in fate and her personal destiny led to a policy of submissiveness and even listlessness. She lived like a ghost even after giving birth to Lena, but she called it using her "black side" (The Joy Luck Club-movie). Because she was born in the year of the Tiger…

….'' The speaker suggests however, that later on Dai-yu (''that fairy wood'') dies. Thus, even a wife ''so courteous and so kind'' as Bao-chai is no substitute for the wife that Dai-yu could have been. Their marriage, even though ''others all commend…

…elements. Here the elements were presented to numbers: one being water, two being fire, three as wood, four as metal, and five as earth. These were not just substances or chemical phenomena but represented instead the principle cosmic forces or influences…

…elements. Here the elements were presented to numbers: one being water, two being fire, three as wood, four as metal, and five as earth. These were not just substances or chemical phenomena but represented instead the principle cosmic forces or influences…

…In the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost presents us with the picture of an individual pausing in a journey to observe the woods during an evening snowstorm. When the traveler's horse begins to grow impatient, they reluctantly…