The FML (For Meaningful Life) Tea Trading Company exports, manufactures, packages, and wholesales many types of teas including White, Green, Oolong, Black, Flavored, and Blooming. There are tea experts/masters in the company that “guarantee the best quality and reasonable prices”. The site/articles give information about the origins of tea, its health benefits, and just about anything about the stuff. More than 4,000 years ago, tea was discovered in China and is shown to have significant benefits to human health. The components in tea aid in everyday aches or pains, and strengthen the body in ways that regular over the counter medicine could not. There are external links available to other tea sites/resources making the site very reliable on its information. The site provides pictures to give a visual of what tea leaves actually look like. Overall the articles were useful to the topic of tea as a whole because of its versatility in information.
Tuesday, May 27
Hillary's Annotative Bibliography
FML (For Meaningful Life) Home Page. XIAMEN FML IMP.&EXP. CO.,LTD. 22 May 2008
The FML (For Meaningful Life) Tea Trading Company exports, manufactures, packages, and wholesales many types of teas including White, Green, Oolong, Black, Flavored, and Blooming. There are tea experts/masters in the company that “guarantee the best quality and reasonable prices”. The site/articles give information about the origins of tea, its health benefits, and just about anything about the stuff. More than 4,000 years ago, tea was discovered in China and is shown to have significant benefits to human health. The components in tea aid in everyday aches or pains, and strengthen the body in ways that regular over the counter medicine could not. There are external links available to other tea sites/resources making the site very reliable on its information. The site provides pictures to give a visual of what tea leaves actually look like. Overall the articles were useful to the topic of tea as a whole because of its versatility in information.
The FML (For Meaningful Life) Tea Trading Company exports, manufactures, packages, and wholesales many types of teas including White, Green, Oolong, Black, Flavored, and Blooming. There are tea experts/masters in the company that “guarantee the best quality and reasonable prices”. The site/articles give information about the origins of tea, its health benefits, and just about anything about the stuff. More than 4,000 years ago, tea was discovered in China and is shown to have significant benefits to human health. The components in tea aid in everyday aches or pains, and strengthen the body in ways that regular over the counter medicine could not. There are external links available to other tea sites/resources making the site very reliable on its information. The site provides pictures to give a visual of what tea leaves actually look like. Overall the articles were useful to the topic of tea as a whole because of its versatility in information.
Annotative Bibliography
Chang, Wonona W. “Dim Sum: Appetizers of Your Heart’s Desire” Flavor and Fortune Fall 1996. 22 May 2008
The article serves to inform the audience about the food and culture of Dim Sum. It gives examples of the traditional food and categorizes them. The article gives several recipes to spread Chinese culture to one’s own home. It encourages people to make their own Chinese Dim Sum and to experience new things. The author is very informed about Dim Sum. She is able to give the Chinese pronunciations of the foreign words. The author clearly has tried the experience before, as she gives a fond example of chatting with neighbors sitting on a nearby table. The conversation is polite, though it shares personal experiences, showing that Dim Sum is very social. The author makes an effort to describe the meanings and origins of Dim Sum, suggesting that she is writing for a non-Chinese audience. The article is useful since it gives an example of human interactions in this ancient tradition.
Global Oneness. 2008. Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. 22 May 2008.
Upon investigation, the article was found to be slightly unreliable. The article was adapted from the Wikipedia article of the same name. Nevertheless, the article still has valuable information. It gave an explanation of what Dim Sum means in different areas of China, including Hong Kong, Guangdong, as well as Northern China. The article gives some information on the utensils used, something I have not found anywhere else. Unlike other articles, this one addresses the subject in a different form. The words Yum Cha itself means “to drink tea” and is synonymous to eating Dim Sum. The article may not attract many viewers as most Americans do not know the relation between the two. They have probably heard of the latter, though probably not the former. Perhaps the most important piece of information is the mention of rituals. Most Americans do not know the idea of finger tapping or flipping the teapot lid. This knowledge shows that research has been made in this area.
The article serves to inform the audience about the food and culture of Dim Sum. It gives examples of the traditional food and categorizes them. The article gives several recipes to spread Chinese culture to one’s own home. It encourages people to make their own Chinese Dim Sum and to experience new things. The author is very informed about Dim Sum. She is able to give the Chinese pronunciations of the foreign words. The author clearly has tried the experience before, as she gives a fond example of chatting with neighbors sitting on a nearby table. The conversation is polite, though it shares personal experiences, showing that Dim Sum is very social. The author makes an effort to describe the meanings and origins of Dim Sum, suggesting that she is writing for a non-Chinese audience. The article is useful since it gives an example of human interactions in this ancient tradition.
Global Oneness. 2008. Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. 22 May 2008.
Upon investigation, the article was found to be slightly unreliable. The article was adapted from the Wikipedia article of the same name. Nevertheless, the article still has valuable information. It gave an explanation of what Dim Sum means in different areas of China, including Hong Kong, Guangdong, as well as Northern China. The article gives some information on the utensils used, something I have not found anywhere else. Unlike other articles, this one addresses the subject in a different form. The words Yum Cha itself means “to drink tea” and is synonymous to eating Dim Sum. The article may not attract many viewers as most Americans do not know the relation between the two. They have probably heard of the latter, though probably not the former. Perhaps the most important piece of information is the mention of rituals. Most Americans do not know the idea of finger tapping or flipping the teapot lid. This knowledge shows that research has been made in this area.
Sunday, May 18
Play by ear.
Throughout the book, stories are used to link generations and circumstances. What do you think the importance of stories are to the novel? (in general?)
Think about stories and...
You don't have to answer all of the bullets, just post on what you think the importance of stories are to the novel and everyday life.
Think about stories and...
- the creation of the Joy Luck Club
- the JLC members
- the readers interpretation
You don't have to answer all of the bullets, just post on what you think the importance of stories are to the novel and everyday life.
Concubines
"Concubinage is the state of a woman or youth in an ongoing, quasi-matrimonial relationship with a man of higher social status. Typically, the man has an official wife and, in addition, one or more concubines. Concubines have limited rights of support from the man, and their offspring are publicly acknowledged as the man's children, albeit of lower status than children born by the official wife or wives; these legal rights distinguish a concubine from a mistress.
The term concubine generally signifies ongoing, quasi-matrimonial relationships where the woman is of lower social status than the man or the official wife or wives. Some historical Asian and European rulers maintained concubines as well as wives.
Historically, concubinage was frequently voluntary (by the girl and/or her family's arrangement), as it provided a measure of economic security for the woman involved. Involuntary, or servile, concubinage sometimes involves sexual slavery of one member of the relationship, typically the woman, being a pleasure slave to the man." --Wikipedia
In An-Mei Hsu's story, her mother was a concubine to a wealthy man. She talks about the man's other 4 wives/concubines. Talk about how you feel about concubinage. Should it still be legal today? Do you think it is fair? Consider religions and the role of the women (for pleasure or for children). Read http://thetruth.atspace.com/concubines.html and discuss.
The term concubine generally signifies ongoing, quasi-matrimonial relationships where the woman is of lower social status than the man or the official wife or wives. Some historical Asian and European rulers maintained concubines as well as wives.
Historically, concubinage was frequently voluntary (by the girl and/or her family's arrangement), as it provided a measure of economic security for the woman involved. Involuntary, or servile, concubinage sometimes involves sexual slavery of one member of the relationship, typically the woman, being a pleasure slave to the man." --Wikipedia
In An-Mei Hsu's story, her mother was a concubine to a wealthy man. She talks about the man's other 4 wives/concubines. Talk about how you feel about concubinage. Should it still be legal today? Do you think it is fair? Consider religions and the role of the women (for pleasure or for children). Read http://thetruth.atspace.com/concubines.html and discuss.
Quote!
". . . I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these two things do not mix? I taught [my daughter] how American circumstances work. If you are born poor here, it’s no lasting shame. . . . In America, nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you. She learned these things, but I couldn’t teach her about Chinese character . . . How not to show your own thoughts, to put your feelings behind your face so you can take advantage of hidden opportunities. . . . Why Chinese thinking is best."
Do you agree with her that both "American circumstances and Chinese character" couldn't mix? Isn't her idea about America quite naive, thinking that it is a place of equal opportunity? Does anyone feel all the characters are challenged by this, having to entwine both "American circumstances and Chinese character?" Discuss.
(I was too lazy to type it all, full passage on page 289)
Do you agree with her that both "American circumstances and Chinese character" couldn't mix? Isn't her idea about America quite naive, thinking that it is a place of equal opportunity? Does anyone feel all the characters are challenged by this, having to entwine both "American circumstances and Chinese character?" Discuss.
(I was too lazy to type it all, full passage on page 289)
Wednesday, May 14
Motifs
One of the major sidekicks that Themes’ posses are Motifs they are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes. List a motif that reoccurs throughout the novel and explain what the message the motif is pointing towards.
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