In my opinion, these are the key words of Renaissance. After the Renaissance, people began to attach importance of education. Because of this, people cherished their lives and they knew they only have one life, which is short and fragile. Renaissance was a rediscover of the ancient literature and used the knowledge that from ancient literature to improve quality of life.
George
September 30, 2020
A poor family had three wishes that could be truth, they wished they had 200 pounds. At last, they got it, but 200 pounds was due to the death for their son. In the story The Monkey’s Paw, by William W. Jacobs, the author believes that the darkest place in the hearts of many people is greed. Their son went to work, but he had an accident that he trapped in the machinery and he died. The visitor was a stuff in their son’s company, who told them this accident and offered compensation. When Mr. White learned that the visitor would give him 200 pounds, he became very happy, even though his son was trapped and died in the machinery.“‘How much?’ he said. ‘Two hundred pounds.’ The old man smiled faintly, put out his hands like a blind man, and fell to the floor, unconscious” (William 211-214). This lets us know Mr. White is greedy, obsessed with money, and cold-blooded. Because when his son died, he was seduced by 200 pounds. He has no qualification to be a father. When a person becomes greedy, his heart will be very dark. He will be very guilty and do something unthinkable. When Mrs. White remembered that there was one wish that could be fulfilled, she wished her son was still alive. But Mr. White was afraid of what his son would look like when he came back because of how he died in the machine. “The old man looked at her and his voice shook. ‘He has been dead ten days, and also – I could only recognize him by his clothes. He was too horrible for you to see then. What do you think he looks like now?’ But his wife pulled him towards the door. ‘Bring him back. Do you think I’m frightened of my own son?’” (William 256-261). From this we see Mr. White who is greedy, he can’t face his son, because he feels guilty for accepting the 200 pounds. We also know how Mrs. White love her son, she really wanted to her son was alive, even though her son died for 10 days, but Mr. White was afraid of her son, this part I think is the darkest place in Mr. White heart.
From Mr. White we know that greed can change a person from good to bad.When we become greedy, just like taking drugs, we become addicted to them continuously, which finally leads to serious results.
The story, “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan, tells about a girl who has an argument with her mom over Christmas dinner and her relatives’ behavior that she considers impolite. She invited her classmate, Robert who is an American . For Christmas dinner she was supposed to have sweet potatoes and roast Turkey, but her mom cooked Chinese food instead. She didn’t think it was a good choice, and when her relatives came to her home and did what she thought was impolite, so she was completely disappointed with the dinner. Robert also looked very awkward at dinner. When we understood her so-called impolite behavior, I found that most of them were some traditional Chinese customs.
I think the conflict in this story is external conflict. The conflict is about her and her mother. The first part of my poem shows that Amy invited Robert, but her mom invited her relatives, and the conflict actually started. The second part is about her mom making a strange menu on Christmas Night, because all the dishes are Chinese food. The third part shows that Amy thinks anything they did is impolite. In the fourth and fifth parts, we can clearly see that her so-called impolite things are some Chinese traditional customs. The sixth part reflects Robert’s disappointment with the dinner , which is also the biggest reason why Amy had conflict with her mom.
I choose grilled fish for the background because it is an example of Chinese food. I design six parts of my poem, it can clearly show my point of view. Every parts have their own idea, so why did I choose this layout
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