Quickwrite - Symbolism in Stories I've Read

Many symbols are used in books, and/or a secret way to say things between some people. Symbols can be different things, like a drawing, or an object.

In the story, The Cranes, for example has a symbol. The cranes in the story that tells the childhood friendship of the two men is a symbol. The cranes can be a symbol for freedom, where cranes normally want to be free, and that the main character set his friend free.

The Scarlet Ibis Quickwrite

People may be feeling proud in a lot of ways, like when other people praise you. There can also be a lot of ways of why and how people praise you. They can be praising you because of your personalities, like being smart. It can also be because of your abilities to do something, like performing a hard piece of music within two days. Or, it can be your appearance, handsome or beautiful. When people are praising you, they can praise you by giving you gifts, or words.
Being proud can sometimes be a good thing and other times a bad thing. It is good when you are not too proud, you will still listen to other people's suggestions and you will be more confident with yourself, but when you are too proud of yourself, you are just not going to listen to other people and think whatever you did is write.

Retreat of the "Tiger Mother" & Why Chinese Mother are not Superior

These two articles are saying about how they don't agree to Amy Chua's article. They do agree some of the points, but others, they say those are too extreme. In the article Retreat of the "Tiger Mother" they said that Amy Chua, after getting negative comments on her article, took her daughter, Lulu, and her friends to have a sleepover for her birthday. She mentioned in the article that she only gives advice to mothers of how to treat their children, but didn't say that every child can't do this or that. In the article Why Chinese Mother are not superior, the author, Jean Hsu, talked about which points she agree with Amy Chua, and which she does not. I also agreed to Jean Hsu, because you really shouldn't work your kids to the extreme, or else they will just rebelled like Lulu did.

The Lady, or the Tiger? Quickwrite

There may be a lot of times that you will have to choose between something good to you and the other good for someone you cared about. Some of the times it may be secrets of whether to say it or not. When the person you cared about heard the secret, he/she might be sad, scared, or angry because of you. But if you don't say it, then you might feel guilty to not tell him/her. When you choose to say the secret, you might feel a stone dropped in your heart. After you said it; however, you will feel bad and think it will be better if you hadn't say it. Choosing whether to say it or not, it depends on how deep the secret is, sometimes it is okay to say it, while others are not. Sometimes I feel glad that I choose to say it and other times I regret saying them.

Why is Chinese mom more superior?

The article is about a Chinese mom forcing her children to do what is best for them, and how she did it to help the kids success. There are some points that I agree with her, and some others I don't. The parts that the mom take good care of her two kids are really well, but a little bit too tight. The kids doesn't have any freedom to do what they want. Sometimes, it is also good for the kids to have a little freedom and not only control in the little world of their moms. When some children really can't do something, forcing them is not a good idea, but if they have even a little chance, they will be success. Also, insulting your own kids may be a way to motivate them because they don't want to be insult any more so they will improve. But, if use too much of insulting and no praising, it might make the children think that the parents don't like them, and they might just give up. When the child grow up, some might remember the way they are trained, but some just don't. If they didn't or have no motivation without their parents insults, they will think they do great if praised easily.

Poison Quickwrite

Sometimes when you need to choose between things, each thing can lead to a different life for you. Like, if you are going to marry or not. A lot of factors might get into this decision. Your personalities, maybe you don’t like to interact with others, but you really like little kids. Your needs, like you need someone that is related to you to take over you lands and fortunes. Your fear, if you are poor and you don’t your kids or love one to suffer with having no money, or you are afraid that your kids are not going to get along well with other people and get harmed. The society’s value, there are more/less children in the society, and you don’t want to be part of the people that doesn't give no children to the society.

The Gift of the Magi Quickwrite

If I could save one thing from a disaster, I would save my jewelry box. My jewelry box is full of gifts from other people, from friends to family members. It contains necklaces, bracelets, rings and key chains. Also it has the jewelry that I bought for myself when go to different places, like other countries. The jewelries all have a special meaning or/and have a special memory to me. Some of the memory aren’t too good, but it still happened somewhere in my life, however, keeping a thing to remember it isn’t too bad.

Career

I would like to become a stylist, because I like to see the designs, and to see people  using them. Helping others with their clothes, hair is also a fun thing to do.

New Year Resolution

My New Year resolutions are to

make more friends

forget unhappy things from last year

grow taller

figure out what I am going to do

and to be more open