A story of historical horror and human resilience –book review of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl I have always wanted to read this book but never had a chance to pick it up until recently, when I came across some research about the Holocaust and WWII. Even though I am now fourContinueContinue reading “A story of historical horror and human resilience–Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl”
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A single story and a definite answer to Chinese education–Little Soldiers
A single story and a definite answer to Chinese education –book review of Little Soldiers When I opened the book, I knew exactly what I was getting myself into—an American narrative that aims to help readers understand Chinese education and its drastic differences with the Western education. I knew the many things that Chu wouldContinueContinue reading “A single story and a definite answer to Chinese education–Little Soldiers”
Beyond human nature: the bitter truth of poverty and class differences–book review of The Pearl
Beyond human nature: the bitter truth of poverty and class differences book review of The Pearl Almost every introduction and book review focus on the nature of the book as a “parable about wealth and the evil it can bring.” As much as the book deals with greed, evilness, the danger of wealth, whatContinueContinue reading “Beyond human nature: the bitter truth of poverty and class differences–book review of The Pearl”
A deferred dream in a plain play–A Raisin in the Sun
What happens to a dream deferred? Coming from the famous poem of Langston Hughes, the title of the book sums up the central idea of the play—when a dream is deferred, it not only dries up like a raisin in the sun but is also capable of exploding. Surrounding a three-generation African American household,ContinueContinue reading “A deferred dream in a plain play–A Raisin in the Sun”
Angels in America—what a Gay Fantasia reveals about America
Under the current COVID-19 pandemic, the reading of the AIDS epidemic becomes especially thought provoking and resonating. During special times like this while everything around us is changing, readers cannot help but notice the progress and changes that the play is hinting at. In the 1980s, it was the worst of times, but it wasContinueContinue reading “Angels in America—what a Gay Fantasia reveals about America”
The shadow of neocolonialism: how a book with “righteous” purposes can backlash and hurt the journalism subjects and the potential trust between countries –book review of Without You, There Is No Us
The shadow of neocolonialism: how a book with “righteous” purposes can backlash and hurt the journalism subjects and the potential trust between countries –book review of Without You, There Is No Us Under the pandemic when reading has turned into one of my biggest comforts and books continue to act as my sanctuary, I findContinueContinue reading “The shadow of neocolonialism: how a book with “righteous” purposes can backlash and hurt the journalism subjects and the potential trust between countries –book review of Without You, There Is No Us”
Fiction or reality: what a good story tells—The Things They Carried
“Stories are for joining the past to the future. Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can’t remember how you got from where you were to where you are. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story.” Book Introduction: The Things TheyContinueContinue reading “Fiction or reality: what a good story tells—The Things They Carried”
Nonviolence, injustice, and change–March
Book introduction: March is a graphic novel that vividly presents a first-hand account of John lewis’s lifelong struggle for civil and human rights. The inspiration of the book was drawn from the 1958 comic book Martin Luther King that inspired generations. Now, March becomes one of the books to inspire others by telling a greatContinueContinue reading “Nonviolence, injustice, and change–March”
The story behind activism—The Overstory
Book introduction: The Overstory presents a story from the root to the crown, and back to the seed. It is a story, more precisely eight stories of resistance and activism. When people understand the beauty of trees, their fates are forever changed as their embark on a road of activism that challenges the problematic system.ContinueContinue reading “The story behind activism—The Overstory”
The many complexities and diversity in one historical fiction—The Sympathizer
“I am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces. Perhaps not surprisingly, I am also a man of two minds. I am not some misunderstood mutant from a comic book or a horror movie, although some have treated me as such. I am simply able to see any issue from bothContinueContinue reading “The many complexities and diversity in one historical fiction—The Sympathizer”
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