... , where she married Tin Jong. They had three children. After the birth of each child, her husband gave her a gold bracelet, made of twenty-four carat gold. Also, when she has extra money, Lindo buys herself bracelets made of pure twenty-four-carat gold. To her they are a symbol of her own purity - her refusal to be untrue to herself. In the midst ... to dinner as promised. Lindo cannot understand her daughter's dishonorable behavior, for she sacrificed everything to honor her parents and keep their word. She sees herself as twenty-four carat gold; her daughter, who does not understand ho...

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... against American cultural development, which placed material values above spiritual goals. He saw beauty, art, and all human relations corrupted by the insane pursuit of gold.''59 In other words, O‟Neill's concept of the American family is based on a deep analysis of American society. He sought his dramatic material in ... against American cultural developments, which placed material values above spiritual goals. He saw beauty, art, and all human relations corrupted by the insane pursuit of gold."62 In other words, O‟Neill‟s concept of the American family is based on a deep analysi...

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... soup. Much more often, though, they were punished for their actions by being denied their bread or soup. Wiesel recounts multiple occasions of camp personnel coveting his gold tooth, before finally a Polish foreman bullied him into giving it up (p. 53). It was this foreman that had learned how to get to Elie. His name ... was Franek, and he knew of Elie's loyalty to his father. So when he Elie refused to give up the gold tooth, Franek proceeded to take it out on his father, who had never been trained militarily and subsequently was unable to march "in step." Franek would ... soup. Muc...

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... that they could take and were enjoying making the children cry (Into the arms of strangers). One boy named Peter recounted: One little girl had to give up her thin gold necklace with its Star of David, She begged them to let her keep it, but they only laughed, They told us to lift our arms above our heads, and I prayed ... didn't slip." (Fox and Abrahan-Podietz, 65). This is an example of the Nazi treatment. They took a thin gold necklace that probably was not worth very much by itself but if every little girl on the train had the same gold necklace then that would add up for the inspec...

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... await her arrival at the airport. When they finally meet again, each is amazed at how old the other looks. Moon Orchid, who has never been to America ""the Gold Mountain" "before, is thrilled by everything around her. She follows her nieces and nephews around the house in Stockton, commenting on their intelligence and abilities, much to the children ... , as the wife of a successful doctor in Los Angeles. Moon Orchid, like her sister and so many other Chinese women, married in China just before her husband left for the Gold Mountain, and received a generous allowance from him while she w...

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... all too frequent. The other side of the family was Hudson Valley Dutch. His maternal grandfather, General Peter Gansevoort, a hero of the Saratoga campaign, was an imposing subject in his gold-laced uniform for the painter Gilbert Stuart. The portrait would appear in Melville's later novel,  Pierre, for Melville wrote out of his familial as well as his nautical background. Like ... ...

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... most common form of jewellery would have been pins. These would have been very useful for holding up the women's peplos or chitons. They were often beautifully decorated. A pin - Etruscan gold fibula which shows a cat about to attack 2 birds. Roman women also wore jewellery such as ear-rings, brooches, necklaces and bracelets. When the woman died, she would be buried with ... ...

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