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The next segment of the 12 part anthology is called "Alive" and has a much darker, yet ironic and comical plot. Tong Guhan is sent to a far away city in China on a business trip, however an earthquake strikes and Tong Guhan is injured. He suffers amnesia, and cannot recall a single thing, leaving his whole family behind. Tong's loss of place, memory and hope are put in to represent the homesickness and pain Ha Jin felt leaving his family to join the army. While the character does eventually make it back home in the end, so does Ha Jin. When he graduated college, he moved back Shangdong, China with his father. Ha Jin's experience away from home and losing the connection and relationships had with his family is humanized into Tong's amnesia. The loss of Tongs family could also be viewed as a reference to China's Cultural Revolution, comparing the change of culture to a loss of uniqueness and heritage. A biography of Ha Jin sates "Jin's plans for returning to China changed in 1989, however, when he saw Chinese protesters confronting army troops in Tiananmen Square in Beijing; the results were brutal " (Mazzeno 1). The loss of culture seen during this time in China fits perfectly with the fictional character Tong losing his family and security. A perfect example to see Ha Jin's personal opinion comes from the story "The Bridegroom" "Six or seven years ago, a half-wit and a high school graduate had started an association in our city, named the China Liberation Party, which eventually recruited nine members." (Jin 95). This line shows explicitly how much Jin disagrees with the Liberation Party, and what they had done to the culture of his home country. Events like this causes a dramatic turn in the makeup of Ha Jin's personality, and later, how he would write.
As the stories throughout "The Bridegroom" progress we are able to notice a common underlying structure spanning across all stories.
The teacher embarrasses Jin Wang in front of his peers by missing his name. ... Wei turns into angry Asian-American boy when Jin kisses Suzy. ... ", "ha ha ha ", "clap clap clap "(48). ... The teacher shows racial segregation to Jin Wang. ... On racial stereotype, Jin Wang is grouped and stigmatized in dog eaters. ...
Hanjuan Jin was found guilty of stealing trade secrets from her former company, Motorola Inc., but was acquitted of charges of economic espionage for China. ... Jin waived her right to a jury trial, leaving it in the hands of US District Judge Ruben Castillo of Chicago. ... Jin will receive her sentencing on April 18, but for now she remains free on bond. ... Jin's defense lawyers highlighted Jin as an innocent worker who spent nine years at Motorola and never intended to do them any harm. ... Jin was a spy" (Harris)....
Ha goes through the process that most other people who flee their homes go through: she had to deal with her life changing until it was inside out when leaving, then she got to experience it shifting back again while finding a new home. ... In the novel "Inside Out and Back Again," Ha was living without her father for most of her life. ... This changed Ha's life: before she had always had a father that had been captured, now she knows she doesn't have someone to protect their family the way a father is supposed to. Once Ha learned that her father had died, she had to take...
Her name was Zhu Jin Lin. ... When he died, Zhu Jin raised all of the children in her own. ... Even thought she was uneducated, she regarded education as important in her life. ... He wanted my grandma to retire and enjoy life, but she got the cancer. ...
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha I have recently finished reading the novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle. ... All of the incidents in his life maybe forced him to grow up quicker than the other boys is age, his friends. ... For example Paddy and Kevin were best friends, Kevin lives down the road and a large portion of "Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha" involves the trouble they get into together so it is surprising when they have a fight. ... Another part that shows Paddy's maturity is when Kevin and his ex-friends are taunting him: " "Paddy Clarke- Paddy Clarke- Has no da Ha ha h...
"Ha"penny" "Ha"penny, a short story written by Alan Paton, is about a young orphan who wants to be taken in by a family. ... "Taken from on home to another," he was really never taken in and never had a steady life (411). ... Ha"penny is ashamed of being without a family with his indirect action he reveals his life as something it is not. ... Maarman and turns to her to save him from having a lonely life. ... All in all, the author uses his background, actions, and motivations to reveal to the reader just how life is like for a young twelve-year old orphan boy. ...
However, Judaism is predominantly focused on how to live life at the present rather than in the future therefore there is limited information about the topic. ... The spiritual afterlife is called Olam Ha-Ba in Hebrew and means The World to Come (the messianic age is also referred to as Olam Ha-Ba and can become quite confusing). ... However Judaism is not a preparation for the afterlife and focuses more on life and how to live it. ... This is also called Olam Ha-Ba. ... Olam Ha-Ba will involve the peaceful co-existence of all people. ...
[H3O+][A-] = Ka [HA][H2O] Rearranging this expression to solve for the H3O+ ions gives [H3O+] = Ka [HA][H2O][A-]. ... The ratio of [HA]/[A-] decreases, but only by a small amount. Adding acid takes away a few A- ions by converting them to HA and adds only a few HA to the original amount of HA. The ratio of [HA]/[A-] increases, but again, only by a small amount. ... Many life processes are sensitive to pH and require regulation within a small range of H3O+ and OH- concentrations. ...
"Beit Ha Tefilah" means house of prayer, "Beit Ha Knesset" means house of assembly and "Beit Ha Midrash" means house of study. ... After the destruction of second temple which happened in A.D.70, synagogues had become the dominant institution for Jews religious life. ... (Lee) Studying Judaism is a life-long commitment for Jews. ... (Cohen) This explains the reason why going to synagogues is important and attractive to Jews to keep up with their religious life. ... Jews were able to maintain their religious life even after the temple, which was their main place to...
