Can someone direct me to a character analysis of Candide, Matsuo Basho and Sora, and Olaudah Equiano. Thank u?
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I'm really not sure, but you might want to look on sparknotes.com under study guides or ask on their message boards. Hope that helped.
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From Library Journal\n"I wasn't born and raised to be a Kyoto geisha....I'm a fisherman's daughter from a little town called Yoroido on the Sea of Japan." How nine-year-old Chiyo, sold with her sister into slavery by their father after their mother's death, becomes Sayuri, the beautiful geisha accomplished in the art of entertaining men, is the focus of this fascinating first novel. Narrating her life story from her elegant suite in the Waldorf Astoria, Sayuri tells of her traumatic arrival at the Nitta okiya (a geisha house), where she endures harsh treatment from Granny and Mother, the greedy owners, and from Hatsumomo, the sadistically cruel head geisha. But Sayuri's chance meeting with the Chairman, who shows her kindness, makes her determined to become a geisha. Under the tutelage of the renowned Mameha, she becomes a leading geisha of the 1930s and 1940s. After the book's compelling first half, the second half is a bit flat and overlong. Still, Golden, with degrees in Japanese art and history, has brilliantly revealed the culture and traditions of an exotic world, closed to most Westerners. Highly recommended.\n-?Wilda Williams, "Library Journal"\n\nAccording to Arthur Golden's absorbing first novel, the word "geisha" does not mean "prostitute," as Westerners ignorantly assume--it means "artisan" or "artist." To capture the geisha experience in the art of fiction, Golden trained as long and hard as any geisha who must master the arts of music, dance, clever conversation, crafty battle with rival beauties, and cunning seduction of wealthy patrons. After earning degrees in Japanese art and history from Harvard and Columbia--and an M.A. in English--he met a man in Tokyo who was the illegitimate offspring of a renowned businessman and a geisha. This meeting inspired Golden to spend 10 years researching every detail of geisha culture, chiefly relying on the geisha Mineko Iwasaki, who spent years charming the very rich and famous.\nThe result is a novel with the broad social canvas (and love of coincidence) of Charles Dickens and Jane Austen's intense attention to the nuances of erotic maneuvering. Readers experience the entire life of a geisha, from her origins as an orphaned fishing-village girl in 1929 to her triumphant auction of her mizuage (virginity) for a record price as a teenager to her reminiscent old age as the distinguished mistress of the powerful patron of her dreams. We discover that a geisha is more analogous to a Western "trophy wife" than to a prostitute--and, as in Austen, flat-out prostitution and early death is a woman's alternative to the repressive, arcane system of courtship. In simple, elegant prose, Golden puts us right in the tearoom with the geisha; we are there as she gracefully fights for her life in a social situation where careers are made or destroyed by a witticism, a too-revealing (or not revealing enough) glimpse of flesh under the kimono, or a vicious rumor spread by a rival "as cruel as a spider." \n\nGolden's web is finely woven, but his book has a serious flaw: the geisha's true romance rings hollow--the love of her life is a symbol, not a character. Her villainous geisha nemesis is sharply drawn, but she would be more so if we got a deeper peek into the cause of her motiveless malignity--the plight all geisha share. Still, Golden has won the triple crown of fiction: he has created a plausible female protagonist in a vivid, now-vanished world, and he gloriously captures Japanese culture by expressing his thoughts in authentic Eastern metaphors.\nAmazon
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Hero is absolutely amazing. \n\nKung Fu Hustle is hilarious.\n\nHaven't seen House of Flying Daggers yet.\n\nHit me back.\nkeptcompany@yahoo.com
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You would need to summarize the points that you made regarding their art, history, religion and culture.\n\nYou did make some comparisons to other cultures of the same time period, and current cultures, right?  Or what influence these all had on their people and society?\n\nThus your conclusion should flow from these comparisons and/or influence summaries.\n\nGood luck!
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I'm sorry that you're having so much trouble. I'm having trouble helping you interpret the question being that I haven't read that particular novel. I wish you the best of luck, but I can tell you that several people in your class are probably having the same trouble. So, any interpretation of the question that you would have would certainly be better than nothing!! ;)
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282289/\n\nThis link should summarise in English, but I haven't actually checked.  Thought I'd leave that to you.
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You could use The Merchant of Venice for a project on gender roles.  Many critics agree that the nature of Antonio and Bassanio's relationship is homoerotic, and perhaps one-sidedly so.  The women in the book play a unique role in the fact that they provide the final judgement of Shylock, but their opinions/logic are only considered because they dress as men.  Lorenzo also admires Jessica in an erotic way when she dresses as a boy.  There's also the anti-Semitic facet of the text, if you wanted to go that route, as well as the role of merchants, money-lending, greed.  There is a wide range of criticism on this piece, because a lot of the themes and elements are somewhat ambiguous.
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Go to http://www.sparknotes.com/ and look at their character analysis. Read it over and write something similar to that for you analysis.
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1) 1941 is a time of increasing confusion for Tomi Nakaji, 13, who lives on the island of Oahu. \n\n2) As if his gruff, stroke-slowed grandfather, who insists on waving his Japanese flag around the yard, isn't enough, he has to contend with Keet Wilson, the bully next door. \n\n3) From a treetop, Tomi and his best friend, (a white kid) Billy, witness in disbelief the bombing of Pearl Harbor. \n\n4) Tomi finds the horrors personalized as his father, a poor fisherman, and later his grandfather are arrested and his father's fishing partner is killed. \n\n5) Tomi assumes responsibility for the family honor and samurai sword. \n\n6) Racial/ethnic tension is subtly portrayed throughout the novel, but escalates following the Japanese attack. \n\n7) Tomi's mother loses her job as a housekeeper and Billy "disappears" for awhile, though he returns as a loyal and helpful friend. \n\n8) Tomi faces his fears and becomes assertive enough to stand up to Keet without besmirching his family's honor and risks his life to see his imprisoned father. \n\n9) Character development of major figures is in Under the Blood Red Sun is good, the setting is warmly realized, and the pace of the story moves gently though inexorably forward. \n\n10) The ending leaves me confident that they will survive.
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I LOVE the show.  I guess this week's show is the end of the 2nd season.  I wonder if Flower is on her way out.  She sure has been acting strangely; so has Mozart.  And now in their ads for this week's grand finale ("Bad Girls"), they are talking about a female that I don't remember hearing about before.  I wonder if she will be the new leader if something happens to Flower.  I hope not.  I like Mozart.
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Not sure if this is the same movie, but it's called Dreamboy:\nStarring: \nPiolo Pascual\nBea Alonzo\n\nThis is the story of Cyd, a girl who has always been a romantic at heart. She has never given up the idea of looking for her "Dreamboy." She meets Phillip, a rich and handsome man who wastes no time working his charms for her. The next few days become a whirlwind romance for cyd but she is confronted with this issue: Does she really have a place in Phillip's world?\n\nFrom out of nowhere, Cyd meets Eboy - a rough, rugged and adventurous type of man. She sees resemblance between Phillip and Eboy but her friends tell her otherwise. Cyd stars falling for him but she learns the truth about his past, which leaves her feeling betrayed. Can she still love Eboy despite his past?\n\nCyd is trying to get over Phillip and Eboy when she meets Jaime. Although she sees similarities among the three men, Cyd keeps her thoughts to herself. As they spend time together, the two are drawn to each other. Cyd finds love blossoming in this paradise with Jaime. Could Jaime be the one?\n\nOur heroine is given three chances to meet her soulmate. Who among the three is Cyd's ultimate Dreamboy?\n\nCheck out the site below for more information.
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They are finally going ahead with the movie? I heard it was endlessly tabled.\n\nI am curious as to whom you would want to play (as why else would you ask about them?)\n\nPerhaps Variety Magazine could help ont hat
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See Rousseau and women in\nhttp://cal.csusb.edu/Faculty/Philosophy/moody/314f04%20rousseau_and_women.htm
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Saiyuki is good. And Kyo kara maoh is coo. Howls moving castle. Get Backers. Desert Punk. Burst Angel. Samurai 7. Berserk. Gunslinger Girl. Chrono Crusade. R.O.D. the movie, and the series. Otogi Zoshi. And Peace Maker is WONDERFUL.
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I think all of them are pretty awesome.\n\nLuffy: He's the main character and he stretches pretty long! He can fight pretty well too so I think he has his own unique coolness.\n\nEd: He's cool to. Saying bad words when he's around 5 or 6... *tsk tsk* His automail is the coolest out of all! The way he fights and stuff are pretty cool.\n\nRoy: Well, first of all, he kills within a second, and he's pretty good at insulting Ed. He's my favorite character from Fullmetal Alchemist. But I just don't like his "mini skirt" policy....\n\nAllen Walker: Well, the main character, a pretty interesting hand, and pretty cute and funny!\n\nTrain Heartnet: He kills pretty cool. Love the way how he uses the pistol. But doesn't really act cool though.\n\nNaruto: No offense, he's not very cool at all. All he's cool at is Rasengan..... -_-\n\nSasuke: The most obvious cool one out of all.\n\nNeji: Err... hard to say, he's a genius, first of all. And well, Kaiten is pretty amazing!\n\nZolo: The coolest guy out of One Piece.\n\nYoh: Well... he's... well... it's hard for him. But I'm sure he has his coolness... right? ^_^\n\nKenshin: Funny with "Oro" but sometimes seems weird... He's pretty cool when he kills, but cooler when he was younger.\n\nGaara: COOL!!!! Even though he's not much of a talker but his moves are awesome!!!!\n\nSano: His fists are awesome!!! GO SANO! Well, talk about big feet though. But he's like 6'2" or not scary really.\n\nKakashi: Funny... but I don't know about cool. Well, maybe Sharingan.\n\nBOY! Took me forever to type this. I think the coolest out of them all (in my opinion) is Gaara. Is not that Naruto is my favorite manga or anything, it's just that Gaara has super cool moves and he kills!!! His level is like around a Jounin!!!
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Aiko Megumi\nNoel Ayaka \nNatalie Sakura\nJaian Zachary\nHayden Elijah\nXander Matthew\nShayne Othello
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Try this:\n\nhttp://www.literature.org/authors/voltaire/candide