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fish cheeks, why the "s"

Amy tan's story Fish Cheeks is one of humiliation and embarasment in front of her crush at that time. Takes place at dinner time where an assortment of chinese dishes are laid out for the visiting pastor's family and the Tan family. the prolem arises due to difference in culture, the american family to the chinese family. this difference in culture between Amy and her crush causes her to get really embarassed when her family is expressing table manners fround on by the americans but very polite in chinese culture. the title comes from one of the dishes given, fish. a whole fish was offered at the dinner table and the cheek comes in where they mention loudly that the fish cheek was her favourite part of the fish, singular. so why is it that the title is plural, all the dishes n the table were her "fish cheeks". she said at the end that upon reflection that all the dishes given that night were her favourite, her fish cheeks. 

Malcolm X versus Langston Hughes in tone

In Malcolm X's story there seems to be a lot of anger and regret about his past actions and gives a sort of feel that he would change the past if he could. He gives this feeling mainly at the end of his story but does use picturesque descriptions of the stupidity and pain that so many blacks went through to be recognised as equal. the main way he would convey the pain is using pain full descriptions like,"the comb felt like it was raking my skin off". This description on its own sounds painfull as is and is enough to really get the pain he went through. there is also the case of angry reminiscence in the last paragraph explaining how stupid he was and also how he continued to put himself through pain even after that day. this tone is effective in gaining sympathy and a sense of the horrors that people put themselves through due to the actions of racists.

Langston Hughes gives a more witty and clever tone. the kind of tone one would take on in an essay when they are trying to prove a point, except this is not an essay but slightly satirical, and anti racist poem. i say satirical because he is using the idea of racism and the idea that blacks are different to white and playing with that notion to use to sway white peoples opinions of the blacks. especially near the end when he directly states out to his instructor that he's talking to him, saying how alike they both were regardless of skin colour. this tone is playful and clever, and very calm. is gives a relaxing feel so that the person doesn't feel overly outraged and as if they are being attacked. this tone is best at making a calm before the storm kind of feel. and it really hits home for the racists how equal the two are.

Malcolm Little and Langston Hughes

After reading "hair" by Malcolm Little and "poem for English B" by Langston Hughes one can make a comparison and a contrast between the two writers. Both these men are writers who were black during a time in U.S history where blacks were not viewed as equal to the whites. they seemed to both be highly aware of the situation that they're in and are trying to deal with the hardship that comes in a time like this. they both are trying to get the publics attention to this so that it can be fought by a larger group of people. where they differentiate is in style, time and reaction. the time in which Langston writes his poetry is as it happens. He would have an experience and get home and start writing about it. Malcolm, however , only writes his stories later in life and not as poetry but as a memoir of events that happened to him during those times. Another way they differ is in their type and style of writing. Langston uses poetry to convey his thoughts and by looking at how he writes it comes off as aggressive, as if he's trying to fight the opinion and change the mindset of the whites. Malcolm writes stories as memoirs and is using it to rather gain sympathy for is actions and show how truly wrong it was to do what they did to make him try to become them. and lastly their reactions to the time. Langston seemed more of  a fighter and would fight for his rights and would use the written word in order to get his point across. Malcolm was more of a conformist and would rather try to become more like them, even if it didn't work.

In any Other Name

I believe that Santha is saying that it is possible for a person to try and have their two personalities, but they will always return to the original personality regardless. In other words you can have two personalities but the fake one will disappear and just leave who you truly are in the end. this is seen at the very end of the story where Santha says "it all happened to a girl named Cynthia, and I was never particularly interested in her" meaning she had two personalities but her real and original one was the one she cared for and kept in the end. So you can try to have more than one personality but your original will win in the end.

I think that people can have two personalities, not identities, but personalities. this is most commonly seen in a house versus a school setting where people react to family or friends different to each other. this is seen in the story where Santha seems more at ease and outwards at home, compared to having fewer interactions at school. this is due to an environment surrounded by foreigners and a foreign type of schooling. this is seen through actions like when at home she plays with the cook's son, talks more with her mother and her sister. when she is at school she has a more introverted personae with her one friend Nalini, she keeps away to the British children due to their hostile nature towards Indians.