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MOMA–The Starry Night

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the starry night

I had gone MOMA for so many time when I was in high school. I still could remember the first time I visited MOMA, I did not know any thing about those arts and why we needed to go to MOMA during the class time. since I just arrived NYC and I had so English , so instant of asking question I just like looking around on alone. After a few time later, I saw an art with a big tornado which made me interest to know the background and why the artist painting this, at first I did not know the name and the history of this art. Until the last two week I went to MOMA again, I realized it is call The Starry Night painted by Vincent Van Gogh. I also knew this painting was Van Gogh painted for his bother when he was ill. This paint saw the dream world of Van Gogh because when he was ill he could went out side, so he only imaged the world and painted down what he saw in his mind. In Van Gogh’s paint, I always can see the both safe and unsafe images in one paint. This is why I like his painting, because he always told to watcher both side of thinking.

Questions

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1. what does Frederick Douglass effect people in now? And how?

2. Is “I perfer not to do” readly work in today’s life? Why Barleby always said it to other people? Is this a real meaning that he want to show out?

No Free on Marriage

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The story of the stone by Xue Qin Cao is the one of four great literatures. Even though, I had known this story for many years ago, I did not have the chance to read all. This story is seemed to be the love between the three people, but I think it also showed the people during that time is very traditional thinking. On the chapter 97, it told about when Jia’s family wants Baoyu to have the married, because Daiyu was ill and Baoyu was also ill, so they want Baoyu to married Baochai who have more health and Jia’s family also feel like the marriage can help Baoyu to get the better. Even though, they knew Baoyu was like to marry Daiyu, they still did not respect the truth love in that time. When Daiyu knew that Baoyu will be marrying with Baochai, she burned her poems in order to show the resentful, even she could change anything.

In this story, I could see during that time of period, people always think about themselves and young women had no right to change anything. And also the marriage will never do by two people; they always work on two families.  The family always ignores the truth love between their children; the only thing that they care about is the benefit that they gain during this marriage. I do not like this story very much, because during that time, people had more chance who they want to marry, the only thing that they can do is to obey their family.

“Chinese New Year”?

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I know I am late, but I still like to share my thought about the Chinese New Year.

For the Chinese New Year, I think we should take off like American did. Yesterday, I had heard about that so many people say, “Happy New Year” to each other, but many people forgot what the meaning of the New Year is. Therefore, most of Chinese did not take off, because they though to keep in working and earn money are most important things. I know for the outsider, to keep all traditional holiday is very difficult, but New Year is the biggest holiday for a country even a person.  Therefore, I think as a Chinese, we should respect our cultural first, and then others will respect, too.

When I was in China, when the New Year is coming, people always back to home, no matter where they are, because they just want to have the dinner with their family on the New Year Eve.  This is not about the money, this is all about the cultural and they care of their family and cultural. When the day is coming, people always get relax, because they had work whole year and they need to have a break. This is a time that for all workers to commit with their family member, because most of people are work outside home. However, in the USA, people are very busy, especial the Chinese.They have no time to commit with their family,because they need to work and want to provide better life for their children. However, they (Parents) never think about what the real thing that their children need is.