Directions:
This paper will be an 8-10 page synthesized argument that applies your independent research to significant passages in the novel Chemistry by Weike Wang. Your research should help you decide on the angle and argument for your paper meaning which themes you will explore in-depth. You may use any research you gathered for your group project. Your research articles will likely be a mix of biographical information on the author, book reviews, and other sources that are related to the topic(s) your group presented on. Here is a link to the Chabot Library Databases (Links to an external site.).
A strong paper, will spend time analyzing the thematic messages conveyed by the literary elements in the novel (connotations of imagery, juxtaposition of advice, subtext in dialogue). Connect key details from the novel to ideas you found in your research. At minimum, use 5-8 quotes from your research and 8-12 quotes from the novel.
Peer review (10 points) due April 29th
Final draft (200 points) with reflection (10 points)
Genre Requirements
8-10 pages MLA 8 format. That means a minimum of 8 full pages with at least of a page spilling onto page 9. Use 12 point, Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, double spaced.
Include a Works Cited Page as the last page of your document, listing each source separately. Remember the title of a short story or article goes in quotation marks. The title of a full length work will be underlined or italicized.
In-text citation tips for all sources: after each quote, put (Author’s Last name & page number of the original text). See tips for blending short quotes into your writing.
Include an introduction with a hook, bridge and a thesis. Develop body paragraphs with clear points, illustrations (quotes used as supporting details) and explanation/analysis. Add a conclusion to give the paper a wrapped up quality.
Your thesis should clearly state the argument you will make to your audience regarding the thematic connection between the poems. You will not summarize the poem for your reader in the body paragraphs or introduction. Instead, you will analyze the less obvious meanings created by the authors use of literary devices.
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Quotes I have found already:
Chemistry by Weike Wang Quotes:
But the challenge is to be both smart and pretty, so I push his compliments away because I think believing them will mean that I have compromised (pg. 173)
To be smart and beautiful And this is probably very close to what every woman wants. I too had high hopes of growing up into both a genius and a bombshell (pg. 169)
“An equation.
happiness = reality – expectations
If reality > expectations, then you are happy, If reality < expectations, then you are not.
Hence the lower your expectations, the happier you will be." (pg.144-145)
"I call the best friend whenever I can. She is a doctor in Manhattan. Her husband, a businessman. Together they have a money, a housekeeper, and a midtown condo, twelve stories up in the air." (pg.13)
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"You are nothing to me without that degree." (pg. 62)
But my father had no time for us. He has dreams of going aboard. To get into an engineering PhD program... (pg. 32)
"The rule is I cannot go anywhere until I have beaten him, and he knows I can't beat him" (pg.87)
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"When I first tell Eric about the amusement parks, he says, Your mother is a terrible person. Who does that to a child?" (pg.131)
"Who cares about your humor? How do you think my mother feels right now, trying to get to know you? That is not my problem. If she lives here, she is expected to speak the language." (pg.136)
"The jump he once spoke about is what I keep coming back to. How he was able to do it and I was not." (pg.201)
Why encourage this to us, to constantly rebel, without understanding why some of us do not (pg 155)
Research Quotes:
https://search-proquest-com.chabotcollege.idm.oclc.org/docview/734318964/abstract/D46DB54BD67E4E8DPQ/1?accountid=41677
Citation:
Seshadri, Gita. How Couples Manage Interracial and Intercultural Differences: What Works?, Loma Linda University, Ann Arbor, 2010. ProQuest, https://www-proquest-com.chabotcollege.idm.oclc.org/dissertations-theses/how-couples-manage-interracial-intercultural/docview/734318964/se-2?accountid=41677.
INTERRACIAL COUPLES/MARRIAGE
According to Snyder (1986) the best way to have a successful interracial marriage "is
dependent on [the] couples' ability to deal effectively with the tension inherent in
maintaining both [a] shared and separate identity" (p. 36). The couple achieves this by
together and separately accepting each other's culture(4)
For example, in an interracial couple both individuals carry
histories of previous relationships that they must negotiate within their current
relationship through action publicly with each other, rather than two individual minds
performing actions separately and privately (Gergen, 1999)(9)
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https://search-proquest-com.chabotcollege.idm.oclc.org/docview/1890005470/C4C86A2EE76B4B86PQ/9?accountid=41677
Citation:
Cheng, Alice W., et al. "Model Minority Stereotype: Influence on Perceived Mental Health Needs of Asian Americans." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, vol. 19, no. 3, 2017, pp. 572-581. ProQuest, https://www-proquest-com.chabotcollege.idm.oclc.org/scholarly-journals/model-minority-stereotype-influence-on-perceived/docview/1890005470/se-2?accountid=41677, doi:http://dx.doi.org.chabotcollege.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0440-0.
MODEL MINORITY
Results shed light on the impact of the model minority stereotype on the misperception of Asian Americans mental health status, contributing to the invisibility or neglect of this minority groups mental health needs.
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https://search-proquest-com.chabotcollege.idm.oclc.org/docview/1858815194/abstract/98A26D2977CF4BA2PQ/1?accountid=41677
Citation:
Zhu, Lin. Depression Prevalence, Symptom Pattern, and Mental Health Service use among Chinese Americans: A Quantitative Analysis of Ethnocultural Disparities, Temple University, Ann Arbor, 2016. ProQuest, https://www-proquest-com.chabotcollege.idm.oclc.org/dissertations-theses/depression-prevalence-symptom-pattern-mental/docview/1858815194/se-2?accountid=41677.
MENTAL HEALTH
"In addition to highlighting the importance of friend support for US-born Chinese Americans, this finding suggests that support from friends, which includes communication on the phone and in person to discuss worries, could help prevent or decrease cognitive impairments. "(pg.95)
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