Love
February, 14th is Valentine’s Day. To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love. It is a day to express your love by giving or receiving flowers, candy and/or chocolate along with a card to your beloved ones. Many people do not share my thoughts. Their opinions for Valentine’s Day might just another day on the Calendar or could be one of the worst days of their lives for a few. I can understand their feelings because I’ve experienced the pain from love in the past on Valentine’s Day. Love can be very painful sometimes but we should all make the best out of it. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I hope everyone has special plans for their love ones this Saturday.
Jacky Leung
English 201B, MW 1-2:50
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Introduction to “Dreams from My Father” by Barack Obama
Introduction to “Dreams from My Father” by Barack Obama
Obama’s original plan was to write a different book. He took a year off after graduation from Harvard Law School to write this book. As he set down and began to write, he started recalling memories from his past where his mother and grandparents told him stories as a child. He was against the idea of writing a book about his past. He stated that his wife’s six years old cousin’s first grade classmates would not play with him because of his ethnicity background. This could have been avoided if they didn’t move to a mostly white suburbs but if they had stayed in the city, there was a possibility of his son being in gang activities. Obama’s father was African American and his mother was white American. When people discover his background, it seems like he was a completely different person. Many of people’s names in this book will be changed to ensure people’s privacy with the exception of his family. Obama shows his gratitude to his family for their love and support that made him write this back which is also dedicated to them.
Jacky Leung
English 201B, MW 1-2:50
Obama’s original plan was to write a different book. He took a year off after graduation from Harvard Law School to write this book. As he set down and began to write, he started recalling memories from his past where his mother and grandparents told him stories as a child. He was against the idea of writing a book about his past. He stated that his wife’s six years old cousin’s first grade classmates would not play with him because of his ethnicity background. This could have been avoided if they didn’t move to a mostly white suburbs but if they had stayed in the city, there was a possibility of his son being in gang activities. Obama’s father was African American and his mother was white American. When people discover his background, it seems like he was a completely different person. Many of people’s names in this book will be changed to ensure people’s privacy with the exception of his family. Obama shows his gratitude to his family for their love and support that made him write this back which is also dedicated to them.
Jacky Leung
English 201B, MW 1-2:50
Monday, February 2, 2009
Preface Summary of “Dreams From My Father” by Barack Obama
Preface Summary of “Dreams From My Father” by Barack Obama
It’s been almost ten years since the book “Dreams From My Father” by Barack Obama was first published. Obama wrote this book back when he was still attending law school. In 1992, he started to teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago. Obama and his wife bought a home and had 2 beautiful daughters but started to struggle to pay the bills. In 1996, he ran for office and won. Obama also won the Democratic nomination for a seat as the U.S, senator from Illinois.
Before this book was re-published, Obama took out an old copy of his book and read a few chapters to see how much his voice’s been changed. He stated that he wanted to cut the book by over fifty pages. He also stated that he would tell this story differently than he did over ten years ago. Obama’s mother passed away a few months after the book was published. While he was writing this book, Obama would share his drafts with his mother for corrections of stories that he has misunderstood for. He mentioned that if he had known of his mother’s illness, he would have written a different book.
Jacky Leung
English 201B, MW 1-2:50
It’s been almost ten years since the book “Dreams From My Father” by Barack Obama was first published. Obama wrote this book back when he was still attending law school. In 1992, he started to teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago. Obama and his wife bought a home and had 2 beautiful daughters but started to struggle to pay the bills. In 1996, he ran for office and won. Obama also won the Democratic nomination for a seat as the U.S, senator from Illinois.
Before this book was re-published, Obama took out an old copy of his book and read a few chapters to see how much his voice’s been changed. He stated that he wanted to cut the book by over fifty pages. He also stated that he would tell this story differently than he did over ten years ago. Obama’s mother passed away a few months after the book was published. While he was writing this book, Obama would share his drafts with his mother for corrections of stories that he has misunderstood for. He mentioned that if he had known of his mother’s illness, he would have written a different book.
Jacky Leung
English 201B, MW 1-2:50
Response to the “Course Syllabus”
Response to the “Course Syllabus”
The course syllabus is really well organized and detailed. It seems to me that you’ve already have this semester all planned out. I’ll know what to expect in the future later in the semester. Thank you for providing the dates when we have no class meetings.
Jacky Leung
English 201B, MW 1 - 2:50
The course syllabus is really well organized and detailed. It seems to me that you’ve already have this semester all planned out. I’ll know what to expect in the future later in the semester. Thank you for providing the dates when we have no class meetings.
Jacky Leung
English 201B, MW 1 - 2:50
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