Miami Book Fair International 2011

Miami Book Fair International 2011

The “Miami Book Fair” is an excellent event that takes place every year in downtown Miami. It is a wonderful opportunity for readers to search for new and used book, comic novels and more. Not only are there books, but there are also live bands, food stands, live entertainment, plays and games for kids. At the “Miami Book Fair”, fair goers might see and listen to an author talk about his or her book and even ask him or her questions; therefore it is a great chance to interact with writers and artists that meet there. Writers come from all over the world to show off their work and get others’ points of view on their work. “Miami Book Fair” is a cultural exchange that allows fair goers to experiment different cultures first hand. For example China held a discussion session about its language and its culture; as well as, its traditional medicine and its philosophical thinking. Although the United States and China are on opposite sides of the world, through the “Miami Book Fair” both counties are able to interact and learn about each others’ cultures as a way of the opening of China to the world. In the “Miami Book Fair” Chinese parades were held that showed off the colorful, splendid and exotic traditions that can be found in China. Overall, the Miami Book Fair was a great place to go if you wanted to find great writing, art, and food from others countries, and diverse cultural expressions.

 秦始皇在

“Snow Flower”

Chapter: “Winter”

This chapter tells the difficult times that Lily, Snow Flower, and Snow Flower’s family had in the mountain during the winter time. Through the charter we might see how difficult it could be during winter time and the hard situations that ancient Chinese had to face. “Winter” also lets us see how Snow Flower's life was and how rude her husband was with her. It shows us how strong she  had to be in order to endure the death of her son and the loss of the one who she was pregnat with because the domestic violence that she suffered. Even through the bad times  Snow Flower  and Lily got the strength to keep going without complains and sharing everything. In a strange way, this chapter shows the love that fathers had for their sons and the kind of fear that they had to have a baby girl. The love that Lily had for Snow Flower is a feeling that is showed in this chapter, as well as how much she tried to keep Chinese’s customs about the place of everyone in the family. In conclusion “Winter” is a chapter that lets us see how people may act in bad times and shows us that real friendship keeps two persons together no matter how bad times may be.

Questions

Why the chapter is titled “Winter”?

Why did Snow Flower’s husband take his angry out on her?

How Snow Flower’s life would have been with such a cruel mother in law?

Why did Lily care so much for Snow Flower‘s son?

Why did the widows commit suicide after their husband’s death?

Words

Perish                  to die

Chirped             to make a short high sound like a bird or insect         

Despair              to have a feeling that you have no hope at all

Scuffed               to make a mark on a smooth surface

Warmth             to have a feeling of being warm

Sunken               to have a sunken eyes have fallen inward making some one look sick

Scavenged        to search for food

Scraps                small piece of paper, cloth etc

Frailer                 to be thin and weak

Begging             to ask for something in a way which shows you want

Scarce                  there is not enough of something

Adrift                  to be without binding or course

Carcass               the body of a dead animal

Uprooted           to pull up a plaint root out of the earth

Sorrow                an event or felling of great sadness

Together

“Together” is a movie directed by Chen Kaige who tells the storu of Lui Xiaogun and his father Lui Cheg. The story takes place in Beijing, at 1999; it tells the sacrifices made it for Lui Cheg for his son who is a young genius of the violin. With only thirteen years old Lui Xiaogun is a Chinese boy who has been playing since he was five years old. Working hard Liu Cheg achieve to save enough money to get his son in a musical contest that will take place in Beijing.  In the contest the young violinist got the fifth place although he deserved the first. After that Liu Cheg got a professor for his son an old man who encourages Lui Xiaogun to play from his heart. After some time Lui Cheg realize that to get his son to the coups of the musical world he will need to know someone who knows someone else with influences; therefore, he change his son’s professor  for a rich and successful violin professor  and compositor  who take Lui Xiaogun as pupil and  get him just to the top. Under his new professor the young violinist will become greater, but when the time comes and Lui Xiaogun had to choose between his father and his own success as musician he run into his father’s hand.

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto - Together END SCENE

His own name was Zheng, and his last name was Ying. Qin said the Qin Dynasty, or Empire Qin Shi means the first Huang di means Emperor. Qin Shi Huang was born in 259 BC and died in 210 BC. He was King Zhuang Xiang of Qin’s son, and he was succeeded by his second son Hu Hai. After the death of his father, Qin Shi Huang Di acceded to the throne of Qin in 247 BC when he was only 13 years old. In the year 238 BC, at the age of 22 years Qin Shi Huang di reached the legal age to rule the kingdom for him. On the day of his coronation the queen's lover Lao Ai made a coup attempt. This coup attempt was discovered immediately by King Zheng who commanded to execute and drive out Lao Ai Wei Bu the prime minister who was also involved in the attempt to take the kingdom. After removing the conspiracies against him, Qin Shi Huang Di and his new adviser Li Si began planning to conquer the other kingdoms of China. Han the weakest of the kingdoms was conquered in 230ac then fell Zhao, Wei, Yan, and Chu. With the victory against Chu Qin Shi Huang Di had unified all of China into a great empire and devoted himself to unify the writing system and monetary measures. Qin Shi Huang Di was also a great builder, his capital Xian Yang had palaces copying the architectural styles of the conquered states and his own palace was a marvel that combines the architectural styles of the moment. Qin Shi Huang Di built roads, palaces, and began the construction of the Great Wall of China as well as a magnificent tomb built for the same. Qin Shi Huang Di died in 210 at age 49 years while at the fifth visit of inspection throughout the kingdom. Vtim to ingest the mercury-based potions prepared for him by his alchemists, ironically to achieve immortality, Qin Shi Huang Di passed away.

MLA

“Qin Shi Huang Di (259 B.C.-210.B.C). “Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Gale Biography In Context. Web.11 Nov.2011

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Juan Cabrera

September  30 ,2011

Mandate from Heaven: The Tomb of Qin Shi Huang

Science and Its Times

Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer.

July 15, 2009

"Mandate from Heaven: The Tomb of Qin Shi Huang." Science and Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol. 7. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 3 Oct. 2011.

Qin Shihuang-di was born in 259 B.C.in the state of Qin, one of the seven states into China was divided into at that time. Being only thirteen years old, he became king of the state of Qin. When Qin Shihuang-di turned 36 years old, he had fought and united the seven states into a whole kingdom known as China. The First Emperor of China, brought a new order to the united China, improving many things .He is responsible for the unification of the coinage system and the standardization of the weight, measure, and the Chinese script. He gave the order to start building The Great Wall, and built a major communication system compound by roads and canals through the China. As many other leaders in other places and time in the world history, QinShihuang-di built a tomb for himself .Qin Shihuang  di died in 210 B.C., and he is still resting in one of the great wonder on the world . The first Emperor‘s tomb was built in the center of an enclosed "spirit city." It contained sacred stone tablets, inscribed towers, and prayer temples. All of these structures were part of the "inner city" within a walled square more than a quarter mile long on each side. In addition to that, outside the city, in the east part were set more than 7,000 life size figures of warriors, an army of terracotta figures that would protect the tomb in the afterlife, therefore it is now known as China’s Terracotta Army. Qing Shihuang di’s tomb was found in 1974, and it has become one of China’s cultural treasures because it is still giving us information about the political, philosophical, and artistic life of ancient Chinese people.
MLA:
"Mandate from Heaven: The Tomb of Qin Shi Huang ." Science and It's time. Ed Neil Schlager and Josh Laver. Vol. 7. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 3 Oct. 2011.

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