I thought that the letter from the man divorcing his wife was very interesting. I think that Professor McGrath brought up an idea that definitely didn’t cross my mind when I read this piece the first time around when he said the wife could have had depression. There were many expectations of women during this …
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IMA Experience
Last week I went to the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. Surprisingly, this was my first time attending the museum even though I am in my Junior year. I would have to say I enjoyed my experience especially the ancient Chinese artifacts they had which relates to class. I was not aware of the …
Visiting the IMA
Last Thursday, I went to the IMA with Benny, Hanako Gavia, and Will as part of my ICR. During our trip, we were able to look at many of the exhibits and collections at the IMA. This was the first time I had ever been there and I was thoroughly impressed by the museum and …
China’s One-Child Policy
While reading Ha Jin’s short story, “The Woman from New York”, I began to question when this story was taking place. I have always been aware that China had a one-child limit to help slow the population growth and it had continued for decades and was only recently lifted. According to this article from 2015, …
We can’t blame History
In today’s class discussion there seemed to be an underlying tone regarding the letter by the man getting ready to divorce his wife. People look at figures in history and judge them by today’s societal norms too often. I’ve always believed it a foolish practice. We cannot look at a person from the past and …
Role of Government
I was intrigued by the debate about the role of government in the lives of the people in Ancient China, I find it interesting how after thousands of years we still haven’t been able to close the debate. If Anything our view of the role of government has been coming even more sharply dividing than …
Reading and Class Discussion 10/3
The dynasties discussed are the Qin (256-206 BC), Former Han dynasty (206-8AD), and Later Han dynasty (25-220 AD). Women are discussed throughout the dynasties. Women were expected to first obey her parents, then obey her husband, and then lastly obey her son. They were expected to be humble to display her low status and respecting …
Taiwan Mainland Ban
Taiwan is looking to ban mainland protesters who were involved in vandalism crimes in Hong Kong during the protests. In addition to this, President Tsai Ing-wen also wants to impose sanctions and travel bans on individuals who were involved in harassment crimes during their stay in Taiwan. With famous national monuments such as the Lennon …
Unification of China 10.03.19
In the beginning of Chapter 2, it talks about how China was started and where everyone was settling into. It brings up a point that if “the western civilization had experienced similar continuity it would have progressed all over current Europe”. This would have been crazy to see a modern work of all of that …
Chinese Marriage
https://www.thoughtco.com/chinese-wedding-rituals-687490 This article discusses modern and ancient China marriage. In ancient China, marriages were arranged, and were influenced by Confucian principles. There were two reforms that changed ancient Chinese traditional weddings to what they are today. The first reform was in 1950 and the second reform was in 1980. Chinese were able to select their …