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Raise the Red Lantern is a film depicting life in a polygamous household in Pre-Modern China. The film, released in 1991, takes place in China in the 1920s during the Warlord Era. The movie tells the story of a young Chinese woman who marries a wealthy man and becomes one of his concubines. The film depicts the struggles the concubines, or mistress, face in competing for attention and affection from their master. The film also portrays the conflicts between the mistresses and their maids, and the strict rules that they must follow. Raise the Red Lantern is a somber film that illustrates the roles that women play and the conflicts they face living in a polygamous household in China. The film is told from the point-of-view of Songlian, a nineteen-year-old university student who is forced to drop out after her father dies and leaves the family bankrupt. Songlian reluctantly decides to marry into the wealthy Chen…

great films have been created without a director. Perhaps the auteur theory should only be applied to films that have a director, to view entire works created by an individual rather than an a few stand-alone films. Zhang Yimou for example is recognizable throughout his films because of his fantastic and all-encompassing use of color as an indicator for theme, the use of symmetrical lines on his sets, and the placements of the characters in the shots. However, Zhang does not utilize these…

me to plan ahead for my future. The next benefit is, tuition reimbursement. McDonald’s helps me pay my way through college. All I have to do is go online, fill out some paper work and boom! A check will be mailed to my school to help me pay for classes. It’s rare to find an amazing company that will help you pay your way through school. Without the generosity of McDonalds help, I’m not sure I would have been able to go to college. In addition to all those tremendous benefits McDonalds offers, my…

google. Even though superheroes in comics can be heroes, true heroes are ones who normally aren’t recognized for their physical features, but their actions. In The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, Darrel Curtis is considered a hero because he raises and cares for his siblings and friends. Darry can also be recognized as an anti-hero considering he slapped Ponyboy in anger. “Tragedy of college student, 19, left to raise her three younger siblings after both parents killed in Hurricane Sandy”, by…

If someone came to your house, and told you that you won a million dollars, would you turn it down? You would not turn down any free money. The minimum wage should be raised. There are several reasons for that too. We should balance out business owners and workers, majority rules, and society should move on. What would happen if we didn’t raise minimum wage? We would never move on with life. Raising the minimum wage will give people more money, and raise the economy. And who doesn’t like money? …

Should government raise the minimum wage? Minimum wage is the lowest wage permitted by law or by a special agreement (such as one with a labor union). Minimum wage was established due to a response in rough conditions for workers to ensure that businesses pay fair wages to their employees. Off course it would be nice to get a higher minimum pay but honestly it’s not the best decision for the country. With a higher minimum wage there will be a lower need for jobs and workers. Instead of raising…

The minimum wage raises debate There are some people says that the minimum wage should be raise, but don’t know how the raise would affect the business they are working in. on June 25, 1938 president franklin Roosevelt created the fair labor law act which made the federal minimum wage. The minimum wage continues to be used in today workplace for business to be able to pay their employees a livable wage, but today living expense increase made a lot of employees want a higher wage, so they can…

This week’s article was about companies rethinking annual pay raises. As the article sates some experts think that giving larger and more frequent bonuses might spur better performance. Some experts and some leaders are starting to question annual pay raises. Annual pay raises reward every employee whether they are a “rock star” or your average everyday mediocre employee. The employee that gives that extra 10% each and every day ends up with the same pay raise as the guy in the mail room that…

During the 16th, 17th, and 18th century the way parents looked, thought, and raised their children were viewed as good in the eyes of a certain people at the time. At this time there was many good and bad ideals about children on how to look after and care for them. At this time the wealthy English parents had many changes on how to raise their children at the time because they believed that they knew best on how to raise a child into an adult. During the 16th century the upper wealthy english…

Families everywhere suffer every day from lack of money due to the low minimum wage standards. People who work minimum wage jobs and have children have a difficult time putting food on the tables and enjoying everyday living. Without a reasonable pay it’s not easy to afford transportation, food, clothing, schooling, or anything that requires money. The minimum wage in Rhode Island is currently seven dollars and fifty cents an hour, when calculated it comes out to about fifteen thousand…