Snow Crash is the story of samurai programmer Hiro Protagonist and of youthful skateboard courier Y. T. The two live in a dystopian hyper-corporate future with a rich but commercial simulated online world underlying most of society. Partnering to go into the intelligence business, Hiro and Y. T. run afoul of a scheme to use mind control to reshape society through applications of an ancient language that speaks directly to the human brainstem.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is the story of Lily and Snow Flower, two girls born in the 19th century in China's Hunan province and bonded as a laotong pair. This relationship makes them closer than sisters or even husband and wife, but the pressures of the time and Lily's impetuous mindset tears them apart. The two experience wildly divergent lives before Lily returns to Snow Flower to nurse her through her final illness. The story is narrated by an old and regretful Lily.
Gender role stereotyping permeate everyday life Children are usually educated about gender roles very early in their lives probably before they learn to walk certainly long before they begin school The behaviors that cause of these gender roles often go unnoticed but their effect is endless writer Joan I Glazer analyzes these views when she states when you read books to children be aware that you are showing them one perception of how the world is structured Glazer 134 Although parents teachers
In the poem Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening Robert Frost uses several metaphors meters and literary devices to develop the poem as human life Summary of literal meaning is the one person stops by woods on a snowy evening and looks at the beautiful scene He she tries to stay there for a while to look at the scene but he knows that he has to go back home for his duty before he can take a rest This poem is formed of four stanzas with four lines Each line in the poem has eight syllables In eac