
Jamie Oh
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I am a writer, editor, and educator from New York who has taught writing classes at the middle school, high school, and college levels. I am currently using my teaching experience to write curriculum while working on creative projects as well.
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Answered a Question in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Juxtaposition can be understood as a writer’s choice to place two different things next to one another to highlight how they are similar or different. In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,... -
Answered a Question in History
War is always a difficult experience, and it was certainly challenging for the American colonists during the Revolutionary War. One of the most noticeable hardships was inflation. This occurred... -
Answered a Question in Postcolonialism
Colonization is a physical act of people from one region invading and settling another region. The original inhabitants of the newly colonized land are the victims of colonization. This can take... -
Answered a Question in Harrison Bergeron
2081 is a 2009 film adaptation of “Harrison Bergeron,” a short story written by Kurt Vonnegut in 1961. The short film is very similar to the original story, but there are several differences. Some... -
Answered a Question in History
The Federalist Party was a political party in the US during the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. After George Washington’s non-partisan presidency ended, the Federalist Party... -
Answered a Question in Two Kinds
“Two Kinds” by Amy Tan is a short story about a young girl named Jing-Mei and her mother. Jing-Mei’s mother, immigrated from China, has high hopes for what her daughter can achieve in the United... -
Answered a Question in Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway on December 10, 1964. He gave his speech during a time of great struggle for the civil rights movement. As such, Dr. King... -
Answered a Question in Dulce et Decorum Est
“Dulce et Decorum Est” is a poem by Wilfred Owen that communicates the horrible nature of war. The poem is set during World War I, and it is written from the perspective of a soldier. The speaker... -
Answered a Question in Dulce et Decorum Est
Imagery takes place when an author appeals to any of the reader’s five senses. In the first stanza of “Dulce et Decorum Est,” the poet creates a visual scene of the weary soldiers as they marched.... -
Answered a Question in Pedagogy of the Oppressed
In his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire advocates a revolutionary program for education and liberation among the oppressed people of the world. In chapter 1, Freire explains the... -
Answered a Question in Poetry
“Puerto Rican Obituary” is an epic poem by Pedro Pietri, a member of the Nuyorican Movement. This was a movement in the 1960s and 1970s of Puerto Rican artists, writers, and musicians. The movement... -
Answered a Question in The Things They Carried
“The Things They Carried” is a short story by Tim O’Brien that appears in his novel of the same name. The story follows an army platoon engaged in active combat in Vietnam. Throughout the story,... -
Answered a Question in History
The industrial revolution took place in western Europe and the United States from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. It represented a major change in manufacturing processes across virtually all... -
Answered a Question in History
The Cherokee Nation, an indigenous group with roots in the southeastern United States, wrote a Constitution in 1827. Their goal was to provide the tribe with a legal structure and consistent system... -
Answered a Question in Still I Rise
In literature, there are three types of irony: verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony. Verbal irony occurs when the writer’s words are different from their intended meaning—this... -
Answered a Question in Shooting an Elephant
In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant,” there is a powerful analogy that runs throughout the essay. Specifically, the elephant is an analogy for British imperialism in the East. This analogy... -
Answered a Question in History
Andrew Jackson was President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Known as “the Age of Jackson,” this period was characterized by some major tensions that impacted the social and cultural... -
Answered a Question in Literature
In her essay “How Body Modification Ended the War against My Body,” author Sharon Haywood explains that body modification can have symbolic meaning. For the author, body modification can be a way... -
Answered a Question in Mary Oliver
“The Sunflowers” is a poem by Mary Oliver. The speaker of the poem is discussing a field of sunflowers and inviting the reader to join her in visiting them. Oliver uses a few different literary... -
Answered a Question in Rules of the Game
“Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan is a short story narrated by a young Chinese-American girl named Waverly Jong, known to her family as Meimei. Meimei, who becomes an excellent chess player, is in a... -
Answered a Question in The Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first Constitution of the United States and was in operation from 1781 to 1789. It united the newly created states and provided an important foundation for the... -
Answered a Question in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
In his memoir Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, the author describes his experiences within the institution of slavery. One of his owners, Mrs. Auld, begins teaching Douglass the... -
Answered a Question in History
Historian of religions Mircea Eliade has written about the spiritual values of the Bantu people of Africa in several of his books. In his famous work The Sacred and the Profane, Eliade explains... -
Answered a Question in N. Scott Momaday
In his essay “The Becoming of the Native: Man in America Before Columbus,” Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday’s audience is mainstream American society. His purpose in writing the text is to explain to... -
Answered a Question in Just Lather, That's All
"To have blood on your hands" is an idiomatic expression that means you are responsible for someone's death. This could be the direct act of killing another human being, or it could be a situation... -
Answered a Question in How Much Land Does a Man Need?
The protagonist in Leo Tolstoy's "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" is a peasant named Pahom who becomes obsessed with owning as much land as he possibly can. Pahom believes that the answer to his...