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Bruce Lee


Christian Estrada March 22, 1996 Literature-07 Biography Report Introduction was born in the Chinese year of the dragon, in the hour of the dragon on November 27, 1940. From the beginning, it was obvious he was a remarkable and unique child with tremendous energy. His mother named him Lee Jun Fan, which meant "return again." She felt he would return to the United States where he was born while his parents were on tour with the Cantonese opera. A nurse suggested he be called Bruce as an American name for him. Childhood was born in San Francisco at the Jackson Street Hospital in Chinatown. When he and his family returned to Hong Kong in 1941, he was called Sai Fon, which meant "small ...

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lived in a two bedroom flat. Upon the death of Mr. Lee’s brother, he, as in Chinese custom, had to taken in his whole brother’s Family and had to be the provider. This meant nearly 20 people lived in the flat. It was through his father’s connection that Bruce ultimately became a child film star. His own acting ability was clear from the beginning. Bruce posed as a great natural actor and possessed a great natural ability for acting. His father used to take him backstage. As a young boy, Bruce always hung around the set where his father was working on film. Few people have started a major film career as early as Bruce did. He was barely three months old when he was given the part in a Chinese movie made in San Francisco. Another movie called "The Beginning of a Boy" he made in Hong Kong when he was six. Bruce’s favorite saying from when he was just starting Kung Fu up to when he died was, "As long as I can remember, I feel I have had this great creative and spiritual force within me ...

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When was eighteen years old, his family feared that he would join a gang, so they decided that he should return to San Francisco. This hurt and broke Bruce’s heart to be away from his family. He always made the best out of impossible situations. The trip took eighteen days on a steamship. Bruce was also an expert dancer, and had won a crown for the cha-cha in 1958. So to pass the time away, he spent most of his it in first class performing and demonstrating the cha-cha. He even showed a few passengers a few dance moves. Upon arriving to the United States, he wanted to be the first to teach any martial arts, particularly Kung Fu, to the people in his new country. He felt that what he ...

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