Amy Tan Two Kinds Analysis

Out of all the 6 short stories we’ve read in our short stories unit, my favorite story and least favorite story was Two Kinds by Amy Tan. I felt a strong connection with the story because I strongly believe that adults shouldn’t live life through their children. In the story, the mother forces her daughter, Jing-Mei, to play the piano because she wants her to be a prodigy. I think it’s wrong for parents to try and make their children do something that they’ve failed at or wished they had done when they were younger only to their own satisfaction and not care about the child’s opinion. For example, it annoys me when parents tell their children they have to become a doctor because they themselves failed medical school or when parents tell their