Amy Tan Two Kinds Analysis
“Two Kinds”
The first paragraph of Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds”, presents a young daughter’s view of her mother and the life she believes you can have in america. “You can be anything” (479) ; her mother was determined to make her daughter a prodigy, but as we read on we learn about a girl and her rebellious nature and how there are “two kinds” of children in this world.
As a child you only learn what you are taught or what you see done around you and and in the beginning the young girl was so hopeful “I was a just as excited as my mother” (472) But after many put downs she developed a different side “Something inside of me began to die” (479) When she started piano lessons she wasn’t to excited and seem disgusted by “Old Lady Chong” (475) “She
The first paragraph of Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds”, presents a young daughter’s view of her mother and the life she believes you can have in america. “You can be anything” (479) ; her mother was determined to make her daughter a prodigy, but as we read on we learn about a girl and her rebellious nature and how there are “two kinds” of children in this world.
As a child you only learn what you are taught or what you see done around you and and in the beginning the young girl was so hopeful “I was a just as excited as my mother” (472) But after many put downs she developed a different side “Something inside of me began to die” (479) When she started piano lessons she wasn’t to excited and seem disgusted by “Old Lady Chong” (475) “She