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Comparing Two Kind 'And Tiger Moms'
“Two kinds”and “tiger moms” The passages “Two kinds” and “Tiger moms”, in these two stories there are some similar points, also they have some different points. And in these two stories, the two characters , Amy’s mother in “Two kinds” and Amy Chua in “Tiger moms” has similar and different, so I am going to compare and contrast the two characters. The two mothers have same points in these two stories. First, both of them wants their child to be great, and both of them are use the strictly Chinese education style; like in the passage “two kinds” it says:forced her (Amy Chua)7-year-old daughter Lulu to practice for hours on end-- “right through dinner into the night”,with no breaks for water or even the bathroom , until at last Lulu learned to play the piece.” Amy Chua was really strict with her daughter , same in the story “two kinds” it says: “Every night after dinner,she (Amy’s mother) would present new test ... ... in our bathroom”. And “The test got harder... ... And that’s all I remember,Ma”. So Amy’s mom also was strictly, her daughter does not want to do the tests, but she still did everyday. So in these two passages, that is similar, because the two characters forced …show more content…
In the “Two kinds” it says: “America was where my mother’s hopes lay. She had come here in 1949 after losing everything in China: ...... And two daughters, twin baby girls. But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better.” we can see Amy’s mother was very miserable, because she lost everything in China include her two children, so she leaves that place that brought her pain. So when she came to America, she believes everything will be better, and then she got her new daughter Amy, so she entrusts to the care of Amy with high expect. That is the reason of Amy’s mom is strict with

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