Fish Cheeks By Amy Tan Summary

One the current world of today heritage has become a huge topic. From making a border between Mexico and the United States to talk of banning of Muslim Immigrants. Either way, these projects have or will end up affecting the good and the bad people that immigrate here. Today, most of who you become and what is expected of you are based on your heritage. For example, if you were of Asian Descent People would expect you to do very well in any math course. Although you may be Asian and not be proficient at math people would still expect you to be because of the stereotype.
In A story by Amy Tan named “Fish Cheeks,” she explains her hardships of wanting to fit in with America traditions even though she was Chinese. She expresses her disapproval
Our heritage is what makes us stand out from the rest and it is important to keep them going. In a blog called MCCARTYHERITAGE, the author gives some outstanding examples of why we should preserve our heritage and examples of civilizations that did. He gives examples of olden day Jewish what had to copy records letter by letter and also of scriptures like the bible (). He also explains that it severs as a cornerstone of the type of person you become. A Quote that he said made me think of this in a better light,” But choices and past events have very profound and long-lasting impacts on any decision we can possibly make; therefore all decisions or choices made now are done so in the context of the past”(). It made me of how our parents tend to teach us to do certain tasks specific ways. As result of there experience in doing the certain task they have developed it further and refined the process and they are passing it down by teaching their technique. The same can go for auto industries. Once they make a car they begin to fix the previous problem the previous year’s model had and refine the car throughout many years. That is why some people prefer one car brand over the other, because of their heritage of making reliable cars.
On the other hand, being too focused on our heritage can cause problems. In a TED talk, Professor Máiréad Nic Craith talks about how today many of the
In the story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker it tells of two sisters, one moved one and went to college while the other stayed at home and helped her mother around the farm. During the story, the college daughter comes over to visit, as she leaves she asks for a blanket that was made from generations of their families clothing. The mother, hesitant to give it to her, said that it was going to be a wedding present for the younger daughter that stayed with her all those years. Enraged by this the older college daughter said that she would put it to better use then her sister, when in fact she just wanted it as decoration, instead of its primary purpose. In the end, the mother chose to give the blanket to her younger daughter because she was able to pass on the family traditions. This story did a fantastic job at explaining the different types of people that pass on family traditions, those that actively continue them and those that just have the knowledge of their family’s traditions. Those that actively continue them have a higher chance of passing them on. A great way of passing on heritage is through poetry, and that is exactly what Linda Hogan did in her poem “Heritage”. The poem tells of her childhood and how each of her characteristics, physical or emotional, come from her ancestors. She also tells of her native American background and the lessons she lessons she