She was one of the two kinds her mother shouted at her: the one who disobeys. Her mother comes from a time where children were taken away from her and there was no freedom. Therefore, Jing-Mei’s mother strives to have the best for her only surviving child and desires for her to become a prodigy of any kind. Jing-Mei first begins to rebel against her mother and show signs of being self-centered when she was pushed to become a similar Sherry Temple. After multiple failed attempts to become a prodigy of beauty, Jing-Mei’s mother decides to place her child into piano music. Jing-Meri believes this is a violation of her human rights and decides to go against her mother by shouting at her “I wish I were dead. Like them”, referring to the babies her mother lost in China (Chopin 382.. Her mother retaliates with allowing her daughter to quit piano and give in to her selfish behaviors of going against her mother. This could show Amy Tan’s desire to go against the social normalities she was expected to adapt to. Yet, “Two Kinds” was not the only fiction story that was coming from the desire to break social normalities and become that person’s true self. This is demonstrated in Kate Choplins, “The
She was one of the two kinds her mother shouted at her: the one who disobeys. Her mother comes from a time where children were taken away from her and there was no freedom. Therefore, Jing-Mei’s mother strives to have the best for her only surviving child and desires for her to become a prodigy of any kind. Jing-Mei first begins to rebel against her mother and show signs of being self-centered when she was pushed to become a similar Sherry Temple. After multiple failed attempts to become a prodigy of beauty, Jing-Mei’s mother decides to place her child into piano music. Jing-Meri believes this is a violation of her human rights and decides to go against her mother by shouting at her “I wish I were dead. Like them”, referring to the babies her mother lost in China (Chopin 382.. Her mother retaliates with allowing her daughter to quit piano and give in to her selfish behaviors of going against her mother. This could show Amy Tan’s desire to go against the social normalities she was expected to adapt to. Yet, “Two Kinds” was not the only fiction story that was coming from the desire to break social normalities and become that person’s true self. This is demonstrated in Kate Choplins, “The