Word Choice In Two Kinds By Amy Tan

Amy Tan uses word choice in her story called “ Two kinds ” to create the tone of the story. In the story Ni Kan was arguing with her mother about how she wanted to live her life and Ni Kan felt relieved in the end, “ “I felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good, as if this awful had surfaced, at last”. Ni kan was holding what she feel inside and finally she felt at peace but still at the same time feel like all the bad side of her came out which she didn’t want. she feels scared that the side of her she didn’t want to show is out. It also shows how made her mother created this part of her and she try to keep it in for all these years. In the story Ni Kan was fighting with her mother and said