analysis of “The Lottery” and “Two Kinds” will demonstrate how both short stories share similar themes‚ literary devices and writing styles. According to Richard Abcarian and Marvin Klotz (2007)‚ editors of Literature: The Human Experience‚ works with a theme of conformity and rebellion often "feature a clash between two well-articulated positions‚ in which a rebel‚ on principle‚ confronts and struggles with established authority" (p. 312). “The Lottery” and “Two Kinds” equally share the theme of conformity
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perspective of Jing-mei from “Two Kinds”‚ by Amy Tan. Although it is not known if she kept a diary in the story‚ I imagined what it might look like if she did. I wrote what her day might have been like if there was no conflict whatsoever. Her day is uninteresting and just a skeleton of what it could be. Although on the other hand‚ I wrote what her diary would look like for a day filled with conflict. Although she is fighting with her mother‚ the day would be exciting and new. My next Genre is a newspaper
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parents often force their children to do things that their children feel are either unnecessary for their age level? One narrator feels the same way when she complains to her mother‚ “You want me to be someone that i’m not”(Tan 231). In the story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan‚ a daughter explains the obstacles she has conquered in her childhood. In this story‚ Jing-mei‚ the protagonist has a rough and complicated relationship with her mother. Her mother has always wanted her daughter to be a prodigy. However
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Nowadays‚ jon is needed for people’s daily living. There always have a gap between two different kinds of job which people may have to consider and choose it carefully: the low-paid but interesting job and high salary‚ yet no inspiration one. The obvious differences between those types are mentioned: The finance-condition‚ working environment and the challenge. The easiest notable difference is the finance-condition. There is no doubt that people with low-paid‚ somehow‚ can be very struggled
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Amy Tan’s short story “Two Kinds” tells the story of the relationship between the protagonist‚ Jing Mei Woo and her mother. Jing-Mei’s mother believes that America‚ is the land of opportunity where she could be‚ “anything she wanted”(1). Hence‚ she has high hopes that her daughter will become a prodigy. Her mother is unclear of what exactly that could be‚ considering her search through a myriad of avenues. Nevertheless‚ she knows that with hard work‚ there is success. In the beginning
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Alex Dang “What Kind Of Asian Are You” The theme of this poem is not only about Asians/being Asian‚ but also the idea of stereotypicality‚ the way people are judged based solely on their appearance‚ background‚ religion and culture‚ and the things they like/dislike. The poet describes how‚ as an Asian‚ he is expected to be the most Asian-like things such as a math genius‚ even though he may not necessarily be that way. The poem goes on to talk about the things that are implied‚ rather than said
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important‚ that will become the baseline for self-approval. We will be looking at three different views of thinking starting with William Golding’s three kinds of thinking‚ in “Thinking as a Hobby”‚ moving to Mark Twain’s two kinds of thinking‚ in “Corn-Pone Opinions”‚ and lastly James Harvey Robinson’s 4 kinds of thinking‚ in “On Various Kinds of Thinking.” William Golding describes three different grades of thinking: grade-three‚ grade-two‚ and grade-one. Golding once “viewed grade-three thinking
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a narrative (science fictional) film that tells the story of a group of people who made an attempt to contact alien intelligence. This group of individuals is led by main character Richard Dreyfuss who played Roy Neary‚ an electrician. The plot progresses chronologically through the events surrounding the main character life. The storyline kick started when Roy Neary was sent out on an emergency repair; he witnessed an Unidentified Foreign Object (UFO) that left
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was a best seller for nine months (Werlock). Tan believed she was born in the wrong family because her mother was impossible to be pleased (longnecker). In the story of "Two Kinds" Amy Tan whose life is reflected in the Uses the action of mother and daughter to explore mother daughter conflict. The book "Two Kinds" there were a lot of fights between the mother and daughter about being a prodigy or being famous. She didn’t want to be famous she wanted to be herself but that’s what her mom
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Do Not Weep Maiden‚ for the War Is Kind This is a very critical and harsh poem. Stephen Crane seems to have a more pessimistic outlook on life than other poems he has written‚ and nowhere else does that pessimistic outlook come through in his poetry than here. The pattern of the poem affixes a cynical‚ satirical statement after every statement of "War is kind." For example‚ "War is kind‚ Hoarse booming drums of the regiment‚ little souls who thirst for fight‚ these men were born to drill and die
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