positive there isn’t always a winner. In most stories the conflict ends in a lose/ lose situation. When I was in kindergarten I bit a kid in the back because he wouldn’t let me crawl up the slide at recess. He started to cry and told the teacher. I got in trouble for biting him so I didn’t win. He didn’t win because he got hurt and didn’t play at recess for the rest of the day. In that situation neither of us win and we both lose. In "Two Kinds" Amy is forced to play the piano by her mother. Later
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First person allows the reader to be able to read the thoughts of the main character. Readers are allowed to to look in the eyes of the eyes of the protagonist. Good authors use first person to feel a way or develop thinking similar to the main character. Ned Vizzini‚ author of It’s Kind of a Funny Story‚ uses the first person view to help develop the character and find out what Greg is thinking. The story is about a young male‚ named Greg‚who suffers from disorders such as depression. Greg is slowly
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and evidential in two different stories‚ “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan and “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. Although these stories represent different cultures‚ they both exemplify the values and importance of family relations; as well as demonstrate in every culture families face social problems. In both these stories‚ two major topics stood out which allowed me to compare each one to one another. These topics were mother-daughter relationships and obedience as a whole. The story Two Kinds is about a Chinese
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In the two stories “Tiger mother” by Annie Murphy Paul and “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan both show the tiger mother. In the two articles. They are similarity is because the two mother both force their daughter to learn what they do not want to learn‚ the difference between the two tiger mom is how to face their daughter’s growing. Although they are tiger mom‚ but they both want to build a good relation ship with their daughter. First of all In the two stories‚ they two tiger moms both forced their daughter
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fictional world of the story‚ "Two Kinds"‚ thought up by the author Amy Tan‚ we can easily target one of the author’s main themes‚ which is the American Dream. Tan demonstrates this idea through the different interpretations the two main characters have of the American Dream. These two characters being the mother and the daughter‚ they have very different visions of the American Dream‚ which will be reflected through their personality and their actions. Firstly‚ throughout the story‚ we can always perceive
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being shares the overwhelming desire for respect‚ whether it comes from themselves or others. Many authors choose to incorporate aspects of common humanity in their stories‚ such as in the short stories The Bet and Two Kinds‚ where both authors reveal their character’s need for the respect of others. The Bet‚ a short story by Anton Chekov‚ reveals the need
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Helen Keller with her need of language to give sense to life‚ Frederick Douglass with his ways of learning and Amy Tan with the importance of the “Mother Tongue” language‚ convey to us a totally different view of how language changes‚ develops and gives meaning to our lives. For Helen Keller‚ when she was around seven years old‚ language was a mystery. In a selection of her biography “The Story of my life”‚ she describes how‚ because of her blindness and deafness before she was taught to communicate
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lifetimes. From a mother to a child‚ a friend to one another‚ or a sister to a brother‚ kin and friendships possess a powerful position in lives in countless circumstances— whether good or bad. In the brilliant novel The Valley of Amazement‚ written by Amy Tan and published in 2013‚ it depicts how relationships are a significant aspect of our lives and they affect us all throughout our lives. This book conveys the impact relationships possess throughout lives and that they are not easily discarded because
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What if your determination was the only thing stopping you from reaching your goals? Ned Vizzini’s novel‚ It’s Kind Of a Funny Story follows a teen who is so committed to doing good that he is pushed too hard and he begins to consider suicide. When Craig is at his worst point and ready to end it‚ he instead decides to call the suicide hotline and checks himself into the hospital. This novel touches hard on the little things in life that make Craig’s life good or bad. Since this novel is based on
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new ones is a very stressful undertaking. Amy Tan is a daughter of a Chinese immigrant mother‚ who believes in the American dream. Her mother went through some difficult
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