“Two Kinds”‚ Conflicts “Two Kinds” is written by Amy Tan and it was first published in 1989. This short story tells the relationship between a mother and a daughter and the conflicts between them. The protagonist Jing Mei has both internal and external conflicts. The internal conflict is whether she wanted to be obedient. Her Conflict with her mother based on cultural difference is external. All these conflicts are expressed through setting and symbolism. The setting of the short story is in
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At to begin with‚ Jing-mei is hesitant to join the club. She isn’t great at Mah-Jongg and not especially inspired by hearing her "close relatives" discuss the past. When she acknowledges‚ in any case‚ she starts to take in more about her mom’s past and about the twin little girls her mom left in China. She likewise finds out about her close relatives’ lives and about their little girls. A mei Hsu reviews how her mom was abused by her better half’s family after
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life in America. The daughter‚ Jing-mei‚ wants desperately to become a "Chinese Shirley Temple" by making a career in singing and dancing. Her mother is consumed in the belief that Jing-mei is a genius‚ thus making her do pointless tests that she sees other prodigy children doing in magazines such as standing on her head and reciting world capitals. All of this proves to be useless and the idea begins to fade away until Jing-mei’s mother buys her a piano. Jing-mei began taking lessons with Mr. Chong
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interactions. One of the mothers‚ An-Mei Hsu‚ grows up away from her mother who has become the 4th wife of a rich man; An-Mei is forced to live with her grandmother once her mother is banned from the house‚ but eventually reunites and goes to live in the man’s house with her mother. Her daughter‚ Rose‚ has married an American man‚ Ted‚ but their marriage begins to end as he files for divorce; Rose becomes depressed and unsure what to do‚ despite her mother’s advice. An-Mei has strengths and weaknesses that
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Two Halves of the Same Song “My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America” (526). This is the first sentence in “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan spoken by the narrator’s point of view‚ Jing-mei‚ the daughter. The story was a direct reflection of love vs. rebellion with the mother and the daughter‚ presented in a humorous almost sounding sarcastic tone to show the two kinds of people in the story; the one the mother thought the daughter should be and the one the daughter thought she
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Nuclear family Drawback: The nuclear family misses all the advantages of joint living. It is too isolated and unconnected to elicit support or assistance during need or crisis. Its limited size poses practical problems for child rearing and care‚ more so when the mother works outside. Children are deprived of a wider social world‚ emotional bonding‚ love and affection that a joint family provides. The old parents are left in the village or old age homes without personal care. Joint Family merits:
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being married for 7 years to my wife Mei Wen‚ who does not drink or use drugs my drinking has impacted her life in a way that I see is hurtful toward her and our relationship. It was the most recent overboard drinking episode that prompted my choice of DARA. In the past two months I have had up to four overboard episodes‚ all of which have resulted in Mei Wen suffering. We have had loud and openly aggressive arguments‚ some during which we fought physically…more of Mei Wen hitting me over the head for
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Most children struggle to establish who they are. In ‘Two Kinds’‚ does Jing-Mei know who she is or is she struggling because of her mother’s view? Throughout the entire story‚ her mother is pushing her daughter to be the best or to be a prodigy which leads Jing-Mei to struggle within herself on who she can be. As she struggled‚ she had two halves pulling at her which was her mother’s expectations and her thoughts telling her she wasn’t anything special. As she grew up‚ she accepted defeat that she
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understand the feelings and actions in the story. This return to one’s heritage is the focus of the book and is outlined most prominently in the section “American Translation.” Through the “American Translation” parable and the characters Rose Hsu and Jing-Mei Woo‚ Tan identifies both the Chinese and the American ways of life and conveys the strength and sense of belonging that can be found in the Chinese tradition as these two girls return to the ways of their mothers. As Amy Tan sets the scene for the “American
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Luck Club demonstrates this when Jing Mei thinks this… “…What will I say? What can I tell them about my mother? I don’t know anything…” Jing Mei’s mother‚ Suyuan told Jing Mei a parable about her struggles in life. Calling this story the Kweilin‚ Suyuan had always told this story to Jing Mei‚ only except with a twist a the end of every single time she told the story‚ but always emphasized the symbolism of the three silk dresses; the symbolism of hope. Jing Mei never understood the symbolism of
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