Two kinds This story shows the struggling relationship between mother and daughter. Although the mother wants the daughter to be a great prodigy‚ the daughter wants to be her own person with her own personality. I see this‚ not exact‚ but similar situation‚ in many families around me. In my opinion‚ as long as the child is doing great something useful and enjoyable with themselves then they are doing the right thing. I understand a parent wanting the best for their child but
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experienced the pressure of fulfilling their parents’ expectations or following in their footsteps. This pressure will oftentimes have a negative effect for the children of those parents. In the chapter of Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club‚ “Two Kinds‚” the reader is introduced to Jing-mei‚ a young Chinese girl who wishes to become the prodigy that her mother wishes her to be. However‚ her constant disappointment in the many challenges her mother presents her causes her to lose hope and motivation. While‚ H.G. Bissinger’s
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A person spends most of their developing years under the guidance of their parents or guardians. They affect how we think‚ how we feel‚ and how we act. These are among the people who hold the greatest influence. Amy Tan’s ’Two Kinds’ and Jamaica Kincaid’s ’Girl’ both deal with the relationship between a young girl and the guiding force in her life. Amy Tan tells of a mother’s expectation for her daughter to be a child prodigy. Jamaica Kincaid tells of an unknown person describing to a girl how
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Patricia Rosario English 126 AB1 Professor Milanes November 24‚ 2014 Formal Paper #3 draft Pressure for Success Children of immigrant parents are put under immense pressure to succeed in life. Success is expected in these children as a form of reward to their parents for their many physical and financial sacrifices. Because of these expectations‚ children begin to feel as disappointments and failures if they have not met the high goals set by their parents. Putting high standards and limitations
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(1) “America was where all my mother’s hopes lay.” (2) In these words from “Two Kinds‚” the narrator describes her mother’s belief that you can be anything you want to be in America even famous. (3) In her search for a better life than the one she left in China‚ the narrator’s mother pushes her daughter to become a child prodigy. (4) The narrator tries to fulfill her mother’s expectations at first. (5) Eventually‚ she does not want to be a prodigy. (6) The differing values between mother and daughter
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Title: It’s Kind Of A Funny Story Author: Ned Vizzini Date Started: 4th April Date Finished: 6th May Text Type: Novel Genre: Drama Country of Origin: America Craig Gilner is a clinically depressed teenager. He gets accepted into exclusive school in Manhattan‚ promising him a good future if he is to excel. The pressure of being the average kid in class‚ piling up homework‚ pot smoking “so called” friends and the daily thoughts that he’s a failure beats him down into a deep depression. Craig
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Clive Thompson on Why the Next Civil Rights Battle Will Be Over the Mind By Clive Thompson 03.24.08 Illustration: Paula Scher/Pentagram START Previous: A State-By-State Look at Where Cell Phones and Driving Don’t Mix Trolling down the street in Manhattan‚ I suddenly hear a woman’s voice. "Who’s there? Who’s there?" she whispers. I look around but can’t figure out where it’s coming from. It seems to emanate from inside my skull. Was I going nuts? Nope. I had simply encountered a
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Story Analysis－Two Kinds In the story “Two Kinds”‚ the author‚ Amy Tan‚ intends to make reader think of the meaning behind the story. She doesn’t speak out as an analyzer to illustrate what is the real problem between her and her mother. Instead‚ she uses her own point of view as a narrator to state what she has experienced and what she feels in her mind all along the story. She has not judged what is right or wrong based on her opinion. Instead of giving instruction of how to solve a family
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various types of a short story. Some of the types are ancient tales‚ humor‚ satire‚ fantasy‚ biography‚ education‚ local color‚ and history. Lets us have a glimpse on each one of them in this article. 1. Ancient Tales It is the power of the utilization of the ancient form of the tale in the modern short story. Italian writer Giovanni Verga’s The She-Wolf (1880)‚ and Chinese writer Yeh Shao-Chun’s Mrs. Li’s Hair are remarkable examples. 2. Fantasy Fantasy stories are nothing but the fair combination
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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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