beyond their childhood. In both Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” and Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing‚ Both authors write about two different stories that share a universal theme about the relationship between mother and daughter. However‚ the protagonist and antagonists have different viewpoints on their thinking. Both author’s use of theme‚ emotional dialogue and plot gives the reader an idea of the mother’s impact on each of their daughters lives. In “Two Kinds” the author uses strong emotional dialogue
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Though the two stories “Fish cheeks” and “Two Kinds” have many similarities‚ their differences play a key role in defining each individual story. Both stories have the same basic setup; they are each told from the point of view of a young Asian-American girl‚ who are both the daughters of generation Chinese immigrants. This proves to be a source of conflict in the two stories‚ due to the fact that the cultural and generational differences between both mother-daughter duos. In the story “Fish Cheeks
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In the story “Two Kinds”‚ Tan portrays how excessive parental control alienates a child and makes them insecure causing them to rebel against their parent’s beliefs and standards. The mother lives her dreams through her daughter. She moved to America from China because she believed that anything is possible there. She wanted to give her daughter everything she did not have as a child which is a chance to be successful and have a good life. The mother expected her daughter to be a prodigy. She would
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Between the story “Two kinds” and “Everyday Use” I can feel the tension within the mother and daughter relationships. They both are unstable relationships but each for several reasons. In the story of “Two Kinds” the mother was very pushy with her daughter. The mother fully believes anything can happen in America. Therefore‚ sending her daughter through several tests and every time she sees a child succeeding in something she pushes her daughter do to that task. In the story Two Kinds she said “Every
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individual‚ and by that‚ I mean being a conformist. In contrast‚ individual do not care about the society or their surrounding‚ giving them pressure. They want to be themselves‚ they go for shock value. In “The Sociology of Leopard Man” by Logan Feys‚ “Two Kind” by Amy Tan and Dead Poets Society by Peter Weir‚ the main characters are somehow a conformist in some ways‚ but actually they’re trying to break through the wall that prevents them from achieving their happiness. I believe that in order to to happy
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“Two Kinds” Reflection The story “Two Kinds” is written by a Chinese author named Amy Tan. I read the story in class with my table group. In my opinion‚ reading with my group improved my reading skills. I was able to discuss and analyze the story with my group. Compare to the mythologies that I read on my own and outside of class‚ some of them are very complexed in writing and I wasn’t able to discuss with anyone about it until class time. Another reason why I think reading with a group advanced
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parent believes it’s a reward to the child opposed to seeing it as a way that will benefit him or her. In a short story‚ Two Kinds by Amy Tan‚ a mother saw disciplining her child as a benefit. The mother believed her daughter would be successful if the daughter was obedient towards all her commands. The daughter grew to hate the way she was raised by her mother‚ but at the end of the short story‚ the daughter found it rewarding
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Undoubtedly‚ an entrepreneur’s success is mainly depend on the qualities he practiced instead of the amount of money he has. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are the two successful entrepreneurs that nominated as the world’s top entrepreneurs in SUCCESS business magazine ( Ocker 2013). Both of them share the similar qualities or characteristics that they are highly self-motivated and having the creative leadership skills . Body paragraph 1 I. Both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are highly self-motivated
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were copied all over the western world by other countries. The Auburn system (also known as the New York System) evolved during the 1820s at the Auburn Prison in Auburn‚ New York. The Auburn system had two characteristics that were unique to the system of disciplinary conditions. Characteristic one of the Auburn system was the silent
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Swiggity swind‚ remember always be kind. Two of the nations largest rivers meet in the American Bottom. The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers served as channels of change to the area‚ bringing outside influences of many different peoples to an Indian-inhabited land. Like the constant flow of the rivers‚ there was a constant change in the American Bottom. The progress eventually developed the area into a center of economic activity and gateway to the west‚ but also excluded native and long-time residents
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