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    In “Mother and Daughter” by Gary Soto‚ a girl named Yollie had an 8th grade dance‚ and things didn’t seem to go the way they planned. That itself contrasts the mother and daughter viewpoints and creates a sense of tension. Since‚ Mrs. Moreno and Yollie had just crossed the border from their old country‚ times were very different for them. Mrs. Moreno was trying to provide for the family so her daughter wouldn’t necessarily have to worry about anything in the long run. Mrs. Moreno didn’t have enough

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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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    that they are portrayed in US media‚ where they get straight A’s‚ aspire to become doctors‚ and have strict parents who starve and beat them. So when I came across the New York Times article “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” by Amy Chua‚ it made me wonder‚

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    A Personal Dialect In Amy Tan’s essay‚ “Mother Tongue‚” Tan expresses that she uses different versions of the English language depending on the type of relationship she shares with particular individuals. While Tan gave a speech to a group of people‚ she noticed a difference in her register of speech when she spoke to a group of people versus when she spoke to her mother. She noticed her use of “carefully wrought grammatical phrases” and “the forms of standard English that I had learned in school

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    it takes more than just denying it‚ because it is a part of them and it can’t be taken away. In the novel‚ The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan‚ three American-born Chinese girls; Waverly Jong‚ Rose Hsu and Jing-mei Woo constantly feel embarrassed or criticized by their Chinese mothers. Ultimately‚ they recognize that they have more similarities than differences to their mothers‚ and that these similarities alone can’t be removed because they are not just on the surface‚ they are formed in their bones‚ deep

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    Written by authorJoyce Maynard‚ the essay‚ "Honoring Mothers: Four Generations"‚ begins with a description of the relationship between mother and daughter. The first few lines illustrate how a daughter‚ typically‚ would grow up to be much like her mother. ("The kind of mother I am is all wrapped up with the kind of mother I had."). In the first paragraph‚ the author explains how mothers pass on certain traits to their daughters‚ whether deliberately or unconsciously. These traits are then carried

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    only one who cheers enthusiastically. Father The narrator’s father makes only a token appearance in the story. He is not involved in the mother-daughter struggle over piano lessons. He does attend the recital; in fact‚ the narrator can’t tell if he is horrified or silently amused at her performance. Jing-mei Jing-mei is a rebellious child caught between two cultures: the Chinese culture that prevails in her mother’s home; and the American one that prevails everywhere else. She resists her mother’s

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    opportunity to succeed. Covering makes individuals similar and appropriate identity for the related situations while flaunting emphasizes individual’s uniqueness that is essential for individuals’ characteristics and self-esteem. Amy Chua‚ in her essay “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”‚ insists her successful Chinese parenting ideas that are considered to be tough and indifferent to children’s development by the western culture. Kenji Yoshino‚

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    Social settings in “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan The physical and social settings of “Rules of the Game” create an atmosphere which helps to bring out the true essence of the story [The rest of the paper continues from here] Arora 2 Assignment 2 “Rules of the Game” written by Amy Tan is a short story that focuses on the conflict in identity that Chinese Americans

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    Contrasting “Two Kinds” vs. “Blue Winds Dancing” While both of these stories have different themes regarding cultural issues‚ the characters involved similarly have their own reasons that compel them to oppose their individual situations. In Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” and in Tom Whitecloud’s “Blue Winds Dancing”‚ both narrators choose nonconformity regarding their unique situations‚ but have different motivations for doing so. In “Two Kinds”‚ the narrator struggles to be the ideal daughter that her mother

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