Lit Analysis: Two kinds by Amy Tan Two kinds represents the two kinds of daughters. A daughter who is obedient‚ who follows her mother’s suggestions and a daughter who follows what’s on her own mind. This story will help you find your own identity in this complicated world. The story represent the relationship between the daughter and mother and the relationship between the traditinal practices of chinese and the modern world. The mother really what her daughter to succeed in her undetermined talent
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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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In the story Two Kinds‚ the title gives a great incite of the meaning of the story. Throughout the whole short story‚ there are many references to “two kinds” of something. The idea is‚ that no one will ever be good enough in another person’s eyes until they think they are good enough for themselves. I think that’s why Jing has such a hard time trying to please her mom. Jing doesn’t love herself enough to think she could actually please her mom. Throughout the story‚ Jing is put down until she finally
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In the excerpts “The Violin” and “Jing Mei Woo:Two Kinds”‚ the authors demonstrate their maternal relationships between mother and child. In Amy Chua’s novel Battle Hymn of A Tiger Mom‚ she shows how she and her daughter have a very tense yet close relationship‚ while in Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club‚ she and her mother have a very strict and unloving relationship. Both mothers want more out of their daughters‚ but Tan’s mother is much stricter and more intense about her commitment to the piano
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different short stories are discovering themselves as people. All of the characters make decisions that could decide who they are. All of their identities are revealed to them in very unexpected ways. In the short stories‚ “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan‚ “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan‚ and “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell‚ the characters learn about their identities through significant moments. First‚ Amy Tan from the short story‚ “Fish Cheeks”‚ understands about her identity at her family’s
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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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It is quite clear that conflict can trigger many emotions in a human. Conflict has a direct influence on the human mind and the way that people act. Written by William Golding‚ Lord of the Flies is a perfect example of how peoples’ decisions are influenced by a source of conflict. Different types of conflict push different significant events in the novel. External conflict tears the boys’ unity apart. Fear of the ‘beastie:’ evolves from internal conflict‚ and physical conflict worsens as the story
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as a “character vs character” and “character vs self” story with both internal and external conflicts. How it is told is actually really interesting. The story is split into two parts and the protagonist changes during the story from Marion to Norman. The story starts with a real estate secretary named Marion Crane‚ who wants to marry her boyfriend Sam‚ but he could not afford it because of his debt. So her external conflict is that she wants to marry him‚ but he won’t until they can afford it
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In the novel I am David there are several accounts of internal conflicts. An internal conflict is a problem or issue you are fighting inside of you. In this case it does not refer to an illness‚ but to feelings. An external conflict is an issue that you face with other people or just out in the open. An example of an internal conflict is when David is being beat up. This is an internal conflict because David has to resist the urge to fight back. He doesn’t fight back because he believed if he
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for those reasons and wonder why they are getting punished. Disciplining children can become addicting to the point where a 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
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