Revision The Revision Process Thesis Statement Support Topic Sentences Introductions and Conclusions Sentences and Words Using and Documenting Sources Checklist: Using Sources Checklist: Conventions for Writing About Literature Exercise: Two Student Papers Student Paper: “Initiation into Adulthood” Student Paper: “Hard Choices” FICTION 3. Understanding Fiction Defining Fiction The Short Story Gary Gildner‚ “Sleepytime Gal” Margaret Atwood‚ “Happy Endings”
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bring enjoy-ment if you fulfil the expectation or it can lead to disappointment if you don’t. Every individual will not get through life without having some sort of expectation to something‚ and this as well include parents too. The short story ’Two Kinds’ written by Amy Tan is from 1989‚ and it delineates a mother’s attempt to push her daughter into achieving a prodigious lifestyle. The mother is an immi-grant from China‚ but her daughter is born in America. The cultural difference of their upbringing
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The story starts off with the daughter narrating the story talking of her mothers tragedy in China; The mother who lost her mother‚ father‚ husband ‚ and her two twin babies was trying to start over and give her child the American dream. The daughter the one telling the story was very as the story began about becoming famous. The mother on the other hand goes to all lengths to try to find her daughters talents. The characters in the story are the mother who played a huge role‚ although her name
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’s story "Two Kinds" is a battle of wills between the narrator‚ a young Chinese American girl‚ and her mother‚ a Chinese immigrant. "Two Kinds" is a coming-of-age story‚ in which the narrator‚ Jing-mei‚ struggles to forge her own sense of identity in the face of her strong-willed mother ’s dream that she become a "prodigy." Jing-mei is caught between her Chinese mother ’s traditional ideas about how to raise a daughter‚ and her own development as a Chinese American girl straddling two cultures.
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draft The Conflicts between Mother and Daughter in “Two Kinds” In the story “Two Kinds”‚ author Amy Tan‚ who is a Chinese-American‚ describes the conflicts in the relationship of a mother and daughter living in California. The protagonist in this story Jing-mei Woo’s mother is born and raised in China‚ and immigrates to the United States to escape from the Chinese Civil War. For many years she maintained complete Chinese traditional values‚ and has been abided by it deliberately. This kind of traditional
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Write about this type of conflict‚ using a piece of literature that you have read. Internal Conflict In most literary pieces there is a fundamental conflict. There are several different types of conflicts‚ some of which are: character versus another character‚ character versus nature or any other outside force‚ and character versus him/her self(emotionally and mentally)- also known as ‘Internal Conflict’. Often‚ there can be more than one type of conflict in a literary work. I have chosen to
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The Scarlet Letter: Internal and External Conflicts In the novel‚ the Scarlet Letter‚ there are four main characters‚ Hester Prynne‚ Pearl Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Prynne Chillingworth. The story goes; Hester Prynne committed the sin of adultery with the minister of their Puritan Community‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ the community then condemning her to wear the scarlet letter “A” for the rest of her natural life. Pearl Prynne being the product of the two sinners. In the moment‚ when Hester
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Nae March 8‚ 2015 1st Period Internal & External Conflict Struggle‚ struggle‚ struggle! We live in a time of conflict‚ external and internal. External conflict is a struggle between man and an outside force. Internal conflict is a struggle between man and self. Dealing with each conflict can be difficult‚ but there’s always a way to deal with it nonetheless. Dealing with internal conflict can be more difficult because you’re dealing with your own emotions and it can sometimes lead to depression
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Culture is considered a part of life which will never leave a person no matter where they eventually end up. In the stories: “Two kinds” by Amy Tan‚ “Fiesta 1980” by Junot Diaz‚ and “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers” by Yiyan Li it shows the family’s internal struggles as they build a new life in America. The stories show how many immigrant families hold onto the customs of their old way of life and expect their kids to grow up as they had in their old culture. As many immigrants leave their cultures
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Comparison and Contrast Essay Two Kinds of Shampoo Fraddy Guillen Writing Level 5 Professor: Martha Guerra 10/30/2012 My hair‚ My way. Last month when I went shopping to BJ’s‚ I notice that the shampoo I’ve using since 4 years ago ran off of the market‚ I was complete disappointed‚ I looked everywhere for it‚ and every place I went‚ they told me the same‚ that if was off of the market. I went back to BJ’S and started looking for a similar shampoo‚ but there were many choices that I didn’t
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