"Two Kinds" The story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan represents the theme that parents cannot control their children‚ but can only guide them. A Chinese mother and daughter Ni Kan are at odds with each other in story. The mother pushes her daughter to become a prodigy of some sort‚ her daughter does try to follow her mother ’s orders but has she gets older she realizes she wants to find her own self and not to be what her mother wants her to be. They both have conflicting values‚ which is the theme of the
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I am an ordinary soon to be 20 years old girl from an ordinary family with extraordinary fantasies. My name is Tan Ling Wei‚ but since everybody is having a difficult time to pronounce Chinese names‚ I would rather be called as Zoey. I’m a Malaysian Chinese‚ and I was born in a big city with big shopping malls - Kuala Lumpur. When I was younger‚ I used to stay in Bentong which is my hometown in Pahang with my parents together with my grandparents. Since my parents were busy earning for a living
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popular person in the U.S. She met Bobby Fischer‚ the most legendary chess player ever born. In the “Rules of the Game” the author Amy Tan Writes that life is like a chess game; when you’re losing you have to try to make it better. In the middle of the story‚ the author says that sometimes you have to lose. Tan says‚“Sometimes you need to lose pieces to get ahead” (Tan 324pg). When they were playing chess‚ she lost a few pieces‚ but she was
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“Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ a famous Asian-American writer whose works focus a lot on mother-daughter relationships and the Chinese American experience. She grew up with a Chinese mother who spoke broken‚ or limited‚ English that was difficult for many people to understand. Amy Tan thinks because her mom spoke English differently‚ this caused Tan to speak English differently too. In her article‚ she talks about how language has the power to help shape the way people saw things‚ expressed things‚
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why parents often force their children to do things that their children feel are either unnecessary for their age level? One narrator feels the same way when she complains to her mother‚ “You want me to be someone that i’m not”(Tan 231). In the story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan‚ a daughter explains the obstacles she has conquered in her childhood. In this story‚ Jing-mei‚ the protagonist has a rough and complicated relationship with her mother. Her mother has always wanted her daughter to be a prodigy
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Overview of Artist Tan Qing Lun‚ 26‚ is a traditional musician and an instructor. Qing Lun graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music under a postgraduate scholarship from the National Arts Council (NAC). He is currently one of the musicians for Ding Yi Music Company‚ he plays the traditional Chinese instrument‚ Dizi. He is also currently the Ensemble Manager and a founding member of Ding Yi Music Company. In addition‚ he is currently teaching at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). Besides
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Mothers Tongue Amy Tans "Mother Tongue" is a look into the way some people‚ look to language as a way as a sign of how educated you are. According to Amy she did not realize how we use different languages or different tones when we are engaging in conversation with others. When you are talking with friends or close family you would use different dialect or slang‚ then if you were talking to your boss or teacher. The tone of your voice can also show’s that if you are louder this might mean
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The deep sea is the darkest region of the ocean‚ where sunlight fades to blackness and plants cannot grow. It covers more than half the planet‚ and encompasses nearly 98% (by volume) of all living space on Earth. The harsh and extreme conditions of the deep ocean-crushing pressure‚ corrosive salt water‚ and freezing temperatures have made deep sea exploration nearly as challenging as space exploration‚ and nearly as infrequent. Until recently the deep ocean was thought to be almost completely
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Betrayal of Deep Friendships and the Consequences “Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love” (John Le Carre). Betrayal is a huge part of Gene and Amirs’ lives in A Separate Peace and in The Kite Runner. They are both pushed to do things they normally wouldn’t do because of the feelings of guilt from betraying their best friends. They betray the people closest to them‚ the only people who truly care for them. The circumstances and outcomes of both books are
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