Analysis: The short story‚ "Two Kinds‚"� displays the relationship between a Chinese mother and a disobedient Americanized daughter. Jing-mei‚ a second-generation Chinese daughter‚ deals with her own internal conflict as well as an external conflict with her mother. The internal effort to find her true self is a lesson Jing-mei will have to discover‚ as she gets older. Being born of Chinese heritage‚ Jing-mei struggles with the burden of failing to meet her mother’s expectations. She was never sure
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By: Mehar Tana was a normal girl who loved basketball‚ she was even one of the best players on her team. Tana’s mom loved that Tana played basketball. Crystal and Mina are Tana’s best friends and are also on the basketball team with Tana. Coach Ruby coaches the team and is really nice to everyone. But Blair is the one girl on the team that is jealous of Tana. One day when Tana was running laps Blair tripped Tana. Tana fell on her hand. Tana was taken to the hospital and told her hand was broken
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Central conflict between mother and daughter in Alice Walker’s "Everyday Use" and Any Tan’s “Two Kinds” In “Everyday Use” Alice Walker depicts a cultural conflict within a family and explores the concept of heritage. “Everyday Use” tells how a mother eventually rejects the values of her educated daughter and celebrates the values of her younger daughter. The setting of “Everyday Use” takes place in the late 60’s‚ early 70’s. Narrated by the mother of two daughters‚ the story opens with an examination
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Spectacular Jing-mei The girl Jing-mei in “Two Kinds” is brave and independent. She has miserable childhood because she has a pushy mother who always tries to force her into being a prodigy. However‚ Jing-mei doesn’t obey as other Chinese kids. She awakens her inner part and follows it to be what she really is. This is the reason why we treat Jing-mei sympathetically and both respectfully. When she was a litter girl‚ Jing-mei’s mother gave het various tests‚ trying to see whether she
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In the short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan‚ with the use of epiphany and turning points the reader is able to see the protagonist’s growth and change in personality throughout the story. The protagonist‚ Jing-Mei and her mother emigrated from China to the US‚ thus the family struggled in adapting to the new culture and lifestyle. Heavily influenced by the opportunities and hopes with a new life in US‚ Jing-Mei’s mother wanted Jing-Mei to become a prodigy like the other girls on television. Jing-Mei
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Story Analysis－Two Kinds In the story “Two Kinds”‚ the author‚ Amy Tan‚ intends to make reader think of the meaning behind the story. She doesn’t speak out as an analyzer to illustrate what is the real problem between her and her mother. Instead‚ she uses her own point of view as a narrator to state what she has experienced and what she feels in her mind all along the story. She has not judged what is right or wrong based on her opinion. Instead of giving instruction of how to solve a family
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Homesick is a book written by Jean Fritz. It is about her own life‚ which makes it an autobiography. It takes place in 1920’s in China. Jean was born in China and is living there because her father works for the YMCA. During this time a revolution was going on in China and people were suffering. Jean wants very much to return to America so she writes letters to her Grandmother who lives on a farm in Pennsylvania. Lin Nia-Nia is Jean’s nanny and good‚ loyal friend. Jean teaches her english and everything
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Metamorphosis in Amy Tan’s Story‚ “Two Kinds” The excerpt from “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan describes the conflict between a mother and her rebellious daughter. The psychological effect of the struggle between personal freedom and the persistence of her mother’s will is shown as the protagonist and narrator‚ Jing-mei‚ recollects her upbringing. The transformation of her personality‚ under these circumstances‚ remains present throughout her life. Amy Tan uses a variety of narrative techniques to show
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“Wake up!” yelled a 12-year-old girl named Zoe who is trying to awake her sister. Zoe’s sister’s name is Penny who is 7 years old. Both of them live in China at the border of Hangzhou city. Penny and Zoe’s mom as known as Mrs. Carelona is Chinese and their father as known as Mr. Carelona is American. Zoe yelled again “wake up!” But Penny was in a deep sleep. Zoe grabbed Penny’s nightdress and started shaking her hard. It is early morning- 7:00am and Zoe tiptoed across the hall silently‚ to the living
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The only thing worse for a woman than living an oppressed life is realizing that she has inadvertently conditioned her own daughter to follow in her footsteps. Mothers have been feeding their daughters the same fairytale for decades. They all speak of how difficult their lives have been‚ and how they want their child to live a better life than they did. They tell their daughters that if they marry a man with money‚ or one that lives in a place that’s “better for women‚” things will be so much better
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