"Two Kinds" by Amy Tan The story "Two Kinds‚" by Amy Tan is just one of the stories about the relationship between mothers and daughters in the book‚ The Joy Luck Club. We start this story with a mother‚ a Chinese immigrant to the United States‚ telling her American born daughter‚ Jing-mei‚ at a very young age that she can become anything she wants to become in America; more specifically‚ a prodigy of some sort. We witness the mother’s search for what kind of prodigy she will turn her daughter
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short story "Two Kinds‚" Amy Tan explores the clash of cultures between a first-generation Chinese-American daughter‚ Jing-mei‚ and her mother‚ Suyan‚ a Chinese immigrant. Suyan is certain that Jing-mei can become a prodigy if she only tries hard enough. At first Jing-mei is eager to try‚ but she always falls short of her mother’s expectations. She decides that the prodigy in her is the girl who would steadfastly refuse to be what she is not. While the mother and daughter reveal their personality
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In ‘Half-Lives: The Walking Dead: 400 Days‚ Sorcery!‚ and Depression Quest‚’ by Tevis Thompson‚ the connection between video game characters and players on a metacognitive level is described. Thompson explores this connection through several games of different genres‚ stories‚ and gameplay. He says that games‚ in order to really connect on an empathetic level with their players‚ need to force the players to live the lives of others and face the consequences of lasting choices the player must make
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Why is a drug’s plasma half-life important to health care providers? Half life is important in determining the frequency of a drug administered in order to maintain a continuous drug effect. Identify 2 diseases/conditions that can increase the plasma half-life of a drug. It can be prolonged when liver or kidney disease is present. What could happen if a medication with a long half-life continues to be given to a patient with one of the diseases/conditions identified in above? Patients with hepatic
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Senior Science Half-Yearly Revision 1. Surface tension - A property of the surface of a liquid. It is what causes the surface portion of liquid to be attracted to another surface‚ such as that of another portion of liquid. Surface tension is caused by cohesion (the attraction of molecules to like molecules). Since the molecules on the surface of the liquid are not surrounded by like molecules on all sides‚ they are more attracted to their neighbours on the surface. Mercury has a high surface
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of word-by-word. The only thing I found familiarity with was math‚ where understanding was much more comfortable even with the language barrier. Learning English or even a new language‚ I found it challenging because it appears there was always more than one answer while also wary of following the correct grammatical format. For Amy Tan‚ the author of Mother Tongue‚ she too confronts with difficulties in understanding the English language. Tan is convinced of this fact through her standardized test
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Half-Price Books: Developing the Future BIS/320 March 10‚ 2014 Half-Price Books: Developing the Future The implementation of new technology within a company is a timely and expensive process; Half-Price Books must fully evaluate the benefits of developing an online purchasing system and the benefits to the business. To remain competitive within the field and continue to grow; online book sales and user feedback is the future for Half-Price Books. By utilizing the systems development life cycle
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In "Two Kinds‚" Amy Tan writes a coming of age story about a young girl in San Francisco and the cultural differences she has with her Chinese mother. The result is conflict between the two from the girl ’s inability to live up to her mother ’s expectations. The mother left China after losing everything and sees America the place where you can have it all. She attempts to make her daughter into a prodigy against her daughter ’s will. After years of clashing the daughter disappoints her mother
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THEME The title of this short story “Two Kinds” is describes the theme of this story. The mother had stated that there are only two types of daughters. “Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind.” (pg 412) Jing Mei did not understand the truth or meaning behind that declaration until after her mothers death. Jing Mei realized that her mother only meant that she could be an obedient child by listening to her mother while at the same time follow her own heart and want her own prodigy
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Amy Tan’s excerpt Mother Tongue focuses on her use of different Englishes when she was surrounded by different people. When surrounded by strangers‚ Tan spoke fluently in grammatically sophisticated English. However‚ Tan referred to the English she used with her mother as being a broken down‚ limited version of the English language. Despite this description‚ Tan didn’t entirely agree with what these chosen adjectives suggested about her mother’s English & intelligence. Tan’s description of the different
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