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    Rebellion or Reason in Amy Tan’s: Two Kinds In the short storyTwo Kinds”‚ written by Amy Tan‚ the character Jing-Mei appears to be rebelling. But‚ what is she rebelling against? I feel she is rebelling against her mother’s competitive relationship with her Auntie Lindo and her daughter‚ Waverly. She is struggling to establish her identity by purposely not measuring up to her mother’s standards. This in turn‚ allows her to enforce her boundaries. Jing-Mei’s mother wanted the best for her; she

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    On Mother-daughter relationship in The Woman Warrior 1 Brief introduction of Chinese-American literature in United States(the special focus on mother-daughter relationship in the Chinese-American women writings) From the nineteenth century‚ Chinese-American literature has been discriminated by the American literature canon. Most early Chinese American works tended to cater for the taste of the white readership. The situation changed till the later half of the twentieth century when

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    In the essay‚ “Mother Tongue” author Amy Tan‚ discusses the “power of language – the way it can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex idea‚ or a simple truth.” Tan began to explain that when she was speaking to a large group about her book‚ “The Joy Luck Club‚” she suddenly realized the different “Englishes” she uses. As she proceeds‚ she mentions the time when she was walking down the street with her mother and husband discussing prices of new and old furniture‚ where she became aware once

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    The article “My Mother’s English” by Amy Tan is mainly about the author’s thoughts and judgments on her mother broken English in comparison to “Standard English”. Tan is a fictional writer who is “fascinated by language in daily life” (Tan 1) and uses language as everyday part of her work as a writer. Tan’s point in this article is to prove that even if her mother is speaking English! Others should not use that to judge your intelligence. Tan’s mother did not speak perfect English‚ but the points

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    Alhaddada By Amy Tan

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    AlhaddadA Essay Submitted by AL HADDAD‚ AHMED MOHAMED (AL HADDAD) on 9/10/2010 6:14:16 PM Amy Tan is a daughter of a Chinese emigrant‚ who had a dream of going to America‚ to escape poverty and provide a better quality of life and education for her daughter. This dream is accomplished‚ providing her daughter with the right tools to become a successful writer‚ and she then goes and discusses her relation with her roots and heritage‚ through the language she is speaking now‚ English. She mentions

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    believes it’s a reward to the child opposed to seeing it as a way that will benefit him or her. In a short storyTwo 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 of the short story‚ the daughter found it rewarding

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    From Amy tan’s “Mother tongue” it is evident that language has an effect on our lives. “Mother tongue” by Amy tan tell us how the writer can develop her English well even though she lives in the middle of family who speak broken English. All of it starts from her desired and her motivation to learn‚ make all of things around her become something that can be learned and take a positive side of it. In her essay she described a lot of problem she had faced to learn English. Tan and her mother faced

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    Two Kinds: The Search for Contentment In "Two Kinds‚" Amy Tan writes about the struggles between a futile daughter and her persistent mother. This excerpt from her novel‚ "The Joy Luck Club‚" explores several other important themes‚ such as the control over one’s destiny‚ the freedom of decision-making‚ and the attempt to live the ‘American Dream.’ However‚ the last paragraph in "Two Kinds" reflects the story’s most important theme – the search for one self’s true identity. The premise of this

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    way because of their family culture. In the short story The Rules of the Game‚ by Amy Tan‚ Mei Mei is taught from a young age to always win. Mei Mei’s mother is a Chinese American and raises her by following the Chinese culture. Mei Mei is convinced that she has to win every argument‚ game‚ and even the respect from others. When Mei Mei wins a chess tournament her mother does not congratulate her but instead says‚ “Next time win more‚ lose less”(Tan 121). The simple fun game of chess instantly turns

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    Plot "Two Kinds tells of a woman and daughter expecting a great life in America. The daughter‚ Jing-mei‚ wants desperately to become a "Chinese Shirley Temple" by making a career in singing and dancing. Her mother is consumed in the belief that Jing-mei is a genius‚ thus making her do pointless tests that she sees other prodigy children doing in magazines such as standing on her head and reciting world capitals. All of this proves to be useless and the idea begins to fade away until Jing-mei’s mother

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