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America” (Tan 222). Although the opportunity for that is true‚ she does not always understand that just because they live in America now‚ Jing-Mei is not just going to acquire some God given talent that she does not even want to have and become a child prodigy. Suyuan has unrealistic expectations for her daughter‚ does not take Jing-Mei’s feelings into consideration‚ and fails to consider what Jing-Mei wants for her own life. In the beginning‚ Jing-Mei was just as excited as her mother to become
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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 story
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recalls of the days when her mother wanted her to be a prodigy in America. Her mother moved to San Francisco when she lost everything in China. At first‚ she thought that her daughter would be like Shirley Temple as they watched how talented Shirley Temple was in acting. And one day when the narrator’s mother saw a young Chinese girl playing piano with great skill on the television show‚ The Ed Sullivan Show‚ she decided to let Jing Mei be a prodigy in music. So she found a retired piano teacher for
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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 buys her a piano. Jing-mei began taking lessons with Mr. Chong‚ a blind
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independent‚ and strong-willed young girl. These attributes are shown through her lack of faith in herself and her disobedience towards her mother. The first sign of Jing-mei’s skepticism is when she becomes impatient with the prodigy inside her. In fact‚ she imagines her inner prodigy telling herself that‚ “‘If you don’t hurry up and get me out of here‚ I’m disappearing for good”’ (Schilb & Clifford 241). Another instance where Jing-mei’s skepticism becomes apparent is when she looks into the mirror and
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Jazz by Ken Burns “JAZZ” is a documentary by Ken Burns released 2001 that focuses on the creation and development of jazz‚ America’s “greatest cultural achievement.” The first episodes entitled‚ “Gumbo‚ Beginnings to 1917” and “The Gift (1917-1924)‚ explain the early growth of jazz as it originates in New Orleans and its expands to Chicago and New York during the Jazz Age. In assessing the first two episodes of Ken Burns’ 2001 documentary‚ "JAZZ‚" this essay will explore the history of jazz‚
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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 was determined and eager to prove to her mother she was a prodigy‚ and thereby had full confidence in herself. She believed “[her] mother and father would adore [her and she’d be] beyond reproach.” (pg4). As Jing-Mei’s mother quizzed Jing-Mei with countless
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my mother thought I could be a Chinese Shirley Temple.” (Tan 1)‚ and it all began from then on. Taking her to the beauty salon and dressing her up as this perfect little girl‚ from piano lessons to having perfect grades in school‚ and becoming a prodigy. “In
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will be reflected through their personality and their actions. Firstly‚ throughout the story‚ we can always perceive the mother’s interpretation of the American Dream when we observe her keenness to ameliorate her daughter and make her into a prodigy. Although the text is written with a first person‚ limited omniscient point of view‚ the daughter’s‚ the mother’s belief in America is thoroughly expressed as soon as the first paragraph. "My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be
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