Quynh Tran Professor Victoria Murray Expository Writing II 10/2/2014 Two Kinds "Two Kinds" is truly an amazing work; it captivates readers by telling a story of a young girl trying to find herself. Amy Tan does a phenomenal job‚ not only by portraying a very real mother-daughter relationship‚ but at showing how much a young girl can change. Jing-Mei evolves throughout the story in a way that many people can relate to; crushed hopes
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Parenting Styles and Discipline There are three parenting styles and who you are as a parent has a lot to do with the way your child responds to you. The authoritarian parent values obedience. The rules are clear but inflexible. Misbehavior is strictly punished. In this type of environment‚ it is common for children to feel fearful and for parents to use fear as a teaching strategy. The authoritarian parent teaches the child what to think as opposed to how to think since the parent makes all
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gainfully employed and when that task has been completed to my standards‚ they already have another one. I’m a fair but firm leader who lets his Sailors do what they need to as long as it is with our core values. Yes‚ I believe that a disciplinary response is good because here you receive what a young Sailor was thinking about. We need to hear their side of the story first‚ review their record and the go from there to give them the punishment according to their performance and
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The Discipline of innovation In this article‚ the author Peter F. Drucker highlights on the source and importance of innovation in business. The importance of innovation is increasing significantly. In the current day economic scenario‚ innovativeness has become a major factor in influencing strategic planning. It has been acknowledged that innovation leads to wealth creation. Even though efficiency is essential for business success‚ in the long run‚ it cannot sustain business growth. Management
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Her Kind Anne Sexton was a profound poet and writer of her time‚ just as well as our time. Sexton used poetry as a gateway to express herself to people. Sexton’s work can be considered as an insight into being a woman. Poetry itself has be considered a way of relieving yourself of your emotions. Many poets have used the works to get a point across or just to inform. Take for instance the poem “Her Kind”. Look how it is detailed and self explanatory. Just reading a poem like this gives people insight
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bring enjoy-ment if you fulfil the expectation or it can lead to disappointment if you don’t. Every individual will not get through life without having some sort of expectation to something‚ and this as well include parents too. The short story ’Two Kinds’ written by Amy Tan is from 1989‚ and it delineates a mother’s attempt to push her daughter into achieving a prodigious lifestyle. The mother is an immi-grant from China‚ but her daughter is born in America. The cultural difference of their upbringing
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The central struggle in Amy Tan ’s story "Two Kinds" is a battle of wills between the narrator‚ a young Chinese American girl‚ and her mother‚ a Chinese immigrant. "Two Kinds" is a coming-of-age story‚ in which the narrator‚ Jing-mei‚ struggles to forge her own sense of identity in the face of her strong-willed mother ’s dream that she become a "prodigy." Jing-mei is caught between her Chinese mother ’s traditional ideas about how to raise a daughter‚ and her own development as a Chinese American
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Blake Moss Abuse Versus Discipline A mother spanks her child in a public parking lot. While a nearby citizen watches in horror and begins to dial 911. Is this wrong? Does the mother have authority to do this to her own child? Who gets to decide how the mother disciplines her child? Why here? These are the questions that come across the mind of today’s society. Most people would agree that the child did something “wrong‚” but opinion collide on how the mother should discipline the child. Parents from
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Dear Mr. Steinbeck‚ I think the ending to the book Of Mice and Men was depressing yet somehow inevitable. Personally I think that it was predicable‚ and helped me understand the actions of George at the end due to three rhetorical strategies‚ Characterization‚ foreshadowing‚ and symbols. First of all‚ I think the Characterization of George played an important part in the end. George is seen as a guardian or parent sort of to lennie. He wants what’s best for him‚ and to protect him. George could’ve
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Two Kinds by Amy Tan: Literary Analysis - There are many key elements which together make up a story‚ namely a story’s setting‚ its main characters‚ the plot‚ and the symbolism it contains. A story’s setting is usually described in the beginning of the story‚ giving an explanation of where and when the story is taking place. Many stories have a protagonist and an antagonist as well as other key characters. The protagonist is the "hero or antihero; (the) character you tend to ’root for’." . The antagonist
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