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    is fighting her. Jing-mei’s mother has the internal conflict of wanting the best for her daughter. She also has the external conflict of Jing-mei not being motivated enough to become a prodigy. Jing-mei’s mother is right to push her daughter. In “Two kinds” one example would be: “America was where all my mother’s hopes and dreams lay. She had come here in 1949 after losing everything in China. Over the years‚ I have learned it is not uncommon for parents to want the best for their children. No parent

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    Amy Tan has a contentious relationship with her mother perceived from her hostile tone. All mother-daughter relationships have troubles. In excerpts from Amy Chua’s memoir‚ Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom‚ and Amy Tan’s novel‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ mother-daughter relationships can be seen through diction‚ and tone. The annoyed tone in the situation between Amy Chua and her daughter shows a caring relationship while the hostile and hateful tone in Amy Tan’s excerpt shows a poor relationship with a hateful

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    The Contribution of Physical and Social settings in “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan The physical and social settings of “Rules of the Game” create an atmosphere which helps to bring out the true essence of the story [The rest of the paper continues from here] Arora 2 Assignment 2 “Rules of the Game” written by Amy Tan is a short story that focuses on the conflict

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    Two Kinds

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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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    Amy Tan Fish Cheeks

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    Amy Tan and Maya Angelou come from extremely different cultures‚ and trying to feel accepted in American Culture. Both authors discuss a feeling of being an outcast and how their cultural differences set them apart. However‚ Amy Tan effectively uses narration and description to depict her sense of isolation from the dominant American culture. Angelou’s story is set in the South during the 1930’s when racism was prominent in society and an acceptable practice. Angelou’s writing mostly describes

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    Amy tan reading response

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    Amy Tan writes‚ in this essay‚ about the language that she and her mother used in their family while Tan was growing up. She makes a great effort to explain that their language‚ English‚ was never "broken" or "simple" as most people would say about it. Although she could speak perfect English‚ her mother could not. But‚ she grew up with her mother’s English way of speaking‚ and therefore learned to consider it as a natural language. She is trying to make a point here by saying that there is absolutely

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    Amy Tan A Pair Of Tickets

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    In the story “ A Pair of Tickets” the author Amy Tan discovers an issue that a vast of people never completely grasp in a lifetime‚ their identity. Amy Tan presents us a story that relates to her own life as a Chinese American student who is traveling to her hometown in China for the first time. Her purpose of this trip in the story is to finally meet her half sisters‚ whom she recently discovered. The setting in “A Pair of Tickets” takes place explores the relationship of place‚ heritage‚ and ethnic

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    Fish Cheeks, By Amy Tan

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    when they were younger that left them feeling ashamed or upset. In Amy Tan’s short story "Fish Cheeks‚" the author describes an embarrassing moment with her family that she only came to appreciate later in life. Tan was initially uncomfortable with how her traditional family behaved in front of guests‚ thinking they wanted to embarrass her. However‚ she eventually realized that their intention was to instill pride in her culture. Tan initially felt that her mother and the rest of her family were trying

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    Mother Tongue By Amy Tan

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    300 September 30‚ 2015 Beneficially Bilingual Within the writing community there is one category that exists and yet it has not been totally accepted by the academic discourse. Bilingual writing displays not only the knowledge of one language‚ but two and yet is still continuously under acknowledged as an academic writing style. Although‚ known writers have gone against the gain to make an impression on the academic system by providing examples of this technique within their writing. Along with their

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    Mother Tongue by Amy Tan

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    only be a mere reflection of skill without its own story‚ as Amy Tan once said "The goal of every serious writer of literature is to try to find your voice and your art because it comes from your own experiences‚ your own pain." Amy Tan herself writes all of her work with her mother in mind as the reader‚ her inspiration. She writes to show the beautiful and passionate side of her mother that people can’t see. In "Mother Tongue‚" Amy Tan describes how all of the Englishes that she grew up with‚ normal

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