The short story‚ "A Pair of Tickets"‚ by Amy Tan is about a Chinese-American girl named Jing-Mei‚ raised in San Francisco‚ which struggles with identity early in her life. Jing-Mei can be similar to a banana‚ yellow on the outside but white on the inside. Now 36 years old‚ she is on a train going back to China to meet her twin sisters that she never knew until her mother pasted away. She suffered from a blood vessel that busted in her brain. This secret has been kept from her until the family
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works about mother. They are simple but meaningful and reminded me of my mother. Accordingly‚ I want to share with everyone my story-a long one to tell… When I was a child‚ I always imagined my mother as a serious and frightening woman. She was constantly forcing me to stay at home whereas my friend can freely go out and enjoy their childhood. That’s not fair!!!There was a question that kept haunting my mind “Is she exactly my mother?” .I think that I found the answer after that story. One time
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It was her Mistress‚ clutching her wrap—shielding herself from the cool night air. “May we talk‚” her Mistress asked? Reaching for her own cloak and wrapping herself inside‚ she watched her mother exit the room. Immediately jumping out of bed and falling to her knees‚ she pressed her eye against the tiny hole that had been in the door for as long as she could remember. She stared hard at the two ladies as they sat on the steps just outside
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The man sitting next to Ellie kept trying to inquire where Ellie was going but Ellie just told him that her mother told her she wasn’t to talk to strangers. When Ellie and Piper arrived in Los Angeles‚ they set out to find Audrena. “There’s some things I need to warn you about before we see Audrena‚” Piper said‚” she must have been murdered in a horrible way because she won’t discuss her murder with anyone. So you better be a good persuader because I’m not sure she’ll tell you. It might take a few
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In the short story “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan‚ Waverly Jong‚ the narrator‚ explains that she was a child when her mother taught her "the art of invisible strength‚" a strategy for winning arguments and gaining respect from others in games. Waverly and her two brothers live in San Francisco’s Chinatown. When Waverly’s brother Vincent receives a chess set at the church Christmas party‚ Waverly quickly becomes interested in the game of chess. She begins to win local tournaments and becomes a national
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my bed watching season 4 of “The Fosters‚” when my mother walked in handing me my folded laundry. “I haven’t seen X&Y around here‚ are you still speaking to them?” She asked. “Yea we’re still speaking‚ I just didn’t have time to see them this summer‚” was the response I gave. That was a straight up lie. I did have time to see them‚ I could of made time to see them‚ but I chose not too. Too much drama to explain within 30 seconds to my mother so I left it at that. X&Y had been my best friends
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In the story "Two Kinds‚" the narrator is a Chinese-American girl who is locked in a struggle over her identity with her Chinese immigrant mother‚ who believes "that you could be anything you wanted to be in America." This particular struggle invokes the mother’s attempt to mold her daughter‚ Jing-mei‚ into a musical prodigy so that she will be able to brag to her friend Lindo Jong‚ whose daughter is a precocious chess champion. The idea for piano lessons comes from television and popular magazines
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My mother‚ my brother pierre‚ and I are constantly in solitude. My father‚ Alexander Cosway‚ is no longer with us. Even though we are white‚ the Jamaican ladies still do not approve. They feel that my mother was and is too young and beautiful for my father when they married. This is coupled with the fact that my mother is from Martinique‚ a French colony: Jamaica is an English colony. We don’t get many visitors at Coulibri Estate‚ our home‚ since my father passed away. When I asked my mother why
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SYLLABUS 2010 STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH NOTES FOR TEACHERS on the short stories set for examination in June and November Years 2013‚ 2014‚ 2015 * © University of Cambridge International Examinations [ * NOTE: There are separate documents about the different selections of stories set for examination in years 2007- 2009 and 2010-2012.] CONTENTS Introduction: how to use these Notes The stories: The Son’s Veto
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Letitia looped Kaylen;’s music and Kaylen didn’t know how to react. She couldn’t move not even a bone‚ the same judge that coughed ‚ “He told Letitia to stop the music” and asked Kaylen “ that she was not ready and to come when she is”. Kaylen went off the stage and hugged Letitia and started crying Letitia told her “what happened you knew how to do the dance “‚ but she didn’t say anything. Another girl was right next to Kaylen ‚ she was shaking of being nervous ‚ but she went on stage with a brave
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