Mother‚ Mrs. Woo‚ always had high hopes for her daughter but those hopes didn’t exactly translate well. When Mrs. Woo came to America‚ she had high expectations for what someone could accomplish here‚ "America was where all my mother’s hopes lay" (Tan‚ 336). The use of the word "all" emphasizes the extent to which Mrs. Woo believed America would give her a new and better life. This new life included her daughter becoming a prodigy‚ she didn’t know
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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 Mei Mei into a competitive
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more on what type of intentions others have. When finding your own identity it is easy to get caught up in the materialistic things in life. When one’s identity is being described‚ people tend to think of one’s image. In the story “Fish Cheeks” Amy Tan explained in paragraph one that when she was a teen‚ all she wanted for Christmas was a “slim new American nose.” Meaning she did not like her Chinese image. Throughout the story she admitted that she wanted so badly to be an American and fit in when
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enthusiasm and caring has helped me a lot in studying this difficult subject. This finished essay is my sincere thanks to Mr. Trong. This is my acquirements from studying Mr.Trong’s lectures. Also‚ I would like to thank my friends who are working at Tan Hiep Phat Group for helping me so much in the period searching information and completing my essay. Hope that my essay can bring a side of point view about THP Group’s performance. Also my proposed strategy can be useful for company to develop its
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Conflict occurs between mothers and daughters across all nationalities‚ including the Chinese-American mother-daughter duo in Two Kinds by Amy Tan. Jing-Mei‚ the daughter of Suyuan‚ resents her mother’s efforts to aid in her success‚ and eventually begins to sabotage her own progress. Suyuan does not want Jing-Mei to go through all of the challenges she has faced in her life‚ and tries to do what she believes is best for Jing-Mei. Although at times she may have been inconsiderate of what her daughter
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for rhetorical pieces‚ essay loses meaning and it’s message. Within this Essay the author Amy Tan about the stereotypes that Asian Americans face in everyday society when it comes to English in the sense of an overall sense of the language and how the way the speak it is regarded as “broken” or “limited”. In the story she talks about the life she had in her childhood with her
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Equality in Martin Luther King and Amy Tan Martin Luther king and Amy Tan have both succeed in gaining “equality” for everyone. You may ask how did Martin Luther King and Amy Tan earned equality for all. Will I can tell you that both of them were brave to speak up against what they feel was wrong. They both wanted respect for all people of any race‚ and culture. The accomplishment of achieving equality for everyone was not easy for both of them; there were actually multipull critics against
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to keep up with other children in the same age and lots more. All of that is explained in one sentence Amy Tan wrote. The title of her article is ’’ Mother Tongue’’ and it was in 1990. The main purpose of her article is to show that there are a lot of people that want to learn a new language but face difficulties with their families as the family don’t talk that language very well. As Tan said‚ she describe the language that parents speak as broken. Putting yourself in other people’s shoes or
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Mei’s mother believed that you could be anything you wanted to be in America. (p 405) America is where all Jing Mei’s mothers hope lay. She had come to America in 1949 after losing everything in china. The main character of the story is Jing Mei (Amy Tan) who is also the protagonist in the story. Her mother is the antagonist‚ who is always urging Jing Mei to try new things and discover new talents. Jing Mei feels as if her mother wants her to be something she is not. Other characters in the story are
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