Nowadays‚ jon is needed for people’s daily living. There always have a gap between two different kinds of job which people may have to consider and choose it carefully: the low-paid but interesting job and high salary‚ yet no inspiration one. The obvious differences between those types are mentioned: The finance-condition‚ working environment and the challenge. The easiest notable difference is the finance-condition. There is no doubt that people with low-paid‚ somehow‚ can be very struggled
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In Two Kinds‚ Suyuan has had a hard past life and little chance for any opportunities. She believes in the classic American dream‚ that with hard work‚ you can be whatever you want to be. Suyuan has a young daughter‚ Jing-mei‚ and is convinced that her daughter can be a child prodigy. For a long time‚ they try to find any hidden talents of the young girl. They tried many activities ranging from memorizing the Bible to performing acrobatics. At first‚ Jing-mei is excited about the idea of possibly
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between Mother and Daughter in “Two Kinds” In the story “Two Kinds”‚ author Amy Tan‚ who is a Chinese-American‚ describes the conflicts in the relationship of a mother and daughter living in California. The protagonist in this story Jing-mei Woo’s mother is born and raised in China‚ and immigrates to the United States to escape from the Chinese Civil War. For many years she maintained complete Chinese traditional values‚ and has been abided by it deliberately. This kind of traditional Chinese culture
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He is not involved in the mother-daughter struggle over piano lessons. He does attend the recital; in fact‚ the narrator can’t tell if he is horrified or silently amused at her performance. Jing-mei Jing-mei is a rebellious child caught between two cultures: the Chinese culture that prevails in her mother’s home; and the American one that prevails everywhere else. She resists her mother’s attempts at discipline and resents the pressures of high achievement that immigrant parents typically place
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Society has many effects on the narrator in “Two Kinds” and Madame Loisel in “The Necklace”. Whether it is helping us achieve feats or our actions in public‚ we can be affected both negatively and positively. In the short story “The Necklace” Madame Loisel is dirt poor. When her husband‚ a simple Clerk‚ comes home holding a white envelope which says “The Minister of Education and Mme. Georges Ramponneau beg M. and Mme. Loisel to do them the honor of attending an evening reception at the Ministerial
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Most children struggle to establish who they are. In ‘Two Kinds’‚ does Jing-Mei know who she is or is she struggling because of her mother’s view? Throughout the entire story‚ her mother is pushing her daughter to be the best or to be a prodigy which leads Jing-Mei to struggle within herself on who she can be. As she struggled‚ she had two halves pulling at her which was her mother’s expectations and her thoughts telling her she wasn’t anything special. As she grew up‚ she accepted defeat that she
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In the story Two Kinds Jing-mei decides to not listen to her culture (her mom) but to embrace the American way. Her mom didn’t want her daughter to be poor growing up like she was. She was attempting to get her daughter to be something more than herself. Jing-mei wanted
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Ban Trans-Fat Although fats are considered to be a part of our health‚ there are certain types that should be ignored. One of which has drawn controversial issues is trans-fat. Trans-fat is mostly found in many food sources such as vegetable oil‚ crackers‚ cookies and margarine. It increases blood levels of low density lipoprotein that is considered to be bad cholesterol‚ and decreases level of good cholesterol‚ high density lipoprotein. Trans-fat is created when oils are partially hydrogenated
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I picked the second quote‚ “trans fats should not be banned. Consumers should make their own choices about what they eat. The government should educate the population about the risks of eating foods with Trans fats‚ but then let people make their own decisions.” The way I look at this situation is‚ we do a lot of bad things to our bodies. We eat fast food‚ sugars‚ drink alcohol and plenty more. Everything that we take into our body systems‚ has some type of effect on our bodies‚ whether it be causing
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The Joy Luck Club‚ by the Chinese-American author Amy Tan‚ deals with many different themes. However‚ the idea from this novel that piqued my interest the most was how the story dealt with the language and cultural barriers that exist between generations in families that have immigrated to the United States. The book deals with four Chinese women who moved to the United States in hopes of finding better lives for their children‚ and it deals with each of their daughters who have grown up in America
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