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    Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” In “Two Kinds” Amy Tan uses a wide range of techniques and literary elements to demonstrate the true meaning behind the story. She incorporates similes and imagery to intertwine her story. “Two Kinds” is the last story in the second of four sections of Amy Tan’s immensely successful first book‚ The Joy Luck Club. The story is concerned with the complex relationships between mothers and daughters. Amy Tan tells the story‚ from the point of view of an adult looking back on

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    friend of Amy’s mother. Waverly Jong is Auntie Lindo’s daughter‚ who is close to Amy’s age. Amy’s piano instructor‚ who she calls "Old Chong"‚ plays a small role in the story. Amy’s dad is included in the text‚ but does not play much of a role. In "Two Kinds"‚ the exposition is clear in the first couple of pages. The story begins by explaining that Amy’s family moved to America when she was a baby‚ in 1949. Her mother is clear in her goals: she wants Amy to be a child prodigy (a person with exceptional

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    "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan

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    "Two Kinds" The story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan represents the theme that parents cannot control their children‚ but can only guide them. A Chinese mother and daughter Ni Kan are at odds with each other in story. The mother pushes her daughter to become a prodigy of some sort‚ her daughter does try to follow her mother ’s orders but has she gets older she realizes she wants to find her own self and not to be what her mother wants her to be. They both have conflicting values‚ which is the theme of the

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    in ""Two Kinds"" Many conflicts occur between parents and children because parents may push the child too hard‚ the child may feel an urge to purposely defy the parents‚ and also because of the parent or child misunderstanding each other. When these problems come about parents and children have different ways of dealing with these conflicts. Some of the strategies used to deal with these conflicts such as rebellion‚ defiance‚ and not cooperating are exhibited in "Two Kinds". In "Two Kinds"

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    Jing Mei Two Kinds

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    In the story Two Kinds‚ from the Joy Luck by Amy Tan you can never find two people who are more different than Jing Mei the narrator and her mother. In the story based on the year 1960‚ the mother who comes from China‚ a place where there was nothing but war‚ and all her family has died‚ except for one of her daughters‚ Jing Mei. In America her mother still believes that you can be anything you wanted to be‚ so‚ she wants her daughter to become prodigy. Jing Mei though‚ believes that you should

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    Two kinds by amy tan

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    Not My Dream In the story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan‚ we are shown the struggles of a young girl Jing-Mei. Her struggle is that of a young girl growing up and trying to find her own sense of identity. Her troubles are compounded by her mother‚ who convinces her that she can become someone important. Because of her mother’s constant overbearing behavior‚ Jing-Mei does everything she can to annoy and displease her mother even to the point of being a failure. This fight to find her own identity against

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    Jing Mei In Two Kinds

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    Two Kinds is a story about a Mother’s relationship with her daughter. Jing Mei’s mother came to The United States in 1949 from China and resided in San Francisco‚ California. Her time living China‚ she had lost all hope when she had lost her entire family. She had remarried with her second husband and had Jing Mei. When she moved to the United States she was in the hopes of pursuing her dreams in her daughter. She imposed upon her daughter Jing Mei her high expectations for her. “At first my mother

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    Short Story Two Kinds

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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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    “Overview of ‘Two Kinds’” In Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton’s “Overview of ‘Two Kinds’” Jing-Mei’s mother longs for power in the local domestic sphere. Jing-Mei ‚ the daughter‚ has other ideas about culture and power and the role that is played in both. Jing-Mei begins to learn the distinction of Chinese culture and American culture‚ and which gender holds the power in each. Piedmont-Marton explores the role of the daughter struggling to find an individual identity and the mother who has dreams of power

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    at recess. He started to cry and told the teacher. I got in trouble for biting him so I didn’t win. He didn’t win because he got hurt and didn’t play at recess for the rest of the day. In that situation neither of us win and we both lose. In "Two Kinds" Amy is forced to play the piano by her mother. Later she plays in a talent show

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