Tonye A. Martial Susan Zagar 13-10-2014 ENGL 101 “Two Kinds” is the story of Jing-Mei‚ a Chinese-American girl whose mother believes that anyone living in America can be what they want to be and is so determined to help her daughter discover her talent. Her mother lost everything in China and is committed to offering a different and glamourous life to her sole daughter. Her mother draws her into a chain of tests in order to reveal any kind of talent but she keeps disappointing her mother and herself
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Two Kinds by Amy Tan A: Synopsis This short story‚ ‘Two Kinds’ is more focused on the relationships between mother and daughter. The narrator of this story‚ Jing Mei recalls of the days when her mother wanted her to be a prodigy in America. Her mother moved to San Francisco when she lost everything in China. At first‚ she thought that her daughter would be like Shirley Temple as they watched how talented Shirley Temple was in acting. And one day when the narrator’s mother saw a young Chinese girl
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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important for the theme because it provides both historical‚ and cultural context for the characters. The setting of “Two Kinds” helps support the theme of the story for those exact same reasons. Historical context is of great importance in a story as it helps the reader understand what the implications of a character’s actions would be at that specific time. The story of “Two kinds” takes place in the United States during the late 1950’s‚ where during that period in time a child’s rebelliousness was
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