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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Englishes I grew up with.” (Tan‚ 1) is the fact that language is the “tool of her trade”‚ meaning she uses it on a daily basis to preform her daily work and accomplish tasks. The different types of English‚ being proper or broken English‚ are useful to a writer because she can use them to work to create meaning with certain audience members‚ whether it be her mother‚ who uses more limited English‚ or an academic paper‚ which uses proper‚ academic English. The fact that as a writer‚ Tan still uses both forms
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identities are revealed to them in very unexpected ways. In the short stories‚ “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan‚ “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan‚ and “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell‚ the characters learn about their identities through significant moments. First‚ Amy Tan from the short story‚ “Fish Cheeks”‚ understands about her identity at her family’s special holiday dinner. For example‚ Amy is very embarrassed when her crush and his family come over for an unusual
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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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inevitable interference of his brother’s logical approach on how he raise him. Sonny finds himself lock between his dreams and reality that sets him off to rebel against his brother. Similarly rebellious but different in bearings‚ Jing Mei from "Two kinds"‚ by Amy Tan‚ is a distressed child that tries to be understood by her mother. Jing Mei is imprisoned by her mother’s high expectation that led her irresistible misbehavior towards her mother’s chain of fate to her. Rebellion does not entirely cause people
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THE MOST HATEFUL WORDS By Amy Tan The most hateful words I have ever said to another human being were to my mother. I was sixteen at the time. They rose from the storm in my chest and I let them fall in a fury of hailstones: "I hate you. I wish I were dead...." I waited for her to collapse‚ stricken by what I had just said. She was still standing upright‚ her chin tilted‚ her lips stretched in a crazy smile. "Okay‚ maybe I die too‚ " she said between huffs. "Then I no longer be your mother
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Two kinds This story shows the struggling relationship between mother and daughter. Although the mother wants the daughter to be a great prodigy‚ the daughter wants to be her own person with her own personality. I see this‚ not exact‚ but similar situation‚ in many families around me. In my opinion‚ as long as the child is doing great something useful and enjoyable with themselves then they are doing the right thing. I understand a parent wanting the best for their child but
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“Two kinds”and “tiger moms” The passages “Two kinds” and “Tiger moms”‚ in these two stories there are some similar points‚ also they have some different points. And in these two stories‚ the two characters ‚ Amy’s mother in “Two kinds” and Amy Chua in “Tiger moms” has similar and different‚ so I am going to compare and contrast the two characters. The two mothers have same points in these two stories. First‚ both of them wants their child to be great‚ and both of them are use the strictly Chinese
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and “Jing Mei Woo:Two Kinds”‚ the authors demonstrate their maternal relationships between mother and child. In Amy Chua’s novel Battle Hymn of A Tiger Mom‚ she shows how she and her daughter have a very tense yet close relationship‚ while in Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club‚ she and her mother have a very strict and unloving relationship. Both mothers want more out of their daughters‚ but Tan’s mother is much stricter and more intense about her commitment to the piano. In Amy Chua’s excerpt “The
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