Amy Tan Two Kinds Essay

“Two Kinds” is a short story written by Amy Tan about a young girl attempting to please her mother, but also cultivate her own identity. Ironically, (or most likely intentionally), there seem to be two different types of themes driving the text: the cultural differences between an immigrant and a natural born citizen of America, and a mother and daughter. The mother is an immigrant from China that believes in the American dream; she believes that anyone can make it in American with enough hard work

development,advance the plot and gives us a point of view from other characters in the story by using this technique.In the story “Two Kinds” author Amy Tan uses dialogue to develop and advance characters,plot,mood,setting and conflict in the story. Probably the most import part of Two Kinds is the Dialogue in the story,Throughout the story the Author Amy Tan uses dialogue to voice the arguments and conversations the narrator of the story and her mother Have with each other,Certain details

everyone fits in all the time, life would be boring. For example, In the story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan she talks about her life as a kid and how hard her mother was on her. Her mother was trying to make her a prodigy at playing piano even though Jing-mei did not want to. “Why don’t you like me the way I am? I’m not a genius! I can’t play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn’t go on TV if you paid me a million dollars!” (Tan 102). As

In the story “ Two Kinds” Amy Tan presents the theme ¨Be grateful for what you have when you have it because nothing is forever¨ through the main characters Ni kan and her mother and also through foreshadowing. Tan takes the reader through a story of a girl and her mother as they both individually learn a good life lesson. Ni kan is the main character Tan writes about who struggles with deciding who she really wants to be. The theme ¨Be grateful for what you have when you have it because nothing

the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path " (Christie). Mothers want their children to be the best they can, but at what cost? For Amy Tan, the cost was her happiness. Amy Tan, an American born citizen, conceived from two emigrated Chinese parents, was burdened at a young age. As a young girl, both her father and brother died of brain tumors which caused her mother to retreat into her Chinese roots and religious beliefs by

Thesis: Amy Tan’s story “Two Kinds,” shows how a mother's pressure on her daughter to become extraordinary can make a daughter's quest to be ordinary a great struggle. The short story “Two Kinds,” written by Amy Tan, tells about Jing-Mei’s complex relationship, as a child, with her mother, Mrs. Woo, who had immigrated to America from China years before. Mrs. Woo had a very harsh past in China, having to give up the lives of her two daughters to be able to leave, and as a result has very strong beliefs

resplendent star. In the short story “Tiger mom” by Annie Murphy, Paul and “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, both of Amy’s mother and Amy Chua hope their children will have a bright future, but Amy Chua was born in the USA also raised in the USA. Despite Amy’s mother is compelled to leave China because of the chaos caused by war and afterwards she immigrated to the United States. Firstly, Amy’s mother yearned Amy to be a prodigy likewise Amy Chua desires her daughter to be a successful person in the future, therefore

The Joy Luck Club, a famous book centered on multiple short stories written by Amy Tan, tells the story of four Chinese American immigrant families and their turmoil within each individual household. In "Two Kinds," one of the four installments, focuses on the main characters, Jing-mei Woo's, life and the long lasting effects of her mother’s high expectations for her only child. Jing-mei's mother, who believes that anyone can be anything in America, is determined to make her daughter a child prodigy

The short story, “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, portrays a conflict between a Chinese mother and daughter. Jing-Mei mother, Suyuan, comes to America after losing everything in China. When she came to America, this is where all her hoped lays. She believes that anything is possible and that America is the land of opportunity. Because of this, she has high hopes for Jing-Mei becoming a successful child prodigy. So, Suyuan tries everything she can to find Mei’s talent. First, she tries to make her daughter

Generational Conflict in “Two Kinds” “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan introduces us to the conflict between a first-generation Chinese American immigrant mother and her second generation daughter. Amy Tan is herself a young daughter from Chinese immigrant parents who was born in Oakland, California, who grew up with the pressure of being both Chinese and American all at once. Her mother's American Dream for her was different than what she wanted for herself as a young person. When Tan left the United States