The way people look at other people and things in the world can be affected by many things. Certain people’s lifestyle, childhood, and/or their neighborhood can make a big impact on the way that person view certain perspectives in the world. The stories “Two Kinds”, “By Any Other Name”, “Legal Alien”, “Biography of Frida Kahlo”, and “An Indian Father’s Plea” all give examples on how someone’s culture plays a major role in how they view other people and the world. (Joseph Briscoe)
In Amy Tan’s novel “Two Kinds” the inquisitive nationalized young chinese girl is puzzled as to why her mother is forcing her to be a prodigy. Like most Chinese mothers they expect obedience and demand nothing but the best from their child, so the parents tend to be greatly draconian. To the main character, the tasks her mother is demanding is quite boring and difficult. Throughout the story Jing-mei tried to humiliate her mother by purposely learning wrong keys because her mother were expecting so much out of her when she didn’t want to do it. Jing-mei cried not to play the piano and that caused her and her mother to argue. In paragraph 67 …show more content…
He is trying to explain his son is culturally smart, he’s “different” he learned from his grandparents and other family by helping them with jobs around the house. Since “Medicine Grizzly bear” is Native American they rely tremendously on the Earth and their natural resources and most didn’t attend school they done more physical work around the house trying to survive. So his son picked up on their traditions and “Learned his basic numbers by helping his father count and sort the rocks to be used in the sweat lodge”. To sum it up he is trying to tell them that his son is not a “slow learner” he is just more culturally
In Amy Tan’s novel “Two Kinds” the inquisitive nationalized young chinese girl is puzzled as to why her mother is forcing her to be a prodigy. Like most Chinese mothers they expect obedience and demand nothing but the best from their child, so the parents tend to be greatly draconian. To the main character, the tasks her mother is demanding is quite boring and difficult. Throughout the story Jing-mei tried to humiliate her mother by purposely learning wrong keys because her mother were expecting so much out of her when she didn’t want to do it. Jing-mei cried not to play the piano and that caused her and her mother to argue. In paragraph 67 …show more content…
He is trying to explain his son is culturally smart, he’s “different” he learned from his grandparents and other family by helping them with jobs around the house. Since “Medicine Grizzly bear” is Native American they rely tremendously on the Earth and their natural resources and most didn’t attend school they done more physical work around the house trying to survive. So his son picked up on their traditions and “Learned his basic numbers by helping his father count and sort the rocks to be used in the sweat lodge”. To sum it up he is trying to tell them that his son is not a “slow learner” he is just more culturally