Describe the nature of the mother/daughter relationships in the works of the following writers: Flannery’ O’Conner, Amy Tan, and Julia Alvarez. What is the source of the conflict in these relationships? Are the conflicts resolved in these works? Why or why not?
Different relationships between mothers and daughters were discussed in Flannery’ O'Connor's “Good Country People”, Amy Tan’s “Two Kind”, and Julia Alvarez's “¡Yo!”. In the three mother/daughter relationships, we explored some similarities that are presented as a conflict between the relationship. I think there the conflict in the relationship was caused by problems of both the mothers and the daughters. The problem with the mothers is that they are holding too tightly onto their daughters. Each of the mothers wanted to control their daughters to follow their wills. This led to the rebellion of the daughters and how they wanted to escape from their mother’s command. …show more content…
The mother, Mrs.Hopewell was disgusted by some actions of her daughter Hulga. Hulga first changed her birth name Joy to the name she has now. Her mother described her daughter’s new name as disgusting and disturbing. She doesn’t understand why Hulga has a PhD in Philosophy. Mrs.Hopewell saw Hulga’s actions as rebellious and nonsense. Mrs.Hopewell wants everyone to follow her orders; including her daughter. However, Hulga respond to her criticize by ignoring her, doing things that Mrs.Hopewell doesn’t approve, and by changing her birth name, Joy, to a name which Mrs.Hopewell considers as the ugliest name.
Amy Tan’s short story “Two Kind” depicts a Chinese family living in America. The mother in the story believes that anything can be possible in America, “you could be anything you wanted to be in America. You could open a restaurant.
Different relationships between mothers and daughters were discussed in Flannery’ O'Connor's “Good Country People”, Amy Tan’s “Two Kind”, and Julia Alvarez's “¡Yo!”. In the three mother/daughter relationships, we explored some similarities that are presented as a conflict between the relationship. I think there the conflict in the relationship was caused by problems of both the mothers and the daughters. The problem with the mothers is that they are holding too tightly onto their daughters. Each of the mothers wanted to control their daughters to follow their wills. This led to the rebellion of the daughters and how they wanted to escape from their mother’s command. …show more content…
The mother, Mrs.Hopewell was disgusted by some actions of her daughter Hulga. Hulga first changed her birth name Joy to the name she has now. Her mother described her daughter’s new name as disgusting and disturbing. She doesn’t understand why Hulga has a PhD in Philosophy. Mrs.Hopewell saw Hulga’s actions as rebellious and nonsense. Mrs.Hopewell wants everyone to follow her orders; including her daughter. However, Hulga respond to her criticize by ignoring her, doing things that Mrs.Hopewell doesn’t approve, and by changing her birth name, Joy, to a name which Mrs.Hopewell considers as the ugliest name.
Amy Tan’s short story “Two Kind” depicts a Chinese family living in America. The mother in the story believes that anything can be possible in America, “you could be anything you wanted to be in America. You could open a restaurant.