Amy Tan 's story “Two Kinds” is about a mother who brings her child to America to offer her a better life. The goal of the mother bringing her child to America is to allow her daughter the chance to be destined for greatness, even if it means having her daughter try out every opportunity to find out where her greatness might be hiding. “Two Kinds” written by Amy Tan, shows that mothers always know what is best for their children even if it means giving up their life in another country to come to a new one. Also, allowing children many opportunities to find something that interests them and not allowing their children to give up a task just because they have not succeeded at it yet. Finally, always loving a child even when a conflict causes
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All in all, the mother may remain silent for many years but never stops loving her child because of it. This image is produced by narrator informing the reader that the pair has not spoken for many years about the conflict between the two by saying “And for all those years, we never talked about the disaster at the recital or my terrible accusations afterward, All that remained unchecked, like a betrayal that was now unspeakable (Tan, 597). Not only does it show that the narrator 's mother has given up all efforts in making her daughter something she does not wish to be, but it reinforces the fear that the narrator had all along been a failure in her mother 's eyes. Not only does the narrator feel like she is a failure but the narrator ultimately feels like she has let her mother down once and for all. This feeling would not last forever which the narrator explains by saying the narrator’s mother had surprised her daughter with a birthday gift (Tan, 597). It was when the daughter realized the gift was the piano which she gave up playing many years ago, that the narrator 's mother had never held a grudge for her giving up all these years. The narrator explains in the text that she saw the piano as “a sign of forgiveness, a tremendous burden removed” (Tan, 597). Although the piano was a sign of forgiveness from her mother, the piano is also seen as the mother 's way of saying all these years later I still love you no matter
All in all, the mother may remain silent for many years but never stops loving her child because of it. This image is produced by narrator informing the reader that the pair has not spoken for many years about the conflict between the two by saying “And for all those years, we never talked about the disaster at the recital or my terrible accusations afterward, All that remained unchecked, like a betrayal that was now unspeakable (Tan, 597). Not only does it show that the narrator 's mother has given up all efforts in making her daughter something she does not wish to be, but it reinforces the fear that the narrator had all along been a failure in her mother 's eyes. Not only does the narrator feel like she is a failure but the narrator ultimately feels like she has let her mother down once and for all. This feeling would not last forever which the narrator explains by saying the narrator’s mother had surprised her daughter with a birthday gift (Tan, 597). It was when the daughter realized the gift was the piano which she gave up playing many years ago, that the narrator 's mother had never held a grudge for her giving up all these years. The narrator explains in the text that she saw the piano as “a sign of forgiveness, a tremendous burden removed” (Tan, 597). Although the piano was a sign of forgiveness from her mother, the piano is also seen as the mother 's way of saying all these years later I still love you no matter