A mother and a daughter have different points of view about dreams in their lives. A mother draws on her mind the kind of future and life her daughter could have. But, the mother does not consider that her expectations are far away from her daughter’s dreams and goals. A mother and a daughter do not conceive the same thoughts about dreams and the future because everyone has different thoughts about it. There are two stories that at some points have something in common between a mother and a daughter relationship “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan. Kincaid writes about the advice a mother gives to her daughter mainly emphasizing which are the things she needs to learn to be a good wife in the future and to avoid being a bad
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Mothers insist on teaching anything their daughters need to become in another person. Mothers do not realize that their daughters have different objectives in their lives that differ sometimes too much from them. For example, Ni Kan says, “’Of course you can be prodigy, too,’ my mother told me when I was nine” (Tan 590). In these lines, the mother assumes her daughter may become an intelligent person no matter what. The mother starts to analyze what is the best way to reach her objective about her daughter. Later, “Every night after dinner, my mother and I would sit at the Formica kitchen table. She would present new tests, taking her examples from stories of amazing children she had read in Ripley’s Believe It or Not, or Good Housekeeping , Reader’s Digest, and a dozen other magazines she kept in a pile in our bathroom” (Tan 591). In other words, the mother finds through the magazines the way to teach her daughter that she could be one of those prodigy people. The mother hopes her daughter to come out with her hidden talent, but her daughter wants to be a different person than being a prodigy. Moreover, the mother does not give up and persist in converting her daughter to a prodigy person. Next, “A few weeks later, Old Chong and my mother conspired to have me play in a talent show which would be in the church hall” (Tan 594). At any cost, the mother wants her daughter success and accepts that she is a prodigy person, but her daughter does not agree with it. Furthermore, the mother does not lose the illusion to her daughter to become a prodigy person with the classes she gives to her. Mothers always have different expectations towards their daughter and do not let them show what their daughters are good at. Moreover, daughters have other goals that are different to their mothers, but they do not say anything because they do not want to disappoint
Mothers insist on teaching anything their daughters need to become in another person. Mothers do not realize that their daughters have different objectives in their lives that differ sometimes too much from them. For example, Ni Kan says, “’Of course you can be prodigy, too,’ my mother told me when I was nine” (Tan 590). In these lines, the mother assumes her daughter may become an intelligent person no matter what. The mother starts to analyze what is the best way to reach her objective about her daughter. Later, “Every night after dinner, my mother and I would sit at the Formica kitchen table. She would present new tests, taking her examples from stories of amazing children she had read in Ripley’s Believe It or Not, or Good Housekeeping , Reader’s Digest, and a dozen other magazines she kept in a pile in our bathroom” (Tan 591). In other words, the mother finds through the magazines the way to teach her daughter that she could be one of those prodigy people. The mother hopes her daughter to come out with her hidden talent, but her daughter wants to be a different person than being a prodigy. Moreover, the mother does not give up and persist in converting her daughter to a prodigy person. Next, “A few weeks later, Old Chong and my mother conspired to have me play in a talent show which would be in the church hall” (Tan 594). At any cost, the mother wants her daughter success and accepts that she is a prodigy person, but her daughter does not agree with it. Furthermore, the mother does not lose the illusion to her daughter to become a prodigy person with the classes she gives to her. Mothers always have different expectations towards their daughter and do not let them show what their daughters are good at. Moreover, daughters have other goals that are different to their mothers, but they do not say anything because they do not want to disappoint