A mother’s love can be seen as the most powerful love in the world; it is something so beautiful and hard to explain in words. However, the relationship between a mother and her children does not always go well. In “Two Kinds,’ Amy Tan tells the readers about the relationship between the narrator and her mother. Their conflict becomes even bigger because of the two different generations and a linguistic barrier; these obstacles make the daughter and the mother continually misunderstand each other. Tan touches the readers with bitter moments and humor when the daughter and the mother try to achieve the American Dream. The narrator shows the readers her family conflicts when the mother believes and wants her only daughter to become a great success
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The narrator’s mother has high standards and holds a strong belief in the classic America Dream. She believes that people can be anything they want in America as long as they try (446). Like most immigrants, the mother believes America is the land of opportunities, land of hope, a place to create a new and better life where people can possibly achieve their goals, and she puts this idea into her beloved daughter. In the mother’s mind, her daughter can become a prodigy no matter how poorly the daughter performs. The mother says, “You can be best anything” (446) or “You have natural talent. You could been genius if you want to” (455). The mother is not satisfied with the idea of her daughter becoming proficient or even mildly talented; she believes her daughter will become the best of the best. She strongly believes her daughter can become a prodigy as long as she tries hard. On the other hand, the daughter does not believe that anyone can be anything he/she wants (455). The narrator fails multiple times; she fails all the tests that the mother gives her: memorizing the Bible, memorizing countries and capitals and doing quick math. The mother uses lots of examples of remarkable children around the world and what they are capable of; then she gives out the tests to see if her daughter has any similar
The narrator’s mother has high standards and holds a strong belief in the classic America Dream. She believes that people can be anything they want in America as long as they try (446). Like most immigrants, the mother believes America is the land of opportunities, land of hope, a place to create a new and better life where people can possibly achieve their goals, and she puts this idea into her beloved daughter. In the mother’s mind, her daughter can become a prodigy no matter how poorly the daughter performs. The mother says, “You can be best anything” (446) or “You have natural talent. You could been genius if you want to” (455). The mother is not satisfied with the idea of her daughter becoming proficient or even mildly talented; she believes her daughter will become the best of the best. She strongly believes her daughter can become a prodigy as long as she tries hard. On the other hand, the daughter does not believe that anyone can be anything he/she wants (455). The narrator fails multiple times; she fails all the tests that the mother gives her: memorizing the Bible, memorizing countries and capitals and doing quick math. The mother uses lots of examples of remarkable children around the world and what they are capable of; then she gives out the tests to see if her daughter has any similar