Two Kinds Literary Analysis Essay

“Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, "What else could this mean?” ― Shannon L. Alder. “Two Kinds” is about the bond between mother and daughter changing drastically throughout the story, which changes the perspective of freedom the daughter had. In the story “Two Kinds” Amy Tan shows how the character June advances the plot by having June change her views on how her mother treated her, and how the relationship between them fell apart. In the story, June’s feelings are ignored by her mother’s drive on making her a prodigy, which leads June having to blindly follow her mother's orders. A moment in the story when June’s mother is blind to her feelings is when June is forced to learn the piano by her mother. “When my mother told me this, I felt as though I had been sent to hell” (Tan, 92). This quote shows how June feels when she is forced into an activity by her mother. Even though June’s mother just wants her to be successful, June is constantly weighed down with extreme expectations from her mother. These expectations resulted in the feelings of constriction and stress June felt. After a piano recital, June said : “But my mother's expression was what devastated me; a quiet,blank look that said she had lost …show more content…
The quote “Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, "What else could this mean?” by Shannon L. Alder relates to this story, because if June realized her mother was trying to make her successful instead of trying to constrict her, June would have never looked down on herself or have had the feeling of extreme stress. To sum up, if June and her mother took the time to understand each other’s thoughts and feelings, there would have been fewer conflicts between each