What Is The Conflict Between Jing-Mei And Her Mother

Think about conflicts you've had with your mother whether she doesn't see eye to eye with you or you don't see eye to eye with her, there's a lot of conflicts, right? well now , have you ever had any arguments with her about you being the perfect daughter? Some kids have others not so much because this is 2016 where everyone is different and free. but what if i told you an author named Amy Tan wrote a novel about a daughter named Jing-Mei and her mother. a novel in which Mom wants Jing-Mei to be the perfect chinese daughter but they're in america.

At the beginning of the excerpt Two Kinds from the novel The Joy Luck Club, it started off with; ?my mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in america.? Mei?s mother had left a family behind in china. i imagine it was a great change in her life but she was looking out for herself and so she came to the united states. Jing Mei was told by her mother she could be a prodigy, become the best at anything. of course jing Mei only being 9 years old she didn't know much being a chinese american child. her mom …show more content…
a while went by and her mom hadn't spoken about her being a prodigy but one day her mom was watching the Ed sullivan show her mom showed jing mei a chinese girl with the same peter pan hairdo she had, playing the piano. jing mei knew what this meant, but she wasn't worried because she knew her mother wouldn't be able to afford sheet music let alone a piano. but mom had a different idea she traded house cleaning services for music lessons with a retired piano player downstairs. When mom told Jing Mei she lost it and said ?why don't you like me the way I am I'm not a genius I can't play the piano...!? her mother slapped her and shouted ?who ask you to be a genius? only ask to be you best. for you sake. you think I want you to be