Amy Tan Essay

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan contains many short narratives told by eight Chinese females living in America. In one of the narratives, Two Kinds, one can envision the enormity of the pressure and frustration exchanged between an expectant parent and a depressed child. Most children are told “you can be a prodigy, too” by their parents, which paves a long road of struggle and stress (132). In Two Kinds, the standards of an adult for a child can bring stress, frustration, and sorrow for both…

Two Kinds is a short story written by Amy Tan. It is centered around a family (the Mother and Daughter in particular) that moves from China to the United States of America in hopes that their daughter will one day grow up to be a star. The Mother not knowing where Jing-mei’s (the daughter) talents lie decides to test her in various subjects like geography and arithmetic however, Jing-mei does not accel in any of these areas so her mother, after seeing a Chinese girl about the same age as…

Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” is a short story that was written in 1989, that outlines the difficulties with a mother and daughter relationship. A young girl name Jing-Mei Woo who is the main character in the story was a vulnerable nine-year-old girl living in a home with her mother and father. Jing-Mei deals with the high potentials of her mother, to become a genius. After losing everything in China, her mother moved to America for a better living. Jing-Mei shares her mother’s thoughts about America on…

In Two Kinds, Amy Tan builds up the romantic concept of cultural origins and lost ethnic quintessence in order to completely collapse and change the notion of an ethnic essence. The mother-daughter relationship is represented by the analogy of native-foreigner. Jing-mei’s…

In the essay by Amy Tan from The Opposites of Fate, Mother Tongue (2003 p. 20-23) she blends different forms of English to make it more relevant to most people and making the piece easier to read and comprehend. It has it proven that using blended forms of writing can make a successful piece. We tend to elaborate more when we know our audience. When we do not, we use more factual information and formal words. We also use formal methods to get our point across when trying to reach those in…

twins were proven to be different from each other genetically while psychologically they tend to share similar taste and interest. Most friendships are formed due to similar taste and interest, even relationships form that way. Sandra Cisneros and Amy Tan share similar taste and interest. Both studied and majored in English at college, they had a family who loved and supported them, they went on to strive in their careers and were able to a name for themselves and be published on many scholarly…

aren’t used to always following orders especially when they are force to do something that they don’t like. Sometimes people like to appear something they’re not which make things a bit harder than it really is. Even though Jing-Mei from Two Kinds, Amy Tan, was happy about pleasing her mom, she wanted to be unique and herself like any other teenage girl. At the begging of her journey Jing-Mei kind of like the idea about being a prodigy, she agreed in the piano lessons and was happy to take…

Critical Reading Essay Recently, I read a novel from the textbook is called Two Kinds. This novel by Amy Tan is the story of Jing-Mei. A Chinese –American girl whose mother believed they can do anything successful if they live in America. The Chinese-American Girl’s mother think anyone live in America can be anything they want and so is determined to find hidden talent in this Chinese- American girl. Jing-Mei is repeatedly tested to reveal any kind of talent but continually disappoints…

The short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan tells about a young Chinese girl named Ni Kan who lives in America and learns to play the piano. I will be comparing and contrasting this story to my personal story, where as a child I moved to China and learned to play the piano. There are some similarities and some surprising differences in the stories obstacles, conflicts, and transformations. In the story "Two Kinds" Ni Kan faced many obstacles trying to learn to play the piano. Her first obstacle was…

In the story Two Kinds by Amy Tan, the culture is being represented by Jing-Mei and her mother. Evidence supporting this is the conflict going on between her and her mother in the story is around her culture, and how her mother wants her to grow up. This can include moment in the story including when her mother wanted her to work constantly on things she doesn’t have interest in, or when she started doing her piano lessons with Mr. Chang. Although the conflict shows her mother trying to do…