Amy Eilberg

Amy Tan is a persuasive author because of her works such as, “Mother Tongue”, “A Pair of Tickets” and “The Joy Luck Club”. These works portray the mother-daughter relationship which is considered a spiritual act of connectedness. Some of her works also portray the negative side of this mother-daughter relationship. Another main thing that’s in Tan’s Stories is the “conflict faced by Chinese Americans who find themselves alienated both from their American milieu and from their Chinese parents and…

Reader-Based Analysis: “Two Kinds” focuses on a mother and daughter’s relationship. Jing-Mei’s mother faced many hardships in China. The mother lost so many near and dear to her. For the mother, America was the country to offer them great living and opportunities. Jing-Mei’s mother wanted to see her daughter as a successful person. Jing-Mei's mother classifies success for her daughter as being brilliant at something, therefore, Jing-Mei was forced to take piano lessons in order to be a child…

The legend of Mulan, a brave young Chinese girl who pretends to be a man and joins the army in order to help her old father, is an example of stories of women characters that take the non-traditional role of warrior. This figure that challenges traditional role models had been a source of inspiration for many young Chinese girls. Inspired by this legend, Maxine Hong Kingston narrates the powerful memories that she recalls of growing up in a Chinese-American family. In her book The Warrior…

that. The passages show how one's identity is created through realization in a culture and pride. First, identity is created by the realization of one’s culture. In “Fish Cheeks” Amy Tan didn’t want to be a Chinese girl. She wanted to be an American girl. When her family invited Amy's crush over for Christmas Eve dinner, Amy was so nervous because she knew how her family…

A happy and healthy mother-daughter relationship is one of the building blocks of society that if nurtured and treated the right way, can create two happy humans. In Amy Chua’s memoir “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom” and Amy Tan’s novel “The Joy Luck club” a mother in each story uses different tones and words to try and relieve tension. An excerpt from “ The Violin” in “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom” shows a mother and her daughter in a disagreement that is not dangerously angry, but mainly…

Most of the time immigrants underestimate the difficulties they might face in their new destinations. Such as overcoming language barrier, adapting to the new culture and environment. One of the writers who discussed the issue of challenges immigrants face was Lan Cao. This essay will clearly analyze the weaknesses and strengths of the article "The Gift of Language" by Lan Cao. In the excerpt, the author tells about a Vietnamese girl and her mother who immigrate to America during the Vietnam…

In “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, The two daughters can compare but are distinctively different as well. Waverly Jong grew up a child prodigy playing chess and Jing Mei was a pianist prodigy. Both girls thought their work was simple and it came naturally for them. Waverly had her own bit of fame and continuously brought home her awards and trophies. “We didn’t always pick the right kind of prodigy”(Tan 1). Jing Mei didn’t always realize she was talented at the piano, before this she tried everything…

Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter, is the story of a conflicted mothers and daughters who are discovering the family history and the lost relationships of their matrilineal line. Ignorant and blind to the past, Ruth’s mother, Liu Ling, is becoming forgetful, consequently Ruth sets out to rediscover her family. She acts upon her realisation to decide that the gap between her and her mother needs to be closed. Set between San Francisco in the late 20th century and Peking, China during World War…

‘’Tuesday Of The Other June’’ by Norma Fox Mazer is a realistic fiction story about a girl name June and her mom always telling her to stay out of trouble. But June runs into some problems with other people. In the begining June is happy with what is going on around her until a girl named June just like her comes to June's school. The other June is mean to June and June does as her mom has always told her to, stay out of trouble. The other june makes this hard for June. Finally June stands up…

mother being the one to protect the daughter from any danger and to push the daughter to her potential in life. Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom and Jing-Mei Woo’s The Joy Luck Club shows the frustration and belligerent attitudes in a mother-daughter relationship. The despondent tone in both stories give a perfect representation of this sort of complicated relationship. In Amy Chua’s excerpt “The Violin” is written from Chua’s perspective on how she interacts with her daughter when…