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Author Amy Tan, having grown up with a mother who did not have English as her first language, has experienced a very different set of circumstances than an average English-speaking household when it comes to communicating. In her article, “Mother Tongue,” she dives into her past, sharing the language struggles she saw her mother encounter, along with her own battles with finding her literary voice. What she found in the end was that we all, regardless of native tongue, use many levels to our…

In Amigo Brothers, the two friends, Antonio and Felix are both great boxers that eventually come face to faces in the ring. The two friends are forced to fight against each other to represent a club in their community. In the end, when the champion is going to be announced, Felix and Antonio both walked out together. Many people might say that this is a conflict with "no winner" since technically nobody won the fight; others may argue against that. The true question is, does every conflict…

The spectacular author and civil rights activist, Pearl S. Buck, was born on June 26, 1892, in Hillsboro, West Virginia. She grew up bilingual, knowing both English and Chinese since her mother was from China ("Pearl S. Buck”). She spent ten years of her life living in Nanjing, China. The Chinese in Nanjing were much more influenced by Western ideas than the Northern farmers, and Pearl Buck began to write about the young people's conflicts between the old and new ways of culture ("A Guide to…

The Setting of “A Pair of Tickets” by Amy Tan The setting of a story is defined as the time and place in which it takes place. In “A Pair of Tickets” the setting would be both the cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou located in Communist China. The setting affects the protagonist in a major way. Although she was born in America she is of chinese heritage. Returning to her cultural homeland changes her drastically from the American woman she thought she was, to the Chinese-American woman she becomes.…

sexual exploitation, and culture. But, today one of the most influential existing problems that a women experience is gender inequality. In Amy Tan’s award-winning novel, The Joy Luck Club, the role of Asian women is to stay inferior to men. Research shows that women’s right issue was a major problem in China, as well as many different parts of the world. Amy Tan portrays this symbolic issue in the novel The Joy Luck Club. According to Greenhaven Press’s Women’s Issue in Joy Luck Club, Chinese…

Amy Tan author of The Joy Luck Club and many other books, though born in Oakland California traces her (family line/lineage/ancestors ) back to china. Tan’s parents had hoped her to be a doctor or concert pianist but at the age of ___she published (JLC). While living in oakland her family belonged to a group started by her mother, made up of other Immigrant families similar to theirs, who bonded together sharing stories, food, and playing the stock market. Her Book the Joy luck club is an…

The character who I sympathize the most from the story “Everyday Use” written by Alice Walker is Maggie. Meanwhile, in the story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan I sympathize the most with Jing Mei’s mother. There are some similarities and differences regarding both characters and stories. In one hand, “Everyday Use” is narrated by a mother of two young women. The oldest daughter came back to visit her family due to her studying far from home. The youngest daughter, Maggie, is the one who inspires pity…

Katie, wanting to take piano lessons, offers Miss Tynmore an hour of cleaning in exchange for piano lessons. After much persuasion, Tynmore agrees, and Katie’s piano lessons commence. Tynmore tells the children to listen and watch, however they get distracted by a number of things. Francie stared cruely at the instructor's extravagant hat embellished with a bird on it. Later, told by her mother it is merely a mess of glue and feathers, Francie is scolded and told to stop staring. Francie can’t…

written by Amy Tan, a daughter of Chinese immigrants. Based on her detailed past, I feel like she put pieces of her life in the novel. Just like the novel, Tan’s parents immigrated from China, in look for a better future in America. Amy Tan was raised as an American while her mother still hold inside of her the old Chinese culture. Another thing I felt she compared her life into the novel is what her mother expected her to do as she grew up. Like the mothers in The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan parents…

u- Par’s” is lactated in 9090 Alta Dr West Las Vegas. The restaurant serves American (traditional) food, bakeries, and breakfast. There are 89 reviews and the average star is 5 out of 2.5. There are some of bad reviews and I am going to talk about two bad reviews. Miss.L wrote the first bad review in July 27th in 2016. She gave the one star rating because of the bad food. She went to the restaurant with three of her friends and unfortunately none of people liked the food. She said that she…