Amy Lee

Immigrants Language In the essay “Mother Tongue,” Amy Tan describes an important realization she had In 1989. Conducting a symposium in San Francisco where she discussed her well-known book “The Joy Luck Club.” This symposium was the first time that her mother was part of her audience. Not until then, Tan realizes that the academic English she is using to address the audience is different than the one she uses with her mother. Tan’s essay describes the exploration of languages and how it can…

The two texts “Finding Her Way” and “Kylie’s Project” tell about two girls named Angela and Kylie who face cultural differences and misunderstandings about disabilities. “Finding Her Way” by, Linda Sue Park features the main character Angela who immigrated to the US from Korea. Being an immigrant brought many challenges because she stood out from her other classmates. “Kylie’s Project” features Kylie who is a wheelchair bound girl that often feels trapped by not being able to walk or explore…

In the book In Order to Live Yeonmi Park writes about what she had to do in order to survive living in North Korea and all of the events that happen to her during her escape to South Korea. Even as a young girl Yeonmi would struggle to stay alive and death was always around the corner in North Korea. This constant struggle didn’t end when she escaped North Korea to go live in China. Then the struggle for survival led up all the way till she arrived in South Korea then it became a struggle to fit…

“Love Behind The Shadows” is a short story based on a twenty year old girl named Ivory Grayson, whose mother made a compromise with an orphanage center before her death to care for her daughter, after Ivory’s father, Harold Davis abandons them. Alternatively, Ivory was later accepted to University of California in Santa Cruz and becomes friends with her sisters, Ruby and Lauren Davis, which she is unaware of at first. There is a sudden twist when she comes across her father and he demands her to…

An-Mei Hsu and her daughter Rose Hsu Jordan have different points of view on their situations and reactions to them. Rose Hsu Jordan is quite different from her mother, An-mei Hsu, which definitely has to do with the way each of them grew up, because they were both in such different situations. An-Mei grew up with her grandma after being deserted by her mother, whom would rather be a third concubine than be respected by her family and give up responsibilities such as raise her own children. When…

1. Shidu 5. Birth Tourism The OCP has led to the growth of an interesting phenomenon of pregnant women running out of mainland china for delivery. Hong Kong and Saipan, a US territory are becoming the hot sites of this so called “Birth Tourism” Many went to Hong Kong, which is exempt from the one-child policy. Likewise, a Hong Kong passport differs from China mainland passport by providing additional advantages. Recently though, the Hong Kong government has drastically reduced the quota of…

In the story “Two Kinds”, by Amy Tan, an Asian-American daughter is faced with the pressures her mother puts upon her of expectations of success; in particular, the expectation is to become a young prodigy. Throughout the story, Jing- mei faces external and internal conflicts while struggling to find her own identity. While facing the struggles brought in her life, Jing- mei comes upon the realization that her mother believed in her and only wanted her to be the best that she can be. The theme…

Genji’s Future Love Within The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, chapter three titled “Lavender” stands out to encompass many Chinese ideals that help further understand their history and way of life. Throughout the entirety of chapter three, Genji develops a deep interest for a young girl named Murasaki, and the chapter sheds insight on the chase of women and indirectness. In order to fully understand Shikibu’s claims throughout the chapter, it is imperative to unpack the details within the…

Despite the cultural differences between Jing-mei and her mother in “Two Kinds” written by Amy Tan and Lilia and Mr. Pirzada in “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine” written by Jhumpa Lahiri, the two relationships unfold the realization about the importance of one another. “Two Kinds” depicts the tension between the mother and daughter due to different cultural backgrounds and opinions. “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine” illustrates the understanding between and adult and child due to political struggles…

Analysis: Kingston recollects her mother’s story telling about heroic Chinese females, similar to Fa Mu Lan, the young lady who went to fight for her father and returned a national legend. Kingston thinks her mother prepares her with the legends of solid women that she could develop into. That is what made Kingston feel that she can be a warrior woman; it is not impossible. In Kingston’s fantasy, she started to follow a bird up into the mounts until she passed by a shelter of an old couples,…