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In the story,“Fish Cheeks”, Amy Tan teaches that other people’s expectations should not influence you to change your opinions or true self. During this story, Amy’s family invites the minister’s family for Christmas Eve dinner. Amy wants to please their family because she happens to have a crush on Robert, the minister’s son. This causes Amy to worry about how Robert will perceive the unique behaviors and customs of her large family. Tan writes, “Then my father poked his chopsticks just below…

passage “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan, the narrator Amy falls in love with a boy named Robert (The Minister's son). The way her culture lives is very distinct to the way Robert lives, because of this she is appalled by the way her family eats in front of their family and is disgusted by their actions. Similarly in the Passage “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” by Richard Rodriguez, the narrator Richard is distinguishing himself from his family because he grew more attached to…

“Champion of the World”, written by Maya Angelou, an African American woman, and it is about her community gathered to listen to a boxing match that was held in the late 1930s between Joe Louis, African American fighter, and a white opponent. Also, “Fish Cheeks”, written by Amy Tan, a Chinese American woman, and it is about her crush Robert, minister’s son, and his family getting invited to Tan’s house for a Christmas Eve dinner.…

Amy Tan's "Fish Cheeks" and Naomi Shihab Nye's "Museum" are both humorous stories with an underlying lesson. In Amy Tan's "Fish Cheeks," Tan relays an experience from her 14-year-old self. Tan had a crush on the pastor's son at this time. Tan was Chinese and the pastor's son was not. It just so happens that the pastor and his family was invited to Tan's home for charismas dinner. Tan's Chinese family had traditional foods and showed their traditional manners. Tan explained that her family liked…

Have you ever been invited to a Chinese dinner and see food you have never seen before? Well in the story Fish Cheeks Amy’s crush has been invited over for dinner and wonders whether he will like their Chinese culture. Chinese culture is different from American culture in many ways, first they could be different in the types of food they eat and the manners they have at the table. The food and table manners in the Chinese culture are very unique. First unique thing about the Chinese culture,…

Narrative comparison of Amy Tan's "Fish Cheeks", and Maya Anjelou's "Champion of the World". In rereading these two stories, it becomes clear that race and the problem minorities faced when trying to fit in to the American culture, is an underlying theme in both of these tales, combined with the added stress of being a teen aged girl. In "Fish Cheeks", the teen-aged Tan is embarrassed by her families humble food and the way that they act around the dinner table. She thinks that she will…

their narrative essays. In her essay “Fish Cheeks,” Amy Tan narrates about her struggles of self-acceptance and the shameful actions her family presented during a Christmas Eve family dinner with her crush Robert, and his family. She also talks about the moment her mother gave her encouraging words about self-love. During the Christmas Eve dinner, Tan’s relatives licked their chopsticks and poked them in different plates of food, her father poked a fish’s cheek and yelling across the table “Amy,…

hardships. Their assimilation struggles include embarrassment, staying true to the family, and trying to blend the unique Chinese customs with those of Americans, which can be proved in research of Chinese American’s adaptation and analysis of “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan. Chinese Immigrants face many struggles assimilating to the American culture. One difficulty the Chinese face when assimilating to American culture is staying true to their family and their values. Family principles can be hard…

Accepting One’s Culture in Amy Tan’s “Fish Cheeks” In “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan, the author captures the universal embarrassment teenagers feel introducing someone they care for to their family. In her retelling of the meal her family spent with her crush and his family, Tan initially responds with deep shame for her family’s behavior but she later learns to appreciate her unique cultural identity. Tan uses grotesque imagery, crude diction, and a commonplace symbol to convey how even if you…

Have you ever felt a time when your family’s culture has giving you a feeling of embarrassment? Looking into the article “Fish Cheeks”, by Amy Tan she gives her own personal experience of how she was embarrassed of her Chinese culture. Robert, protagonist’s crush, and his family get invited to a dinner and she feels embarrassed of what they will witness. Amy Tan, protagonist, sides more with American culture, shaming her Chinese roots. Her mother goes out and makes a traditional Chinese dinner.…