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act around friends, their crush, just about anybody else their age, did I mention their crush? Teens mainly worry about fitting in with the expectations of society at the time and how their parents act around their crush. In the short story, “Fish Cheeks,” Amy Tan reflects on the time her parents embarrassed her in front of her crush to show that even people of drastically different cultures can have the same embarrassing experiences, too. To start, Tan eases the reader into the story by…

Case Brief Case Name: Commonwealth v. Cheeks Citation: 423 Pa. 67, 223 A.2d 291 (1966) Vote: The Majority in Favor Author (Opinion of the Court): Justice Eagen Concurrences: None Dissent: Justice Cohen Facts: On October 11, 1963, Joe Henry Howell was stabbed and robbed by four young males on a public street in Philadelphia. He was admitted to the hospital at 2:10 a.m. following the incident. The medical team decided that, in order, to identify the extent of the damage to his abdominal area,…

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In “Fish Cheeks”, Amy Tan describes her Christmas eve dinner as catastrophic, being that she was fourteen, and the humiliation that she felt when her crush Robert, who was the minister’s son and his family had been invited to have a traditional Chinese meal with her family. But when she found out that he was invited to dinner, she felt so many emotions like fear, humiliation and discouragement and thoughts of what he might think of her and her families Chinese Christmas celebrations. “What…

To begin with, everyone has an identity. In both texts the authors convey feeling and experiences. The author conveys the idea of identity because he shows feeling and talks about Amy and Julia’s experiences. In addition, in Fish Cheeks there is an experience that shows how Amy Tan is conveying her feelings. Amy Tan quotes “I wanted to disappear”. This indicates that the author is conveying Tan’s feelings. This means that because the author showed that she wanted to “disappear” ,that is…

at their maker, people in society stare at what is different. Staring shows a person’s attempt at trying to interpret why people act the way they do; however, this could make the person whose different feel like an outcast in the community. “Fish Cheeks,” by Amy Tan, is a personal account of a Christmas dinner during Tan’s childhood, and reveals what it feels like to be embarrassed and to feel shame and despair when the narrator does not accept her Chinese…

Both Maya Angelou of "Champion of the World", and Amy Tan of "Fish Cheeks" write short stories which express their isolation from the dominant Anglo culture, and delve into deeper detail as to why they feel alienated. Although these stories take place in different time periods and the settings are drastically different, they both share a commonality within the isolation they feel as minorities within the larger communities. While both authors expertly import literary devices such as narration…

At 14 it is easy to be unaware of whom you truly are and whether or not to be proud of whom you think you are. In the story Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan that is very true. She struggles with embracing her true identity and family in front of people who might not have the same customs as her and her family. Her family is American Asian so they celebrate things differently as the family they invited. In this paper I will be discussing just a few of the different Chinese American customs. The American…

In the memoir Fish Cheeks by “Amy Tan” the reflects on the Christmas dinner that her mom prepared for her with her favorite foods. With this memoir she wants to teach people that feel embarrassed by their culture not to be. She does this by giving the reader a relatable example from her past. In the beginning of the memoir the speaker is very mortified. “When I found out that my parents had invited the minister’s family over for a Christmas Eve dinner, I cried”(1,Tan). The reason the speaker…

Being proud of where you come from is a big part of the culture you grow up with, Many kids and adults sometime want to fit in so bad that they can act they know nothing about their costumes they grew up with. In her memoir “Fish Cheeks” Amy Tan uses the relating feeling of embarrassment to express how a 14 year old is trying so hard to fit in with society , and loose the embarrassment her family makes her feel. Tan beings with introducing herself to the readers she also introduces the guy she…