The Scar On My Right Cheek Have you ever thought of something that you regret doing because you were really young and didn't know any better? At age three I was bit by a dog on my right cheek. It was a warm but cloudy day and me and my father were outside while my mother was out at work. While he was working i was doing what normal three year olds do. My neighborhood was quiet and had lots of trees hanging over people’s fences in their yards. Our backyard was huge to me since I was…
should be proud where there family came from and who they’re family are and not be embarrassed of their heritage. Many people today are uncomfortable of their backgrounds and do not have the pride everyone should have today. In Amy Tan’s story "Fish Cheeks" displayed imagery, figuration, and mood in her story. Ehast the story mostly reviews over is that people today do not take pride on who they are today, even though people do not like who they are personally, Tan does not stay true to herself…
to whatever holds them back from changing their aesthetic features on the outside, and their moral behaviors on the inside. Children don’t have the ability to fully identify themselves, and scorn their un-American culture. In the short story “Fish Cheeks,” written by Amy Tan, the narrator struggles to accept her birth given Chinese culture. Her family invites her crush and his family for a Christmas Eve dinner, and Amy is worried about how their American guests will react with her traditional…
The first way one’s identity is created is by one’s background or culture. The way one was raised or the environment of one’s childhood can display one’s opinions and claims of how someone sees himself. An example of this is from Amy Tan’s “Fish Cheeks”,…
Everyone comes from different families; which comes with different traditions and customs. We are all different in our own unique way. The problem is some people are ashamed of their differences. People like to fit in with the crowd. Amy Tan wrote “Fish Cheeks” to explain a time when she was ashamed of her Chinese culture, because she wanted to be like everyone else. She wrote this to teach the reader a lesson about being unique in their own way. Amy Tan does an amazing job using different tones…
One might ask, “ How is a identity created ? This essay can show you how and give examples about them. Character can be a way and it displays the way he/ she is, and how he/ she’s qualities are. Amy Tan describes Family Life in her “Fish Cheeks” where she points out, “At the end of the meal, my father leaned back and belched loudly, thanking my mother for her fine cooking.” Amy Tan describes her family, and how she doesn’t like the way they act when the boy she has a crush on is there.…
upon them heavily. Society has played a huge impact on the acceptance of cultural diversity over time and influenced negative beliefs to many in order to portray the view of a perfect individual. In “Champion of the World” by Maya Angelou and “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan we learn about the differences from white Americans through the perspective of different races and point of views presented. Maya…
A part of growing up and finding one's own self-acceptance is a long process. In “Fish Cheeks” the Chinese mother says “You want to be the same as American girls on the outside… But inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different.” (Tan 1). It is a parent’s desire for their children to be happy with the understanding…
the advice of elders. Family ties strengthen if long distance traditions are kept ongoing. To begin with, a family should not forget to celebrate and spend time together even if there are better or more exciting things to be a part of. In “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan, a chinese family has a huge get together for a Christmas dinner. In this memoir, Amy writes: And even though I didn’t agree with her then, I knew that she understood how much I had suffered during the evening’s dinner. It wasn’t…
feelings, and art and literature both affect these two things. People often fall to the popular stereotype of the Chinese and Japanese people being rash and unloving. "Dreaming of Li Po" by Tu Fu, "Analects" by Confucious, Tanka Poetry, and "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan, prove these statements to be untrue. They impact our perceptions of China and Japan into ones of stark human emotions that everyone around the world can relate to.…