Conflicts between mother and daughter in Two Kinds

novel from the textbook is called Two Kinds. This novel by Amy Tan is the story of Jing-Mei. A Chinese –American girl whose mother believed they can do anything successful if they live in America. The Chinese-American Girl’s mother think anyone live in America can be anything they want and so is determined to find hidden talent in this Chinese- American girl. Jing-Mei is repeatedly tested to reveal any kind of talent but continually disappoints not only her mother, but herself as well and become…

In the short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, a relationship is shown between a mother and daughter that exemplifies the complexities and intricacies between the two. Throughout the story, the mother chooses to showcase different musical talents towards her daughter, in hope that her daughter masters one and becomes a “child prodigy.” Meanwhile, the daughter chooses to find herself through her own means rather than through the dreams of her mother, which sets the theme of how the expectations of a…

modern American writers. Both stories depicts relationships between mothers and daughters, their lifestyles, achievements and expectations. Both families are non - American origin. Alice Walker shows African American mother with two daughters. The old one is well-educated and successful. She holds in contempt her roots, though. Meanwhile, the young daughter is proud of her origin. Amy Tan presents the reader Chinese mother and daughter who wants to live a marvelous life in America. The one can…

relationships between people are amazing that we could not control and always out of our expectations. We may feel angry, glad and melancholy. It is no doubt that the closest relationship is between family. The mother-daughter relationship is one of the examples and it is the main element of the Joy Luck Club, which is directed by Wayne Wang, based on the novel written by Amy Tan. The Joy Luck Club is a movie showing that no matter what difficulties or misunderstandings between mother and…

Tensions between Parents and Children I had very conflicting interests of what my success should be five years ago. I had the opinions of what my mother thought I should be and always seem to strive to be what people wanted me to be, versus my authentic self. I’ve got incredibly inspiration over the years by a famous author name Merriam Williamson. She states that “our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate or deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure”. The idea of…

The story “Two Kinds” of Amy tans shows us the conflict between the mother from China cultural and the daughter from American’s cultural. Suyuan, who is known as Jing-mei’s mother, suffers from her losses of a first husband and two babies in China. She believes that in the U.S everyone can be anything they want to be by working hard, even they are genius or prodigy. So, she keeps her daughter staying busy by scheduling her many differences activities such as coming to beauty training school…

parents is much higher and the immigrant parents seem to only get disappointed in their children for being this Americanised child. This leads to tension between the parent and the child. Although the tension between immigrant parents and American born children divides their relationship, it reveals a cultural gap, that uses discipline, cultural conflict, and parents’ expectation that leads to disappointment, which shows…

Amy Tan 's story “Two Kinds” is about a mother who brings her child to America to offer her a better life. The goal of the mother bringing her child to America is to allow her daughter the chance to be destined for greatness, even if it means having her daughter try out every opportunity to find out where her greatness might be hiding. “Two Kinds” written by Amy Tan, shows that mothers always know what is best for their children even if it means giving up their life in another country to come to…

use these situation to create conflict. When two different perspectives are trying to take the lead, it is almost impossible for the opposing view to compromise, because each side thinks they are correct. Confetti Girl by Diana Lopez and Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes show that different points of views, for example, from a parent and from a child, can create tension because there are two different thought-processes trying to be put forth, which can create conflict. To begin with, in a…

would simply take the time to ask, "What else could this mean?” ― Shannon L. Alder. “Two Kinds” is about the bond between mother and daughter changing drastically throughout the story, which changes the perspective of freedom the daughter had. In the story “Two Kinds” Amy Tan shows how the character June advances the plot by having June change her views on how her mother treated her, and how the relationship between them fell apart. In the story, June’s feelings are ignored by her mother’s…