Daughters

their child. This is true because she is not only telling her daughter to be as ‘sweet’ and ‘innocent’ while scorning the daughter for being acting like a slut and not wanting to act the same as her. Kincaid probably wanted to show her reader the conflicting opinions of an older generation and a younger, while also showing the…

present generations of mothers and daughters. The novel is about four Chinese mothers who have migrated from China to the United States, all the mothers migrated for different reasons, some were looking for a better life for their daughters and others wanted to run from the wars occurring near their homes. The mothers who grew up in China talk a lot about the Chinese culture and tell about the lives of their daughters and how migrating to the United States their daughters will have a better…

between the daughter and the mother, the reader should be able to easily connect to at least one aspect of bravery, fear, innocence, or wisdom. This should solidify the reader’s relatability to the characters and then enhance the aspect of individual trauma experienced throughout the poem, as previously mentioned. Dudley Randall’s executive use of speakers, their diction, and symbolism continues in the fourth stanza. In attempt to keep her daughter safe, the mother tells her daughter that she…

Joy Luck Club, Tan demonstrates how four Chinese mothers immigrate to America in hope for a better future. While they are able to enjoy the freedom that they could not find in China, they are not able to establish a good relationship with their daughters due to their differences in values and expectations. Through this novel, it is evident that adhering to restrictive Chinese culture while living in America has an impact on the relationships between…

Cyclone: Family in King Lear In King Lear by Shakespeare, families get broken apart by greed, hatred, and thunderstorms. The whole play revolves around a king and his daughters’ interactions when he gives them most of his kingdom. The entire family gets swept up in a humongous wave of drama as everyone except the youngest daughter starts backstabbing each other. There is also a subplot that mirrors the main story, with two brothers and their dad in a power struggle; the whole thing feels a bit…

Chinese-American mothers and daughters who have many misunderstandings throughout their lives. The mothers having very different childhoods, opportunities and struggles than their daughters, causes this. Changes in language, culture, and lack of communication leads to many misunderstandings between characters in the story. Understanding deteriorates as years pass and situations change. Changes in language cause major gaps in understanding between a mother and a daughter. Because of language,…

conflicting American views of the daughter, Amy Tan sets the scene for the “American Translation” section by giving the reader a parable that identifies the details of the disconnect between the mothers and daughters. She does this by illustrating the difference between the American and the Chinese viewpoint. Harold Bloom illustrates the purpose of this prologue by observing, “The prologue sets the tone and the reasons for the tensions and conflicts in the mother-daughter relationship” (7). In…

patriarchy runs, by just giving commandments to someone, and how everyone have predetermined duties in the society just like Hooks suggested, but the intent in this patriarchal dialogue between mother daughter is different than the violent view of the patriarchy by Hooks, because it is for the daughters benefit. A parent has a responsibility to its children. They make sure that they have all they need for the day, for life, all the required tools, to live a stable life. Parents would sacrifice…

the reason of why the daughter goes to church on Sunday. Sitton states the girls killed in the bombing were in Sunday School for a lesson on “A Love That Forgives” (16).…

realization through experience. Although both focus on mother daughter relationships, Tan tells her point of view from the daughter, Jing Mei. While Walker narrates through Mama’s point of view. In “Two Kinds” Amy Tan tells a story of a mother and daughter’s relationship with one another straining as the stress of conflicting dreams comes to a head. To the mother, Suyuan, America is the land of opportunity. She has high hopes that her daughter will be a great success as a prodigy.…