The Joy Luck Club

Most of the time immigrants underestimate the difficulties they might face in their new destinations. Such as overcoming language barrier, adapting to the new culture and environment. One of the writers who discussed the issue of challenges immigrants face was Lan Cao. This essay will clearly analyze the weaknesses and strengths of the article "The Gift of Language" by Lan Cao. In the excerpt, the author tells about a Vietnamese girl and her mother who immigrate to America during the Vietnam…

In “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, The two daughters can compare but are distinctively different as well. Waverly Jong grew up a child prodigy playing chess and Jing Mei was a pianist prodigy. Both girls thought their work was simple and it came naturally for them. Waverly had her own bit of fame and continuously brought home her awards and trophies. “We didn’t always pick the right kind of prodigy”(Tan 1). Jing Mei didn’t always realize she was talented at the piano, before this she tried everything…

Amy Tan does a great job creating a cultural conflict between Jing-mei and her mom. Being from a different culture and living in a place where standards of society and cultural behaviors are different than what Jing-mei?s mom is used to, she wants to raise her daughter the way she would if they lived in China. Being born and raised in America by Chinese parents, changes the way Jing-mei thought of herself and her heritage while growing up. Her mother believed ?you could be anything you wanted in…

In The Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong has ambivalent sentiments about being a Chinese female. In the Chinese culture daughters are treated as a liability and that made her wish she was a boy when she was younger. The way her parents and other Chinese people speak about girls is one of the reasons that she seems to at sometimes resent the Chinese culture. However, she really seems to identify with the figure of the women warrior. As a kid she was told the story of Fa Mulan and to wants to be like her…

Your culture can dictate what you value because of your surroundings. Your surroundings determine what you do, how you act, and how you think. Your surroundings make a huge impact on your life. Such as in Billy and Mike’s situation, where they want to play football because in their culture football is what boys their age do. Billy and Mike had a choice to play football rather than Jing Mei Woo and Waverly Jong. Jing Mei Woo never had that choice. Jing Mei Woo’s mother forced her to become a…

As Wynonna Judd once said, “The mother daughter relationship is the most complex.” Jing-Mei and her mother’s relationship in the novel excerpt "Two Kinds," certainly represents this quote. Throughout the excerpt. Jing-Mei and her mother grow further and further apart as Jing-Mei’s perspective on cultural identity and the “American Dream” evolve, clashing with her mother’s opinion. Their contrasting opinions lead to several conflicts, each building off the previous, developing Amy Tan’s theme of…

“Two Kinds”: The Role of the Chinese Parent in Todays Society. Many people wonder how Chinese parents raise such successful kids. Much of these speculations into the mystery of Chinese parenting styles are very recent. Chinese parenting practices focus more on being demanding and strict to guide their children to do well. It is important to examine exactly how the parenting roles of the Chinese differ from those of western cultures. The story of “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan explores what happens when…

Everybody goes through major conflicts. It’s a part of life. It could be as small as what clothes you should wear today, or it could be as big as what college you should go to. Conflicts can arise from anything. In The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, many of the characters go through internal and external conflicts that greatly affect their life. Eventually, they resolve that conflict. For example, the relationship between Lindo Jong and Waverly Jong has some conflicts that go along with it. They…

The two texts “Finding Her Way” and “Kylie’s Project” tell about two girls named Angela and Kylie who face cultural differences and misunderstandings about disabilities. “Finding Her Way” by, Linda Sue Park features the main character Angela who immigrated to the US from Korea. Being an immigrant brought many challenges because she stood out from her other classmates. “Kylie’s Project” features Kylie who is a wheelchair bound girl that often feels trapped by not being able to walk or explore…

In the book In Order to Live Yeonmi Park writes about what she had to do in order to survive living in North Korea and all of the events that happen to her during her escape to South Korea. Even as a young girl Yeonmi would struggle to stay alive and death was always around the corner in North Korea. This constant struggle didn’t end when she escaped North Korea to go live in China. Then the struggle for survival led up all the way till she arrived in South Korea then it became a struggle to fit…