The Prodigy

on teaching anything their daughters need to become in another person. Mothers do not realize that their daughters have different objectives in their lives that differ sometimes too much from them. For example, Ni Kan says, “’Of course you can be prodigy, too,’ my mother told me when I was nine” (Tan 590). In these lines, the mother assumes her daughter may become an intelligent person no matter what. The mother starts to analyze what is the best way to reach her objective about her daughter.…

Mothers and daughters have different points of view about dreams in their lives. Mothers draw in their minds the kind of life their daughters will be in the future. They do not consider their expectations are far away from their daughters dreams. In this world, mothers and daughters do not conceive the same thoughts about someone future. Mothers regularly make plans towards their daughters’ lives without thinking their daughters have other plans which differ from them. There are two stories…

M. Huettl: Review of An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Introduction Attention Grabber: origin of “Eureka” Transition: what every child prodigy waits for Summary: child prodigy just graduated HS just got dumped by 19th girlfriend named Katherine best friend Hassan takes him on a road trip to distract him stop to see roadside attraction in a small Tennessee town and end up with a summer job there Colin has his “Eureka!” moment and develops a mathematical equation to predict when 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 prodigy. She only wanted to honor her family, but her way. Soon her mother arranged piano classes. Jing Mei Woo really didn’t try because she felt it was her mothers last chance at making her a prodigy. She was put in a recital, which lead to Jing Mei…

Beethoven began his early training with his abusive father Johann van, although his offensive tactics towards Beethoven hurt him physically and emotionally, Beethoven develop a keenness for playing instruments. His creativity surpassed all of the pain and suffering caused by such a traumatic childhood. Once Beethoven sharpened his talent he was able to achieve a position as an appointed organist for the courts, his salary was about 150 florins. This achievement made his father very proud of his…

tries to forge her daughter into becoming a prodigy to outshine ordinary children. Hence, she tries to live vicariously through her daughter. Thus, there is a separation between…

“do’s and don’ts.” If a woman follows all of these rules, she may be finally acknowledged by her male peers as an “accomplished woman.” One woman in particular who had been affected by these constraints on her creativity was Amy Beach, a musical prodigy. Despite Beach’s restrictions, she was able to both adhere to her societal roles of the time while also pushing past her limits, becoming much more than just an “accomplished woman.” So what exactly is an accomplished woman? This title seems to…

aspires for her daughter to become a child prodigy, Jing-Mei's mother stays with her traditional Chinese culture while Jing-Mei is born into the average American culture, the practice of two different cultures in one home caused conflict between the mother and daughter. At a young age her mother forced different types of prodigy's until she found the right subject, or so she thinks. In the beginning Jing-Mei actually enjoyed the thought of being a prodigy until the constant disappointment she…

conflicts. The Woo family is an example of a mother-daughter conflict in which, Suyuan Woo, the mother, enforces her daughter, June, to become a prodigy and refuses to see her capabilities, which leads to June feeling as a disappointment in her mother’s eyes, and believes that Suyuan does not care for her. As Suyuan Woo enforces June to become a prodigy and refuses to see June’s potential, it leads to a major argument between the two, which changed their relationship. An example of June being…

this mindset embedded into your brain, it's hard to believe that you will ever be proven wrong in these circumstances. In the short story, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, Jing-mei tries to fight off who she's not but is compelled by her mother to become the prodigy that she's always hoped for in her daughter. These two forces collide, causing conflict within their relationship where Jing-mei faces the tough reality that she cannot be what her mother wants her to be because of the high expectations…