In the story Two Kinds‚ from the Joy Luck by Amy Tan you can never find two people who are more different than Jing Mei the narrator and her mother. In the story based on the year 1960‚ the mother who comes from China‚ a place where there was nothing but war‚ and all her family has died‚ except for one of her daughters‚ Jing Mei. In America her mother still believes that you can be anything you wanted to be‚ so‚ she wants her daughter to become prodigy. Jing Mei though‚ believes that you should
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Two Kinds is a story about a Mother’s relationship with her daughter. Jing Mei’s mother came to The United States in 1949 from China and resided in San Francisco‚ California. Her time living China‚ she had lost all hope when she had lost her entire family. She had remarried with her second husband and had Jing Mei. When she moved to the United States she was in the hopes of pursuing her dreams in her daughter. She imposed upon her daughter Jing Mei her high expectations for her. “At first my mother
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Spectacular Jing-mei The girl Jing-mei in “Two Kinds” is brave and independent. She has miserable childhood because she has a pushy mother who always tries to force her into being a prodigy. However‚ Jing-mei doesn’t obey as other Chinese kids. She awakens her inner part and follows it to be what she really is. This is the reason why we treat Jing-mei sympathetically and both respectfully. When she was a litter girl‚ Jing-mei’s mother gave het various tests‚ trying to see whether she
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Character Analysis In “Two Kinds‚” the main character‚ Jing-mei‚ is portrayed as a skeptical‚ independent‚ and strong-willed young girl. These attributes are shown through her lack of faith in herself and her disobedience towards her mother. The first sign of Jing-mei’s skepticism is when she becomes impatient with the prodigy inside her. In fact‚ she imagines her inner prodigy telling herself that‚ “‘If you don’t hurry up and get me out of here‚ I’m disappearing for good”’ (Schilb & Clifford 241)
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the story Indians fathers plea. In this story a father is asking the teacher for acceptance of his son as someone who is special. His son is a Native American‚ and growing up he was influenced by their traditions. His teacher labeled him slow and is treated differently by other people. His father explains he is different “My son‚ wind wolf is not an empty glass coming into your class to be filled he full basket coming into a different with something special to share”.
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In the excerpts “The Violin” and “Jing Mei Woo:Two Kinds”‚ the authors demonstrate their maternal relationships between mother and child. In Amy Chua’s novel Battle Hymn of A Tiger Mom‚ she shows how she and her daughter have a very tense yet close relationship‚ while in Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club‚ she and her mother have a very strict and unloving relationship. Both mothers want more out of their daughters‚ but Tan’s mother is much stricter and more intense about her commitment to the piano
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While trying to understand the reasons for her mother wanting Jing-Mei to be great‚ Jing-Mei discovers the real meaning of two kinds. "Two Kinds" is written by Amy Tan. Jing-Mei‚ a young Chinese girl‚ grew up in America with her mother‚ a member of the Joy Luck Club. Through this‚ Jing-Mei’s mother pushes into being a prodigy. With this‚ her mother has the idea of Jing-Mei playing the piano. <br> <br>Initially‚ Jing-Mei doesn’t have the drive to succeed as her mother does. Her mother has many ideas
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Most children struggle to establish who they are. In ‘Two Kinds’‚ does Jing-Mei know who she is or is she struggling because of her mother’s view? Throughout the entire story‚ her mother is pushing her daughter to be the best or to be a prodigy which leads Jing-Mei to struggle within herself on who she can be. As she struggled‚ she had two halves pulling at her which was her mother’s expectations and her thoughts telling her she wasn’t anything special. As she grew up‚ she accepted defeat that she
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Jing Mei: Success or a Failure In the 1950’s‚ many immigrants believed that America was a place where all their dreams and wishes could come true. There is no exception to one family who just move to the “land of opportunity” to give their daughter‚ Jing Mei for a brighter future. As the author‚ Amy Tan writes the story named “Two Kinds”. The story is centered around a Chinese immigrant‚ Jing Mei and her family’s struggles and how they have overcome many obstacles in their lives. Jing Mei’s mother
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Amy Tan’s short story “Two Kinds” illustrates a young girls struggle with her highly opinionated mother and finding her own way. Jing-Mei’s mother continually enforces Jing-Met to carry out tasks the way she wants her to‚ her way. Therefore Jing-Mei is unable to grow as her own person and carry out the choices she wants to. Throughout Jing-Mei’s journey she begins to develop negative thoughts of herself and displays the attributes of insecurity‚ stubbornness and cruelty. Jing-Mei’s stubbornness
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