An Essay about ‘Two Kinds’ by Amy Tan The short story ‘Two Kinds’ was written by Amy Tan and published. It’s about a woman from China who immigrated to America with great success, and therefore has big expectation of her daughter. Tan herself is also the daughter of a couple who emigrated from China which explains why she writes about this topic. The narrator is first-person which gives the impression that Tan is telling her story. The story is set in Chinatown, America during the late 1950’s
Words: 1001 - Pages: 5
“Two Kinds”, By Amy Tan In “Two Kinds” (Tan, 206) Suyuan; mother, and June Mei; daughter are mother and daughter who struggle to find a common ground on many things. Suyuan is a Chinese immigrant from China. Suyuan arrived in America after losing everything. This includes, “mother, father, family home, first husband, and two twin daughters”. (Tan, 206) Even after all that was lost, she knew her decision to go to America was the right one. She now has a new life, a new husband, and a
Words: 312 - Pages: 2
Two Kinds By Amy Tan I was born in Korea and was raised in a Korean family. Korean society has been developing rapidly compared to other countries that have gone through war. Korean people assume that the education is the key that led the society to develop rapidly. My parents never had an opportunity to have a dream and have a greater education. Both of my parents only graduated high school since their parents believed making money by learning technical skills was more important. Paying money
Words: 468 - Pages: 2
Two Kinds The story “Two Kinds” is written by Amy Tan. The story comes from a collection of short stories called “The Joy Luck Club” with was published the year 1989. The text questions whether a mother should press her child to be something big or whether the child should do the things it wants to do. The story takes place in the United States of America in the 1950s. The perspective in the story is seen from a first person narrator. The family is working class because they cannot afford
Words: 723 - Pages: 3
“Two Kinds” by Amy Tan Parents in a perfect world want what is best for their children, and sometimes it can appear selfish as it did in the beginning of “Two Kinds”. Jing Mei’s mother only wanted to push Jing Mei to succeed only because she didn’t want her to have to go through all she had been through in her early years. “America was where all my mother's hopes lay” suggested her mother has already lost everything and was desperately hoping to create a better life in America for Jing Mei. Throughout
Words: 505 - Pages: 3
“Two Kinds” One of the stories that really stood out to me was the “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan because in the story it was the mother that coming from another country had hopes and dreams and not thinking in what her daughter wanted was determined to make her own hopes come true. As it says in the beginning of the story “My mother believed you could be anything in America” The mother believes that working hard you can be anything you want to be here in America. The mother had very high hopes that her
Words: 822 - Pages: 4
Mekhaiel 1 NAME: Mina Mekhaiel Date: Feb 12/2015 Essay 3 Are the story’s ideas and messages still relevant today? Mostly, immigrant people move to the United States with their cultures, and they still intend to apply those cultures on their children; however, there is a problem here that those immigrant people don’t realize. Most of the time, either their children come with them when they are young, or they get to be born in the states, but the parents don’t realize that the time, the place, the
Words: 939 - Pages: 4
A. The main character in “Two Kinds” is a little Chinese-American girl, who has been battling constantly with her mother over her identity. The struggle between mother and daughter begins when they move from China to America. Most of the time is spend with watching Shirley Temple movies and reading stories in magazine about perfect children. To success with making succeed in making their girl a prodigy they even cut her hair, to make her look like a famous star. One night the mother is watching
Words: 662 - Pages: 3
interpretation of “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan Most parents wish their children the best. That can be through spoiling the child materialistic, but it can also be seen, as they want their children to unfold their wings and become the greatest among basically everyone. From time to time it can even occur, that they want more than that as they choose to live out their own dreams through their children. The latter is what the text ”Two Kinds” by Amy Tan deals with. The short story Two Kinds is a text written
Words: 976 - Pages: 4
Two Kinds of Entrepreneurs Alia Dangerfield BA540 Managerial Economics Dr. Jonathan Green May 8, 2013 Two Kinds of Entrepreneurs In today’s market economy I believe the scenario of lower interest rates and more capital is important today. I choose scenario number three because when interest rates are low people tend to borrow money. “When interest rates are low, capital is easier to acquire. This can spur economic development because, human nature being what it is, the more cash you have
Words: 573 - Pages: 3
