What does a mother should teach to her daughter? Obviously, she has a lot of stuff need to teach. In the both texts, “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan and “Girl” by Jamaica, the mothers are expecting their daughters to have better life and better future. They both worry about their daughters’ future and wonder how they would get ready for the adulthood. On the other hands, daughters are required to follow those guide from their mothers to achieve the aim that their mothers always want. Mother is an especially important role in children's early development, especially is for daughter. The mother may be foreshadowing what kind of her daughter would be in the future, and it depends how mother teaches her daughter.
In the text “Two Kinds”, the mother tries to do best to educate her daughter, and she wants her daughter would be success in the future since it is her duty as a mother. It states, “My mother slapped me. ‘Who ask you to be genius?’ she shouted. ‘Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you to be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask
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In the meanwhile, the daughter also receive the benefit from those tough practice. She states, “…that the best way to protect their children is by preparing them for the future, letting them see what they're capable of, and arming them with skills, work habits and inner confidence that no one can ever take away” Amy Chua is a typical tiger mother, as how media and society call her. Even though the society does not agree with her parenting style, she absolutely knows about what does parent should know and what does a mother must do. If a mother does not teach her daughter to prepare for the future, then her daughter won’t able to fit in the ever-changing society. Mother has responsibility to guide their daughters how to be success, meanwhile the daughter must be obey those guide as be responsible to their
Amy Tran’s story of the “Two Kinds” is a story about mother and her daughter who has complicated relationship and the relationship will deteriorate as the mother pushes her daughter to become a best for everything. At the beginning of the story ,Amy give us the impression that mother wants her daughter to become more productive and flourish in the society and to some degree to exceed everything for the best because she did not had the chance that her daughter have today. The mother was born and raised in china where she had lost her mother, her father, her first husband, her twin’s babies. It can be said the loss and tragedy has been vanished from her and she is only focused from now on her present life and the future headed of her daughter.
The article, the book, and I, talk about how daughters feel their mothers don’t know them and that they don’t know their mothers. They talk about how a daughter listens to her mother, but there is a certain point in a young woman 's mind where they decide they want to see and explore new ideas. In conclusion, they all talk about the point in a daughter 's life where she and her mother don’t get along very well and the daughter tries to take charge of her life.
In the story “ Two Kinds” Amy Tan presents the theme ¨Be grateful for what you have when you have it because nothing is forever¨ through the main characters Ni kan and her mother and also through foreshadowing. Tan takes you through a story of a girl and her mother as they both individually learn a good life lesson.
A girl's communication and relationship with her mother are influential to her development and well-being. Communication between mother and daughter entails sending, receiving and comprehending each other intended message. According to Belgrave (2009), majority of girls report positive relationships with their mothers. Most girls learn from their mothers. This is because mothers teach and socialize with their daughters regarding any facet of her life, including behaving like a female, being a mother, caring for others. More importantly, mothers teach their daughters about sexuality and health (Tamis-Lemonda, Briggs, McClowry, & Snow, 2009). Mothers also teach their daughters how to make a decent living as well as how to achieve career and economic success.
Having a child is one of the most wonderful moments when a person becomes a parent. Although it is foreseen that each couple always hope their children succeed academically, sometimes they overestimate their children’s potential and put a lot of expectations on them. In Asia, such as Japan, China, and South Korea, these expectations become burdens for the children, which may lead them to become rebels. The story “Two Kinds” of Amy Tan will illustrate Asia parents’ expectation throughout the aspects of the educational system, parental involvement, and single-child family as well as the gender issue.
The mother in “Two Kinds”, is culturally accustomed to raising a child to be obedient and expects her daughter to bare her extreme parenting measures. With the daughter’s mother coming from China she
Amy is forced to memories the pages by her mother. It is very strict requirement for an under ten years old girl. Similarly, Chua asks her daughters to do the same thing, it says in the passage “[Chua’s] stories of never accepting a grade lower than A” Chua’s high demand shows her striction for her daughters. Her
Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School who wrote a memoir named Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, believes that parenting style should be strict parenting is the key to successful child-rearing. In addition, she believes that hardened child-rearing approach with the methods of close monitoring and behavioral restrictions. Also, Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior, Chua wrote that parents should override their children preferences such things as hobbies and academic performance. Moreover, she thinks the vast majority of the Chinese mothers said that they believe their children can be the best students and that academic achievement reflects successful parenting, and that if children did not excel at school then there was a problem and parents were not doing their job. According to Chua, through close monitoring and disciplines, children will be able to
The prompt I chose was about a conflict in the story. The conflict is very crucial to the story and sets up the plot, mood, and tone throughout the narrative. In the story, “Two Kinds”, Amy Tan constructs a conflict between the main character, Ni kan, and her mother. The conflict between Ni kan and her mother is a huge part of the story. Without this conflict, there probably wouldn’t be a story, for this conflict guides the storyline consummately.
Amy Tan is not bound by traditional rules; in any event, she demonstrates an individual in society exceptionally well. In the first place, Amy chose not to listen to authority figures. This is proven when she offers that “my being disobedient and staying out past sunset, catching a chill at night, which turns into feverish pneumonia as punishment, which indeed happened to me.” Use of the term “disobedient” implies that she refused to follow the rules outlined to her by an authoritative figure. Additionally, Amy did not feel influenced to follow the career path encouraged by others. When she speaks of the few Asian Americans enrolled in creative writing programs, she states, “…perhaps they also have teachers who are steering them away from writing
Both men and women are faced with the cultural strains of gender norms. Although one can sympathize for both genders, historically speaking, women have faced significantly more repercussions. In Amy Tan’s, Two Kinds, the theme of feminine oppression is represented by the symbolism of the song in which the main character, Ni kan, must recite as a child. The song she recites is called “Pleading Child” and she only realizes that the song has a second half called “Perfectly Contented” until adulthood. The two contrasting pieces of music represent the defiance of women to standards of femininity set by the patriarchy. This is showcased by the relationship between Ni kan and her mother who symbolize women living in a patriarchal society and the patriarchy itself, respectively. Moreover, their relationship reflects the oppression of women by the ideologies of; undermining a woman’s value, denying a woman’s choice and the disagreement between the sexes.
There are several responsibilities a girl should learn about before going off on her own and it is usually the mother’s job to teach their daughter these life lessons. In the prose poem “Girl,” by Jamaica Kincaid, a mother writes out a “guide” her daughter must follow in order to succeed in her adult years.
Amy Chua’s. Structured, strong willed, strict, and overbearing. This parenting style is practiced by many, and results show it to be effective in creating successful children soon to be adults. Not all would agree with the rules of the “Tiger Mother.” A columnist for the Los Angeles Times Meghan Daum wrote while many agreed with Chua’s ways so many others felt disrespected and upset about it. Those who agreed said that they were applauding her for her strict ways and agreed that some American parents would rather be their child’s friend verses their parent. Daum brings to attention that after extreme conflict and death threats were made to Amy Chua from those who disapproved, she softened the message. She said her passage was a bit badly portrayed, and was meant to be comical. Chua made sure to stand her ground on her parenting ways though. Meghan Daum relates to Chua’s plead of the article being misleading she mentions New York Times digs deep and can be tough. Another Los Angeles Times columnist Patrick Goldstein writes “I have no beef with Chua’s parenting code.” (Goldstein). He further explains that he doesn’t feel it is any more gruesome then those of the parents living on the Westside of Los Angeles. Goldstein says, “The truth is that if you have a particular talent and the will to succeed, you don’t really need education.” (Patrick Goldstein). He refers to the life of Holly Wood. Half of the famous don’t have any college education and some without high-school, but very successful. A staffed writer for the New Yorker Elizabeth Kolbert says, “Yes you can brute force any kid to learn to play the piano but you’ll never have a Jimi Hendrix.” (Elizabeth
In her short story "Two Kinds," Amy Tan utilizes the daughter's point of view to share a mother's attempts to control her daughter's hopes and dreams, providing a further understanding of how their relationship sours. The daughter has grown into a young woman and is telling the story of her coming of age in a family that had emigrated from China. In particular, she tells that her mother's attempted parental guidance was dominated by foolish hopes and dreams. This double perspective allows both the naivety of a young girl trying to identify herself and the hindsight and judgment of a mature woman.
Furthermore, Amy Tan writes a wonderful short story about the complicated relationship between mothers and daughters, yet one can be enriching. The theme of “Two