Amy Tan 's Two Kinds

It's safe to say that every child at some point has had an argument with a parent similar to this one. While what started it in the first place ay be different, the outcome is generally the same: hurt feelings and resentment. In the case of Jing-mei from Amy Tan's Two Kinds, what started it was her mother's constant pressure to be something she obviously didn't wish to be. In retaliation, Jing-mei did what practically any girl her age does. She threw her arms up and quit, refusing to conform to her mother's standards. Her and her mother's problem stems from differing views of success, obedience, and upbringing.

Amy Tan had many personal experiences in her story. For example, when Amy Tan was living in Northern California, her mother had very high expectations on her. Her mother wanted her to be with the American society and be the best she could be. Amy Tan had to get a haircut very short to the way other famous children were acting in the United States. Amy’s mother was the one who encouraged this. With that, in the story “Two Kinds,” the young girl named Jing-mei live in a part of California and she had to get a very short haircut. Jing-mei’s mother wanted her daughter to look and act the same way Shirley Temple did. Within both of the girls lives, they each had to act like an already famous person exactly to please their mothers.

In the short story, “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, it explains the differences such as work ethic and beliefs between the narrator, jing-mei or daughter and her mother. Jing-mei is a chinese american that is the daughter of a woman who lost everything from her home to her to twin daughters and her husband. The mother believes deeply in the american dream and her daughter finding her special prodigy. The mother gave Jing-mei a test to help see where her talent lied but throughout the story she failed. The daughter wants to be someone her mother doesn’t. The mother’s work ethic is for more grand then the daughter’s. The mother is a determined worker and the daughter on the other hand was a very big slacker that believed she could get away with everything.

Questions have been raised on whether Chinese parenting raises more flourishing children than Western parenting. Despite what people think, in Amy Chua's essay “The Roar of the Tiger Mom”, she portrays the differences between the beliefs of Chinese parenting and Western parenting. Chua introduces the views of a Chinese parent compared to the views of a Western parent. The methods used by Chinese mothers in raising their children are drastically different from Western mothers. Each defends their methods and believes the other group is doing their job poorly. In the end, both types of parents just want one thing-- successful children.

The stories "Why Chinese Mothers are Superior" by Amy Chua and "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan portray how children are raised in Chinese-American culture and what beliefs predominate in Chinese-American communities. In Chinese-American culture, mothers approach raising their children differently from many other American parents. While there are many similarities among these Chinese parents, variation can still be seen in the level of persistence and determination each individual parent pours into their parenting. These differences in persistence can be what make the difference in the results.

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.

It is true that the ways the parents raise their children will decide how well the children grow, especially the mothers who impact their children the most. There is no right or wrong in how a mother takes care of her children. All of them want the best for their children. The only difference is the level of intensity in how to raise a child. In Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior, Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School believes that the ways Chinese mothers raise their children are the most effective ways. Her main purpose of this article is to state the differences between Western mothers and Chinese mothers which

“Two Kinds” by Amy Tan is a story that shows a battle that starts with the narrator and her mother, for control over the narrator’s life. Her mother wanted her to become a prodigy, but she wanted to be anything other than that. So, throughout the short story “Two Kinds” she’s determined to not quit the fight. “Two Kinds” is filled with different forms of conflict which allows for the narrator to realize that her mother’s crazy antics were to help her find what she was good at. Which leads to the narrator facing twoness until her mother is no longer

“In 2009, 33 million people in the United States were second generation immigrants, representing 11% of the national population. The children of such immigrants in the U.S., also known as "second generation immigrants," experience a cultural conflict between that of their parents and that of mainstream U.S. society” (Wikipedia 1). Amy Tan the author of “Two Kinds”, and the young character in the story both are a second generation immigrants, who have struggled in their life with parents, about the culture they assimilating and their real culture.

Because America is such a diverse country, there are many differences between cultures of various immigrant groups. Members of each culture, have their own beliefs and values regarding what they think is right. The cultural diversity allows for each person to have a different view of things. Amy Chua’s essay “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior,” she describes her way of parenting her two daughters following Chinese values about education. She explains how Western parents are much more lenient than Chinese parents with their children and education. Chua gives examples of how she raised her daughter Lulu and Sophia which lead them to achieve success. She makes comparisons between Western and Chinese parenting styles throughout the essay and concludes that both types of parents want the best for their children, but just approach parenting it in different ways. In the article, “Chinese vs Western Mothers: Q&A with Amy Chua,” Amy Chua is interviewed by Belinda Luscombe where she clarifies how her Chinese method of parenting did not hurt her children the way many readers thought it did. Chua explains that her relationship with her two daughters is very strong and believes there are many effective ways of parenting in addition to the Chinese approach. Chua’s essay shows the Chinese immigrant approach to parenting and gives insight into why so many children of Chinese parents are so successful. Discussing the cultural differences shows the risk of stereotyping groups where feelings

The short story, “two Kinds” by Amy Tan is about a girl named Jing-Mei, or “June” who’s mother is basically wanting to live her life through her. Since they moved from China to live in America, her mother knows that the US is the “land of opportunity”, and wants June to be a talented prodigy and have the high hopes for her to become famous. June has failed all other options to be this prodigy her mother wants to be, but what has caught her mother's train of thought was that she thinks June should be a pianist. And once again she has failed. June has had the thoughts of wanting to die because she knows she cannot please her mother, she feels its best. This story’s theme reflects on ‘The American Dream’ and how June does not want to live it.

Familial expectations hold a significant impact on the development of an individual’s outlook on life. In some cultures, such as Asians, children are enforced with strict standards from their parents. These children are expected to be outstanding in every aspect of society, such as educational and behavior-wise. To put it simply, the children are expected to be perfect puppets, mindless dolls that only listen to their puppeteer, the parents. These expectations define an individual’s perspective, personal concepts, and standards on oneself as well as the world. To demonstrate, in “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, the mother continuously tries to impose on her daughter rigorous standards to achieve, standards she inherit from the older generations. Chinese

Most of Asian countries are heavily influenced by Confucius, who was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician and philosopher of the spring and autumn period of Chinese history. Japan is one of the most influenced country. Confucian original ideals focuses on the family, such as men are the heads of

Parents have all kinds of different methods and strategies for raising their kids. There are many different parenting styles, but in Amy’s book she talks about two main ones, you have the rigid and oppressive “Chinese parents”, then on the other end of the spectrum you have “Westren parents” which are more lenient and consciously aware of their kids self esteem. Amy Chua believes in the way of how Chinese parents raise their children and she uses some of their techniques in her own family. In “The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom” Amy Chua describes the discrepancies of Chinese and Western parents on how children should be brought up. She provides some of her own experiences to justify how strict Chinese parents are and how they expect nothing less than perfect.

Almost every Korean parent believes “Korean has few natural resources, we don’t have much land, the only resource we have is people. So anyone who wants to be successful really has to stand out. [Chakrabarti]” Due to the assistance by the supplemental education, the percentage of secondary graduation for South Korean students is about 92% during 2015 and 2016. In 2012 Program for International Student Assessment mean score chart, South Korean students’ scores are a lot higher than the United States and OECD Average. The mathematics mean score is about 555, reading is about 535 and science is nearly reached 540. From the statistics above, we can see that supplemental education really offers South Korean students better opportunities since their examination scores are very important for them to be successful in the future.