Analysis Of The Story Two Kinds By Amy Tan

The United States of America has been dubbed “the land of the free”. The migrants that migrated to America came for a better lifestyle. Because of this, America is a melting pot of cultures. Living in America means one has the ability to freely go about doing something, and each American has a set of laws that will protect and help them. An American is one who has freedom.

An allusion is a reference to a well-known person, place, or event. In the story, Two Kinds written by Amy Tan, allusions are often used. The author refers to celebrities throughout the story. She relates them Jing-mei, one of the main characters. Using allusions can help provide more details in the story. Allusions say a lot about a character and enhances events in the story.

In the short story, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, a Chinese mother and daughter are at odds with each other. The mother pushes her daughter to become a prodigy, while the daughter (like most children with immigrant parents) seeks to find herself in a world that demands her Americanization. This is the theme of the story, conflicting values. In a society that values individuality, the daughter sought to be an individual, while her mother demanded she do what was suggested. This is a conflict within itself. The daughter must deal with an internal and external conflict. Internally, she struggles to find herself. Externally, she struggles with the burden of failing to meet her mother’s expectations. Being a first-generation Asian American,

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.

“The land of the free and the home of the brave” these are people's first thoughts when they think about coming to America. Many come to america to make their dreams a reality or for many reasons as to have a better life for their kids, or the generation that come. Like the colonial immigrants, the 1800s immigrants, and the modern immigrant. All of them have reasons why they came to america or persuade their dreams. How they look at america they all have a way of looking at america different but they all have a dream in america. What is really most people dream in America?

Often in literature, character relationships change and evolve. “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan is about how a daughter’s feelings change when her mother has higher expectations than the daughter, Jing-mei, does in herself. Jing-mei’s lack of self confidence in becoming a prodigy creates conflict between her and her mother. After a careful analysis of the story, the reader understands how Jing-mei’s feelings toward her mother changed, why her feelings changed, and how those changed feelings affected the entire story.

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 the reader through a story of a girl and her mother as they both individually learn a good life lesson.

The story Two Kinds By Amy Tan was about a young Chinese girl and her mother who had just moved to the United States. The mother had moved to America because she had lost everything her husband, mom,dad, and children. Even in spite of all this loss she never looked back and never regretted her decision. One day Ni kan’s mother had the idea of Ni kan becoming a child prodigy because to Ni kan's mother you could do anything in America.

For millions of immigrants, America has been seen as the land of opportunity where anyone could become anything he or she wanted to be. A family that believes strongly in the American dream can be found in Amy Tan’s short story, “Two Kinds.” The story centers around the daughter of a Chinese immigrant who desperately wants her daughter to become successful. In the story, the author shows the difficult lives immigrants face when moving to a new culture. In this short story, the theme shows the protagonist’s conflict with her mother on the type of daughter her mother wants her to be. The author establishes the theme of how difficult mother-daughter relationships can be through characterization, setting, and symbolism.

In the Short Story " Two kinds " by Amy tan , Jing Mei tells the story of her childhood through different central ideas. The central ideas that relates to her her life the most are expectations, identify and relationship . One quote that represents the central of expectations is "Why don't you like me the way I am? I cried , "I'm not a genius!". Jing Mei feels like her mothers expectations are too high and doesn't like her for the way is she is.

The story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan is about a mother and daughter who have strong conflicting ideas about what it means to have a sense of self. This may be partly due to the mother growing up in China, which is a very different culture than the American culture where endless opportunities are available to anyone who wants to pursue them. Jing-mei's mother wants her daughter to be the best, a prodigy of sorts, and to have the kind of life, full of hopes and dreams that she did not have. In the beginning of the story Jing-mei liked the idea of becoming a prodigy however, the prodigy in her became impatient. "If you don't hurry up and get me out of here, I'm disappearing for good." It warned. "And then you'll always be nothing" (500).

Like many immigrants think, America is the land of opportunity. People from all over the world,

When life is full of many challenges it's often very hard to see the good things, but according to God everything we face, he does for the good. “And we know all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose” (King James Version, Romans 8.28). We all just need to seek the good in our lives and not allow negativity to bring us down. Growing as a person often comes from being able to see the good in all things.

The definition of an underachiever as stated by Webster is “one (such as a student) that fails to attain a predicted level of achievement or does not do as well as expected.” In the short story “Two Kinds” written by Amy Tan, Ni’Kan is the queen of underachievers. She determines at a young age to become defiant to her mom. After experiencing disappointment from letting her mom down, Ni’Kan determined that she would become an underachiever and intentionally failed throughout her life.

Many of us throughout our whole life’s growing up as a kid and even when we are old our mom has been our best friend. The person we go to when we need something, been there for us when we are down and lifted us up and they are a part of us in so many ways. In ‘’Two Kinds’’ by Amy Tan, Ni Kan and her mother had a relationship like no other and will be explained in this essay. In the beginning of this short story it gives an explanation of what her mom believes the American dream is. She has lost all her family in china and now in America she wants to help her daughter achieve the American dream but her daughter is completely against what her mom wants. In the beginning of the story Ni Kan is excited to become a prodigy and she believes that