Anna Quindlen

With And Without Mother Sometimes I wonder what kind of reaction a daughter would get in the absence or presence of her mother. The relationship of a daughter and mother who is kindhearted and caring towards her daughter or a mother who bickers non-stop? Through the short stories Mothers by Anna Quindlen and Amy Tan’s, Two kinds, the author displays the positive and negative relationship revealed through the presence of a mother.
There are different emotions felt when a mother is absent in a daughters life. She strays to wonder how life would be like with her mother. As displayed in Anna Quindlen short story, Mothers, it is revealed that a daughter struggles to find the actuality of fantasy and reality. The daughter that narrates the story envy’s others mother and daughter relationships. The narrator describes her life situation as if her mother was still alive, mentioning, “ take[ing] care of the wedding arrangements, or come and stay for a
As for in Amy Tan’s, Two Kinds, the presence of motherhood is revealed to be less appreciated. In the short story, Two Kinds, Ni Kan’s mother came to America in 1949, from China leaving behind her mother and father, her family home, her first husband, and her twin daughter in search for hope for a better future, moving along and never looking back with regrets. At first her mother was trying to send Ni Kan to Chinese Shirley Temple to learn dancing and singing. As soon as she got this idea, she took her to this beauty training school to cut her hair off. They cut her hair similar to the famous character named “Peter Pan” who appears in the story Little White Bird. By looking at her hair she try to thinks that her future is going to be better. She thinks that she will be perfect soon and her mother and father would adore