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    Close Reading of the Final Paragraph of “A Pair of Tickets” For I am a Chinese‚ reading A Pair of Tickets gives me a sense of familiar recognition but simultaneously vagueness. The war her parents gone through was words of text in my history lesson‚ and at the same time‚ my grandparents’ experiences too. Some visible and imperceptible effects of the war have affected hugely on the life of every Chinese‚ every family‚ every man and every woman‚ every child and every elder‚ the future generations

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    "A Pair of Tickets"           A  message  I  think  the  author  Amy  Tan  is  trying  to  give  in  "A  Pair  of  Tickets"  is  the  importance  of  knowing  your  heritage.  The  beginning  starts  off  with  a  young  lady  named  Jing  Mei  and  her  father  on  a  train  in  China  to  visit  their  estranged  family  for  the  first  time  in  years‚  but  it’ll  be  Jei  Ming  first  time  ever.                   Jing  Mei  never  felt  like  she  had  Chinese  in  her  at  all‚  because

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    "A Pair of Tickets" Amy Tan’s classic short story‚ "A Pair of Tickets"‚ is a coming of age story as the protagonist wakes up to her heritage when she travels to her native land‚ but it is also a story of internal racial tension. Not in the sense of one class looking down on another but of the internal racial tension that rages on inside Jing-mei as the battle between what she is by birth and what she is by nature tears her apart when she suddenly discovers her long lost sisters just a month after

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    The short story ’A Pair of Tickets’ is a component of a novel ’The Joy Luck Club’ by Amy Tan which focuses on a woman fulfilling the lifelong wish of her mother. The title symbolizes the discovery of the narrator’s identity‚ and the soul of her emotional nature and feelings towards her mother. The setting in this story changes the soul of the narrator as she begins to discover things about herself and her two different cultures. As the story progresses‚ she begins to question things in her life

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    Ayoshna Ganesh Mrs. Stafford—Zero Hour AP English Literature—Comprehension questions 12 September 2013 “A Pair of Tickets” 1. The use of the train ride into a city in China provides and an appropriate introduction to the narrator “becoming Chinese‚” because it symbolizes the journey she is having. Plus most people reflect on things during longer trips and it gives her a chance to reflect on things that her mom has said and what her mom has done for her. In turn it provides a reader about the

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    From the first breath of life‚ people begin to develop a sense of who they are. Cultural heritage is the source of identity and the key to what sets nations apart from one another. Amy Tan’s short story “A Pair of Tickets” illustrates the journey that a mother and a daughter face trying to understand the different cultures and perspectives of the Chinese and American way of thinking. Through the use of setting and theme‚ Tan demonstrates the importance of family‚ heritage‚ and identity. From a young

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    A Pair of Tickets In the short story "A Pair of Tickets‚" by judging from the title one might think that this is a simple story more about adventure than anything else. In “A Pair of Tickets” The author Amy Tan uses a symbols to help us understand the theme the story. Family and Culture are the most important topic in this story therefore; it gives us a better understanding of the story. As stated in the context of the story “Jing-mei is on a train to China‚ traveling with her seventy-two-year-old

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    Analyzing: ”A pair of Tickets” “Theme” is commonly described as the central idea for literary work or ideas explored within a piece of literature. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines theme as: “a subject or topic of discourse; an artistic representation; a written composition; a melodic subject of a musical movement.” However‚ theme can also serve to convey a “moral” of a story‚ and as such possesses the unique ability to challenge the reader’s own moral compass‚ providing new perspectives

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    A Pair Of Tickets Analysis

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    "Everyday Use" and "A Pair of Tickets" In "Everyday Use‚" Alice Walker writes about a black mother and her two daughters‚ Maggie and Dee. Both the mother and Maggie are traditional characters‚ who are proud of their black heritage. However‚ Dee is the opposite of her mother and sister. She has false thoughts of her heritage. In "A Pair of Tickets‚" the author‚ Amy Tan‚ describes Jing Mei’s change in her view of her Chinese heritage during her travel to China. Although both of the authors write about

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    the states and never looked back. Her mother‚ Suyuan‚ before she had Jing-Mei had two older daughters‚ that happen to be twins. The mother went through a tough time back when she had the two little girls. Later in life‚ she passes away. In “A Pair of Tickets”‚ when read through a formalist lens‚ the theme that the right response to death can lead to a new lease on life is explored through the mother’s death‚ Jing-Mei’s journey‚ and the fulfillment of the mothers wish. The mothers passing away had

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