in the protagonist‚ Jing-Mei‚ a young Chinese woman raised in America‚ refusing to adopt her Chinese Heritage. Tan uses the prevalence of stereotypes and internal conflict to present her theme effectively. As the protagonist and narrator‚ Jing-Mei and her father begin their train ride through China‚ the author establishes both the physical and symbolic setting of the story. Much of what influenced Jing-Mei’s self-identity was her environment‚ and comfort‚ since Jing-Mei was exposed to the American
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immigrant. "Two Kinds" is a coming-of-age story‚ in which the narrator‚ Jing-mei‚ struggles to forge her own sense of identity in the face of her strong-willed mother ’s dream that she become a "prodigy." Jing-mei is caught between her Chinese mother ’s traditional ideas about how to raise a daughter‚ and her own development as a Chinese American girl straddling two cultures. Like many immigrants to the United States‚ Jing-mei ’s mother has created idealized visions of her adopted country as a land
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(Introduction) Who this composition is about My house is the first on my street. Living in the house next to mine is an elderly lady we call Aunty Mei. She lives alone with her pet cats. No one knows if she has a family. She has been living next door to my family for as long as I can remember. (Body) Main point 1- What my interesting neighbour looks like Aunty Mei looks over sixty at least. Her hair is mostly grey. Her face is covered with faint brown spots and freckles. She has dark brown eyes
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Jing-mei saw success as something that could be obtained effortlessly and if not reached it would indicate that it wasn’t meant to be. In other words‚ she disbelieved in persistence when it came to achieving success. Hence why Jing-mei saw her mother wasting her time trying to make her a prodigy when “she had hoped for something so large that failure was inevitable”( Tan 142). Amy Tan depicts Jing- mei idealism of success being fatalistic by the argument between Jing- mei and Suyuan‚ where
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narrative voice develops the story by adding to the characters. By using this narrator‚ Amy Tan allows the story to come alive through the eyes of a child. Jing-Mei‚ who is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant‚ paints the picture of her relationship between herself and her overbearing mother. Being the protagonist of the story‚ Jing-Mei is able to portray what she is going through as the storyteller. This choice of first person narrative allows the audience to look through the eyes of a young Chinese-American
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“Two Kinds”‚ Jing-mei woo is also known as June and her personality traits are illustrated throughout the story. June displays impatient tendencies. June does not allow the time it would take to become the creation her mother wants her to be. She asks her mother why she is not happy with her. In response‚ her mother slaps her and tells that she is ungrateful. Jing-mei is resentful towards her mother. Suyuan takes it upon herself to make Jing-mei into a piano prodigy. Jing-mei plots revenge in taking
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mother’s death‚ Luis became distant from his father. Jing-mei was angry at her mother and wanted nothing to do with her mother’s goal of fame. They rebelled in different ways: Luis started his "social group" while Jing-mei refused to give effort towards her mother’s goals. Though their situations were different‚ they both felt that they had disappointed their parents. Luis wanted to rebuild his relationship with his dad while Jing-mei wanted to escape her mother’s persistency. At the end of both
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leading to struggles in self as well as cultural identity. In Amy Tan’s short story‚ A Pair of Tickets‚ the main character Jing-Mei struggles with her cultural and self-identity but ultimately learns to rethink her misconceptions leading to her understanding of what it truly means to be Chinese. In the first section of the story Tan introduces the main character Jing-Mei‚ accompanied by her elderly father Canning Woo on a train to Guangzhou in China where they will visit with some family that Canning
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them. In the story‚ the protagonist Jiao Mei‚ a Chinese girl‚ has moved and started her new life in England with her father’s ex-lover‚ an English woman called Barbara after her father’s death. She falls in love with an English boy called Ken and is told to be pregnant by her dead grandmother‚ Tie Mei‚ who appears as a ghost and comes for revenge. As requested by Tie Mei‚ Jiao Mei needs to take back the bronze mirror from Barbara‚ which can both help Tie Mei to achieve her wants and save Barbara from
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can change. Jing-Mei evolves throughout the story in a way that many people can relate to; crushed hopes‚ obeying your parents even if it means doing something you don ’t want to do‚ and finally standing up for what you believe in. Since "You could be anything you wanted to be in America" (Tan 405) Jing-Mei’s mother thought it means anyone can become a prodigy‚ including her daughter‚ in America. While that makes "Everything sound too simple and too easily achieved; Jing-Mei does not paint a
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