Mother Teresa 1910-1997 Albanian missionary Mother Teresa has dedicated her life to helping the poor‚ the sick‚ and the dying around the world‚ particularly those in India. introduction Mother Teresa is among the most well-known and highly respected women in the world in the latter half of the twentieth century. In 1948 she founded a religious order of nuns in Calcutta‚ India‚ called the Missionaries of Charity. Through this order‚ she has dedicated her life to helping the poor‚ the sick‚ and
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their footsteps. This pressure will oftentimes have a negative effect for the children of those parents. In the chapter of Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club‚ “Two Kinds‚” the reader is introduced to Jing-mei‚ a young Chinese girl who wishes to become the prodigy that her mother wishes her to be. However‚ her constant disappointment in the many challenges her mother presents her causes her to lose hope and motivation. While‚ H.G. Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights chapter “Dreaming of Heroes‚” the reader meets Don
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Not My Dream In the story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan‚ we are shown the struggles of a young girl Jing-Mei. Her struggle is that of a young girl growing up and trying to find her own sense of identity. Her troubles are compounded by her mother‚ who convinces her that she can become someone important. Because of her mother’s constant overbearing behavior‚ Jing-Mei does everything she can to annoy and displease her mother even to the point of being a failure. This fight to find her own identity against
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December 14‚ 2013 Dear Suyuan Woo‚ Oh mother‚ why did it have to be you? I love you with all my heart. What could have caused you to die from a cerebral aneurysm anyway? You were always good at taking care of me‚ so I’m pretty sure you took good care of yourself. I’m just so sorry mommy I wish you could be here to listen. You were very strict and hard on me but now that you’re gone I see why. Before you left china you had to leave my two half sisters on the side of the road and I know that was extremely
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assignment for the short story “Two Kinds” The main character is Jing-mei that is forced to play piano by her mother. The mother wants her daughter to be a prodigy. The mother is fascinated by the American dream. She thinks that you need to work your way up. However‚ Jing-mei do not want to be someone else. She cannot play piano. She says that it would not happen. She only wants to be herself. The mother hire a professional pianist that should teach her daughter to play piano. Some examples of
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Two kinds This story shows the struggling relationship between mother and daughter. Although the mother wants the daughter to be a great prodigy‚ the daughter wants to be her own person with her own personality. I see this‚ not exact‚ but similar situation‚ in many families around me. In my opinion‚ as long as the child is doing great something useful and enjoyable with themselves then they are doing the right thing. I understand a parent wanting the best for their child but
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happens to be her own mother‚ who is always pushing Amy to discover some hidden talent and be someone she is not. There are a few other minor characters in the story. There is Lindo Jong (who she calls Auntie Lindo)‚ who is a close friend of Amy’s mother. Waverly Jong is Auntie Lindo’s daughter‚ who is close to Amy’s age. Amy’s piano instructor‚ who she calls "Old Chong"‚ plays a small role in the story. Amy’s dad is included in the text‚ but does not play much of a role. In "Two Kinds"‚ the exposition
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“Overview of ‘Two Kinds’” In Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton’s “Overview of ‘Two Kinds’” Jing-Mei’s mother longs for power in the local domestic sphere. Jing-Mei ‚ the daughter‚ has other ideas about culture and power and the role that is played in both. Jing-Mei begins to learn the distinction of Chinese culture and American culture‚ and which gender holds the power in each. Piedmont-Marton explores the role of the daughter struggling to find an individual identity and the mother who has dreams of power
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of their parents or guardians. They affect how we think‚ how we feel‚ and how we act. These are among the people who hold the greatest influence. Amy Tan’s ’Two Kinds’ and Jamaica Kincaid’s ’Girl’ both deal with the relationship between a young girl and the guiding force in her life. Amy Tan tells of a mother’s expectation for her daughter to be a child prodigy. Jamaica Kincaid tells of an unknown person describing to a girl how to be a ’good’ girl. Both essays illustrate an authority figure that
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physical and financial sacrifices. Because of these expectations‚ children begin to feel as disappointments and failures if they have not met the high goals set by their parents. Putting high standards and limitations on a child leaves them torn between succeeding in what their parents wish (usually a doctor‚ lawyer‚ etc.) or allowing exploration and discover the path they would enjoy and succeed in. In the United States‚ children of immigrants are put under a lot of pressure to succeed because
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