Fish Cheeks Amy Tan Analysis
Novelist, Amy Tan, in her excerpt, Fish Cheeks, reminisces over a boy she had a crush on when she was fourteen. Tan's purpose is to entertain and teach a lesson. She espouses a sentimental attitude in order to appeal to her adult readers.
Tan draws her readers in by making a drastic contrast in the introductory paragraph stating, "He was not Chinese, but as white as Mary in the manger." Not only does she create a simile but the author also integrates an allusion when Tan mentions Mary, Jesus's mother. She does this to provide the readers with an example of how different her and the boy she had an infatuation with when she was fourteen are.
In the third paragraph of the excerpt Tan uses vivid details to give the reader a sense of imagery. For
Tan draws her readers in by making a drastic contrast in the introductory paragraph stating, "He was not Chinese, but as white as Mary in the manger." Not only does she create a simile but the author also integrates an allusion when Tan mentions Mary, Jesus's mother. She does this to provide the readers with an example of how different her and the boy she had an infatuation with when she was fourteen are.
In the third paragraph of the excerpt Tan uses vivid details to give the reader a sense of imagery. For