Is it possible that one decision can change a person’s life? In Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper, Andrew Jackson chooses to drink and drive after a basketball game and regretfully kills his best friend Rob Washington. After the accident Andy must live with the guilt and face his family, friends, and teachers each day. The guilt becomes so heavy that Andy contemplates taking his own life. Three events that lead to Andy’s suicide are being turned away by his parents, breaking up with his girlfriend, and calling three people who never answered the phone.…
raise other successful children In the article about the superiority of Chinese mothers as opposed…
Tears of a Tiger was a tragic book written by the author, Sharon M. Draper. The Publisher of this book was Atheneum Books in the year 1994. This book was a realistic fiction, which is something that could be real but was fictionalized.…
A strict mother that pushes her children to achieve exceptionally high levels through brute force and other Chinese parenting methods is known as a Tiger Mother. In the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua uses this type of parenting and becomes a tiger mother herself. She experiences conflicts and points in time where she feels the need to give up, but pushes through everything for her children. Amy Chua also learns from her experiences and builds on her mistakes to bring her children to their fullest potential. In Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, the author explores the theme of conflict between a parent and child causes the child to rebel and ultimately lose respect for the parent.…
Early on in the article, the author provides quotes from historian Pamela Haag Ph.D. Haag states, that parenting, "It's something you do intensively, rather than a status you have” (Ruddy, 2013). This source is reputable because it is coming from someone who has their PhD in cultural history, who most likely spends years studying the role of a parent in…
In the short story “The Tiger’s Bride,” by Angelia Carter, a highly aware narrator, relates how events affect her with a detached, unfriendly perspective. The narrator makes explicit the predicament of women’s existence by highlighting her condition. Finding herself caught between two society’s one where she is viewed as an object and having no voice and the other society having a voice somebody wanting to connect with her on a sexual level. Brooke demonstrates this by bringing notice to the importance of the power of virginity and the sexual freedom.…
Mother Knows Best Once one becomes part of the parents only club, one is expected to make the right decisions for one's child. Which is, giving one's child a chance at every possibility to obtain success. But, how much of it is truly for one's child and how much is for one's own personal fulfillment? In the short story by Amy Tran ‘Two kinds” we see into the life of a young Chinese American and her mother, who wishes for nothing less than her daughter to be a protege. As readers learn about how Mother goes about with this desire, one comes to question her motives. Does she want this because she believes this is truly what her daughter needs or, does she want this for herself, in order to fill a void left by her past? This selfish desire causes a clash between mother and daughter.…
The Lady Or The Tiger? Ever read the stunning story, “The Lady or the Tiger?” Frank Stockton (the author) is an amazing writer. He has an incredibly unique style of writing. Throughout the story, the Stockton does an amazing job at drawing the reader into the story. As the reader gets closer and closer to the end of the story, he/she is drooling to know what comes out of the door. Was it the lady or the tiger? However, in the end, the author leaves it up to decision as to what appears from behind the door; therefore, the question still remains: did the lady, or the tiger some out from behind the door? The answer is clear to see, the tiger was beyond the door. To begin, in the story the princess was described as semi-barbaric. Because that…
Why Chinese Mothers are Superior What is the best way to bring up a child, let them choose their own activities in school and after school, let them have play dates, play videogames and let them choose their way in life, and let learn that is okay to make mistakes like the western upbringing or the Chinese way, where you decide what’s best for the child, don’t give them any spare time and demands perfect grades, which way will create a happy child. Amy Chua has chosen the second upbringing for her children, and is defending the Chinese mothers in the article “Why Chinese mothers are superior”.…
Amy Tan has a contentious relationship with her mother perceived from her hostile tone. All mother-daughter relationships have troubles. In excerpts from Amy Chua’s memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom, and Amy Tan’s novel, The Joy Luck Club, mother-daughter relationships can be seen through diction, and tone. The annoyed tone in the situation between Amy Chua and her daughter shows a caring relationship while the hostile and hateful tone in Amy Tan’s excerpt shows a poor relationship with a hateful past.…
Mother Inferior? The introduction of Mother Inferior by Hanna Rosin contains an excellent anecdote that puts Rosin in a position of defence for her parenting style against Amy Chua’s Chinese-style parenting. The anecdote, which her 2-year-old son calls her a “kitty kat” when she was acting out “tiger,” reveals her position amongst other parents in the standards set by Amy Chua. However, this does not break her as a parent, nor does it cause her to rethink what she does for her kids. Instead, Rosin defends herself by to criticizing “Ms. Chua’s parenting prescription,” and exemplifying her children’s upbringing through “’spontaneity, freedom, discovery, and experience.’”…
Since the beginning of time mothers have always supported their children. Some mothers have different ways of support. In the novel ,Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom, Amy Chua’s tone for supporting her daughter is positive but also a little ironic. Amy Tan’s mother, in the novel The Joy Luck Club, has a different tone and comes across quite vicious and negative and even abusive. Two mothers with one goal, but try to reach their goals very differently.…
There’s no deficiency of special testimonies about great moms, but there’s one that will continually be most important, and that’s your mother. All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother (Abraham Lincoln). She will hug you when you're sad, feed you when you’re hungry, and patch you up when you’re hurt. This is a memoir of a strong-willed, successful, and caring woman.…
The power of being a parent is infinite; raising your kids the way you think fit for your children to have the success they need in life to be happy. No one parent is like another, each parent does things in their own way. Telling another culture they are doing the wrong thing by raising their children the way they seem fit is wrong; they have that power. Mothers in general have the biggest influence on a kids’ life, because of the connection they share from birth and on. In the essay “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”, Chua is claiming Chinese mothers know best when it comes to raising children to become successful in the work force. Sacrificing being happy as children for being happy as adults. In another essay “Mother Inferior?” Rosin counters Chua statement.…
I always wondered what type of parent I would be… Would I be like my mother? Or would I make it up as I went along? I did not realize how much went into picking a style. Fast forward to less than a week after my daughter was born, I felt weak, unprepared and helpless; nothing like the mother I thought I would be. Reality had sunk in and here I was exhausted and responsible for making sure my daughter grew up to be a well adjusted member of society. I know my husband would say we are a “team” but let’s be real here, I lead and he follows. With what felt like the weight of the world on my shoulders I began my research. Around the same time, a new parenting debate sparked my interest, a Yale professor named Amy Chua published a book called Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, accompanied by an article in The Wall Street Journal (Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior) discussing the differences between Eastern and Western parenting styles. I did not know that another parenting book brought into the fold would cause such a stir. In the next few paragraphs I am going to go over the major differences between the two styles.…