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structure. "First Confession" recounts the events of a brief period in Jackies life. Therefore, Jackies perspective does not alter...

The way in which protagonists in these respective short stories discover they are different than what their parents want them to b...

pick the right kind of prodigy" (Tan 53). Her mother tried different roles on Jing-mei to see which would fit. At first, she tried...

a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...

reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...

In five pages this paper discusses how parental understanding is crucial to children's success in a consideration of Gwendolyn Bro...

In 5 pages this paper compares 'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan with 'The Stolen Party' by Liliana Heker in a consideration of how each depi...

who is not incredibly involved in her one daughters life. That daughter is Dee. The other daughter, Maggie, lives with her and the...

magazines; these tests are things like name the capitals of the states and so on (Tan, 1989). She hopes that Jing-mei will demonst...

of the nation, America is and was considered a land where someone could be anything they wanted, and they could succeed and be ric...

Mothers and daughters are perhaps, first and foremost, women. And, as women they are often stuck in many social categories as well...

When she disappoints her mother by failing one of her tests, she acknowledges her mothers failed hopes, but she also sees her "pro...

When Jing-Mei fell short of achieving the lofty goal her mother set for her, her insecurity intensified. After seemingly endless ...

took the piano lessons and began, at the recital, to feel some powerful connection with the music, and then failed. She would neve...

she thinks her daughter should be doing. She tells her daughter "Only ask you be your best" (Tan). The author who discusses ambi...

and sends her to learn to play the piano from a neighbor, Mr. Chong. Jing-Mei resents the lessons but tolerates them because Mr. C...

The conflict between mother and daughter and the importance of the last paragraph of the short story are the focus of this paper t...

an article entitled "Every Womans Dream," which appeared in April 7 edition of The Weekly (1954, p. 59). The student researching t...

the freedom and opportunities offered by America. In other words, this immigrant mother means well. She simply wants her daughter ...

This paper presents discussion of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, ...

An analysis of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant, Amy Tan's Young G...

forced to make an inner journey that she was loathe to make. This is often a key component in the mythological heros quest. He or ...

In five pages Erich Fromm's theory on marketing orientation is applied to the character of Harold, husband of Lena, in Amy Tan's t...

play, the power in this contest lies with Waverly. But her mother is jealous of the girls success (not an unusual reaction), and ...

a story about meeting people and finding some sort of closure on the past wherein her mother lost her two daughters, and Tan findi...

because when I was growing up, my mothers limited English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed t...

two people who hold true to the notion that determination and hard work can get you ahead in the world of the American ideal. Gats...

beings can sink. On December 9, 1937, Japanese troops attacked the city of Nanking; on the 13th, the "6th and 16th Divisions of th...

and how they interpret life and art. In focusing on this subject we incorporate two essays which discuss aspects of art and life f...

little pleasure from drafting speeches for corporate executives," working as much as ninety hours a week because she could not see...