Question

Write a 150-word essay in which you explain how the author’s use of Indirect Characterization develops the conflict between the narrator and her mother in "Two Kinds." Be sure to cite examples from the text in your response. IF YOU SCAM I WILL REPORT YOU. WILL MARK BRAINLIEST

Answer 1

Answer:

"Two Kinds" by Amy Tan is about the intricacies and complexities in the relationship between a mother and daughter. Throughout the story, the mother imposes upon her daughter, Jing Mei, her hopes and dreams for her. Jing Mei chooses not what her mother wants of her but only what she wants for herself. She states, "For, unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to be. I could be only me" (Tan 1). Thus this "battle of wills" between mother and daughter sets the conflict of the story

Answer 2

Two kinds: Conflict between two generations

• The main characters of the story are a Chinese mother who has immigrated to America with tons of hopes.
• She has picturized America as a place where people can be what they want.
• She wants her Chinese American daughter to be a 'prodigy'.
• She watches American series or movies and reads some magazines and wants her daughter to be like those stars.
• So she forces her child to attend Piano classes.
• Initially the child tries to please her mom by obeying her.
• But later she realizes that she is not what her mother wants to be.
• She realizes her true self, she realizes that music is not her place.
• She starts to disobey her mother, but her mother persists in her going to piano classes.
• Finally the daughter bursts out all her anger toward the mother and proclaims that I will be what I want to be.
• Thus she starts to be independent and pursues her true self.
• The story is about two persons, within the same family but with different cultural backgrounds and perspectives.
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