Jing-Mei's Allusion In Two Kinds And Modern Day Society

A stereotype is used to categorize a group of people. Stereotypes are similar to racism, because stereotyping is a type of racism. Assuming everyone of a certain race acts the same is extremely racist. For example For example assuming an Asian person is very smart is a stereotype and is racist. Stereotyping can also be sexist.

Throughout her childhood life her mother, Suyuan, was continuously pushing her to be her best. Jing-Mei purposely tried to fail at everything to prover to her mother that she could never become a great and famous person. Then after a piano recital that went horridly wrong, her and her mother had an argument and their relationship was never the same. Many years later Suyuan tried to give Jing-mei the piano that she had as a child. She refused the offer, but than a year later her mother died and Jing-Mei was cleaning out her mother’s house and decided to play the piano and she was surprised that she still knew how.

Distinctively visual is any element within a text that provokes a clear image, value or perspective. Composers use distinctively visual images to portray meaning, this can be seen in Ang Lee’s movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Samuel Watson’s poem labelled. Although Ang Lee and Samuel Watson portray mainly different ideas, they both use distinctively visual images to show their meaning to the audience. These images are created through filmic and literary technique’s.

Being forced to follow strict rules all the time to meet society 's standards can be tremendously stressful and overwhelming. Jing-mei utters to herself in dismay , “i hate the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations” (Tan, 2). Jing-mei clearly illustrates the agony she is in as a result of parading the stern rules set by her mother. She feels the immense pressure of being forced to fit into a modern culture allowing her not to be herself which has most definitely taken a toll on her character.

Jing-Mei realizes that her mother gives her two halves of the same song because it tells the story of Jing-Mei’s life. As a kid Jing-Mei was sad and depressed, but as an adult Jing-Mei is happy and free. The purpose for Jing-Mei’s mother to give her the two halves of the piano song were to help Amy realize who she was, and who she is today. In conclusion, Jing Mei learns about her identity through two piano

Foremost, Jing Mei’s identity is formed throughout her life by her mother and learns to give up. For example, when Jing Mei retorts that she is not a genius and never will be one, her mother interrupts Jing Mei’s rants and a heated argument commences. Jing Mei throws some harsh words at her mother, but nothing stops her in her tracks. Her mother continues to yell, “Who ask you to be genius? Only ask you be your best. For your sake.

At first Jing-Mei grew in her dreams and desirers to be perfect for her family; “In all of my imaginings

Jing-mei claims, “In fact, in the beginning, I was just as excited as my mother, maybe even more so” (Tan, 221). As a young girl, Jing-mei enjoyed the thought of one day being famous. To Jing-mei this was all for fun, it was a game, it was a fashion show, and it was a fantasy. In the eyes of herself and her parents, Jing-mei was on the verge of becoming perfect.

In “Jing Mei Woo:Two Kinds”, the mother-daughter relationship reminds me of the relationship Neil from Dead Poet’s Society had with his father. Neil had expressed his interest in acting and Neal’s father shut Neal down describing how schoolwork is more important than being apart of the drama club. Tan’s mother wants Tan to be a certain way without thinking of how it makes Tan feel, “You want me to be something that I’m not!” I sobbed. “I’ll never be the kind of daughter you want me to be!”(Tan 141-142).

Lacy M. Johnson and Amy Tan came from two entirely different backgrounds. Johnson came from a rural poor family and Tan coming from a Chinese family living in America. Johnson wrote the short story “White Trash Primer” which is from the book “Trespasses: A Memoir” and Tan’s “Two Kinds” is an excerpt from her book “The Joy Luck Club”. Even though these two authors are entirely different they share similar qualities in their writing skills, message and how they both were outcasts.

“For unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to be, I could only be me.” (Tan 24). With this statement you can see that she does not agree with her mother. Jing-Mei’s Mother was raised in Chinese culture, therefore she is very strict and demanding to Jing-Mei to do what she wants. From doing a chore, to hobbies or even Jing-Mei’s passion.

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.

In the words of Jing-Mei in the last line of the story, “Together we look like our mother. Her same eyes, her same mouth, open in surprise to see, at last, her long-cherished wish” (Tan 159). Throughout her life, Suyuan, their mother, held onto the hope that she would see her daughters again. In this hope, she named Jing-Mei in connection to her sisters, keeping the “long-cherished wish” that someday her daughters would reconcile and complete their family circle. The occasion that

While reading on law and government, many connections were running through my head. The main one is that all codes or laws in a way refer back to the original code, Hammurabi’s Code. Lao Tzu’s passage was pretty interesting. Lao Tzu writes his passage to give his disciples a memory. He argues that there is “the Way” and we cannot change the way.

Jingyan was beginning to learn that certain things no longer surprised him. When the servant who opened the front doors was pushed away and a rush of twenty-odd ironclad soldiers spilled in, Jingyan took a sip of water and waited for an explanation. At ten minutes after he woke up, the sun hadn 't even left the horizon and Jingyan only had time to pull on a set of padded silk robes. After the soldiers took their place in two perfect lines along the path in his courtyard, Xia Jiang stepped through the entrance. He wore the formal blue robes of an official, but a black cape swirled around him majestically.