Analysis of Two Kinds

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Analysis of Jing-mei from "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan

In the story, Two Kinds, Amy Tan writes about a relationship between a mother and adaughter. The mother of Jing-mei wants her daughter to become famous, but Jing-mei just wantsto be herself. Tan writes about two songs played by Jing- mei, Perfectly Contented and

Pleading Child. In the story the faster and aggressive song, Pleading Child, best representsthe mother, and the slower happier song, Perfectly Contented, represents Jing -mei.

Jing-mei was happy just being herself, but, unfortunately, her mother expected more. Jing- meismother pushed her to become famous. She thought that was whats best for Jing -mei. Just likeyou, she said, Not the best because you are not trying. (Tan, pg. 35) She tried everything inher power to make Jing-mei talented in some way. She pushes Jing-mei right over the edge.

Jing-mei soon found her true, aggressive nature. Everytime her mother snapped at her to tryharder, she snapp ed back. For unlike my mother, I did not believe I could do anything I wantedto be. I could only be me. (Tan, pg. 41) Because of Jing -meis different view she and her

mother began to fight a lot. The greater they disputed, the farther away they drifted. Until theyrealized the piano wasnt only the root of their problems, but the solution as well.

After Jing- meis mother dies, in the end, she went back to the piano. Jing -mei began to play thesong that caused the breaking point of her relationship with her mother. Then she played thesong next to it with great satisfaction. And after I played them both a few times, I realized theywere two halves of the same song. (Tan, pg. 42) Like the ying -yang and the songs, Jing- meisrelationship with her mother may seem disastrous and apart, but together they share a strong

bond that makes them whole.

Jing- meis determination to stay that she is, is much like the song Perfectly Contented, she is

satisfied with the way things are. Yet her mothers pushy, aggressiv e attitude is a lot likePleading Child. She pushes and begs Jing -mei to cooperate and become famous. Even thoughthe two disagree, like the songs, they form one beautiful song.

wo Ki nds by Amy Tan: Literary Analysis - There are many key elements which together makeup a story, namely a story's setting, its main characters, the plot, and the symbolism it contains.A story's setting is usually described in the beginning of the story, giving an explanation ofwhere and when the story is taking place. Many stories have a protagonist and an antagonist aswell as other key characters. The protagonist is the "hero or antihero; (the) character you tend to'root for'." . The antagonist opposes the protagonist, usually creating some sort of conflict withinthe story. The plot of a story is the way the events play out in the story. Along with theseelements, there is usually some sort of symbolism within the story. Symbols occur in moststories, not always in the form of an item. Symbolism can also be demonstrated in words, colors,or anything that seems to represent a deeper meaning. The story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tandemonstrates all of the elements mentioned above.

Setting and Characters


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The story's main events take place in Chinatown throughout the 1950s and perhaps early 1960s.The main character of the story, who is also the protagonist, is the author herself: Amy Tan. Theantagonist happens to be her own mother, who is always pushing Amy to discover some hiddentalent and be someone she is not. There are a few other minor characters in the story. There isLindo Jong (who she calls Auntie Lindo), who is a close friend of Amy's mother. Waverly Jong

is Auntie Lindo's daughter, who is close to Amy's age. Amy's piano instructor, who she dubs"Old Chong", plays a small role in the story. Amy's dad is included in the text, but does not playmuch of a role.

Plot

The plot of a story has six key parts that are normally sequential. A story begins with anexposition, and follows with rising action. Next is some sort of conflict which usually results intothe climax of the story. Climax can be defined as "a moment of great or culminating intensity ina narrative or drama". . Some sort of falling action occurs next, which finally ends the story witha resolution.

Exposition

In "Two Kinds", the exposition is clear in the first couple of pages. The story begins byexplaining that Amy's family moved to America when she was a baby, in 1949. Her mother isclear in her goals: she wants Amy to be a child prodigy (a person with exceptional talent) andfamous. Although in the beginning Amy seems accepting of her mother's goal, there are someundertones which are clear to the reader that her mother may go too far.

Rising Action

Amy's mother going too far, in fact, is the rising action of the story. Amy writes about all of theways her mother tries to 'discover' her special talents. It begins with Amy getting a perm so shecould be the next Shirley Temple, and the rising action concludes with Amy being forced to take

piano lessons. During the rising action, there is clear conflict between Amy and her mother.Amy's self-esteem seems to falter as she is constantly disappointing her mother time and timeagain. Her mother's determination is further sparked by a couple of scenes involving 'AuntieLindo". Auntie Lindo is very proud of her daughter's chess playing skills, and brags of all ofWaverly's trophies. During one conversation Amy's mother stretches the truth a little incompetition, and claims Amy is talented with the gift of music. At this point Amy writes: "Andright then, I was determined to put a stop to her foolish pride". .

Climax The climax of the story is a piano recital and the events that unfold the day after. Her mother isso proud of Amy's musical talent; she even invites Auntie Lindo and Waverly to Amy's first

piano recital. Although Amy slacked on her practicing during the rising action of the story, sheactually feels confident about doing well at the recital. She is overconfident, in fact, and her

performance was a disaster. She disappoints her mother, and makes a fool of her. It is also clearthat she has disappointed herself, and she regrets not taking lessons more seriously. The next


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day, Amy's stubborn mother expects her to practice piano, as if nothing has gone wrong. This iswhen Amy puts her foot down and refuses. To get her mother to back off, she tells her motherthat she wished she were dead. We discover Amy's mother has had other babies that have died.This part explains a lot about why her mother is so hard on Amy. After Amy hurts her mother,her mother finally gives up on Amy being a prodigy.

Falling Action

During the falling action, Amy fast forwards through the years. She explains that she never didthe best she could at anything, just to spite her mother. We discover that deep inside, Amy didhave some pride in her piano-when Amy's mother tells her that the piano is hers, and she shouldtake it.

Resolution

In the resolution, we come to the present time and Amy's mother has recently passed. She has the

piano tuned, and sits down to play.

Symbolism

Symbolism in literature "might include visual or sound elements as well as language". . Amy's piano was the main symbol of this story. In the end of the story, the fact that she had it tuned andactually sat down to play shows us that she really cared about her mother-and the piano-after all.The songs that she plays at the end are also a symbol of the story, itself. She mentions playingtwo songs. The first is titled "Pleading Child", and the second one: "Perfectly Contented". Theseare songs that she had played when she was a child. She notices for the first time, after all ofthese years, that these two songs are actually two halves to the same song. The song represents

Amy's life. This is how the story ends.

Conclusion

After reading the above summary, we get a pretty good idea of what Amy's story is about and thetheme behind it. She regrets not trying her best, and the way she has taken her mother for grantedin her life. A strong message like this makes us reflect on our own lives and relationships withthe ones we love. Amy constructs the story in a way that makes the plot flow, and we areinterested in what will happen to her next. Some of us may even feel like she is too hard on the

protagonist-her mother. The ending resolves these feelings, because we discover she feels this,too. The main characters are important in the events that unfold in the story. Without Auntie

Lindo, for example, her mother may not have been so compelled to see Amy excel. Theseelements, and the way the author has combined them, build an interesting story that makes usreflect upon our own lives, as well.

References

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Gardner, J. E., Lawn, B., Ridl, J., & Schakel, P. (2009). Literature: A Portable Anthology,Second Edition. Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martin's.

Kauffman, S. (2009, April 7). Chat 1 PowerPoint Presentation.

Tan, A. (1989). Two Kinds. In J. E. Gardner, B. Lawn, J. Ridl, & P. Schakel, Literature: APortable Anthology, Second Edition (pp. 405-414). Boston, New York: Bedford

Jenis-jenis wo oleh Amy Tan: Analisis Sastera - Terdapat banyak elemen penting yang bersama-samamembentuk sebuah cerita, iaitu suasana yang cerita, watak-watak utama, plot, dan perlambangan iamengandungi. Tetapan Kisah biasanya digambarkan dalam permulaan cerita, memberikan penjelasan dimana dan bila cerita itu berlaku. Banyak cerita mempunyai protagonis dan antagonis sebagai watak

utama yang lain. Watak "hero atau antihero; () aksara yang anda cenderung 'akar'." . Antagonis yangmenentang protagonis, biasanya mewujudkan beberapa jenis konflik dalam cerita. Plot cerita adalahcara peristiwa-peristiwa yang bermain di dalam cerita. Bersama-sama dengan unsur-unsur ini, terdapatbiasanya beberapa semacam simbolisme dalam cerita. Simbol berlaku dalam kebanyakan cerita, tidakselalu dalam bentuk item. Simbolisme juga boleh ditunjukkan dalam perkataan, warna, atau apa-apayang seolah-olah untuk mewakili makna yang lebih mendalam. Kisah "Dua Jenis-jenis" oleh Amy Tanmenunjukkan semua unsur-unsur yang disebutkan di atas.

Penetapan dan Watak

Acara utama kisah berlaku di Chinatown sepanjang tahun 1950-an dan mungkin awal 1960-an. Watakutama cerita, yang juga protagonis, penulis sendiri: Amy Tan. Antagonis yang berlaku kepada ibu sendiri,yang sentiasa mendesak Amy menemui beberapa bakat tersembunyi dan menjadi seseorang dia tidak.Terdapat beberapa watak kecil dalam cerita. Terdapat lindo Jong (yang dia memanggil Auntie lindo),yang merupakan seorang sahabat karib ibu Amy. Waverly Jong adalah anak perempuan Auntie lindo,yang dekat dengan umur Amy. Pengajar piano Amy, yang dia dubs "Lama Chong", memainkan peranankecil dalam cerita. Ayah amy dimasukkan ke dalam teks, tetapi tidak memainkan peranan besar.

Plot

Plot cerita mempunyai enam bahagian utama yang biasanya berurutan. Cerita bermula dengan ekspo,dan diikuti dengan tindakan yang semakin meningkat. Seterusnya adalah beberapa jenis konflik yangbiasanya mengakibatkan ke klimaks cerita. Klimaks boleh ditakrifkan sebagai "seketika intensiti besar

atau memuncak dalam naratif atau drama". . Beberapa jenis tindakan yang jatuh berlaku seterusnya,yang akhirnya berakhir kisah dengan resolusi.

Ekspo

Dalam "Dua Jenis-jenis", pameran yang masih jelas dalam beberapa muka surat yang pertama. Kisahbermula dengan menjelaskan bahawa keluarga Amy berpindah ke Amerika semasa beliau masih bayi,


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pada tahun 1949. Ibunya adalah jelas dalam matlamat beliau: dia mahu Amy untuk menjadi anak ajaib(seseorang dengan bakat yang luar biasa) dan terkenal. Walaupun pada mulanya Amy seolah-olahpenerimaan matlamat ibunya itu, terdapat beberapa bersifat yang jelas kepada pembaca bahawa ibunyaboleh pergi terlalu jauh.

Kenaikan Tindakan

Ibu Amy pergi terlalu jauh, sebenarnya, adalah tindakan yang semakin meningkat cerita. Amy menulistentang semua cara ibunya cuba untuk 'mengenali' bakat khas beliau. Ia bermula dengan Amy mendapatPerm supaya dia boleh menjadi Shirley Temple seterusnya, dan tindakan yang terbit diakhiri denganAmy dipaksa untuk mengambil pelajaran piano. Dalam tindakan yang semakin meningkat, ada konflikyang jelas di antara Amy dan ibunya. Amy harga diri seolah-olah untuk menangguhkan pelaksanaankerana dia sentiasa mengecewakan masa ibunya dan masa sekali lagi. Penentuan ibunya semakinmencetuskan oleh beberapa adegan yang melibatkan 'Auntie lindo "Auntie lindo adalah bangga caturkibod anaknya itu, dan brags semua trofi Waverly ini. Dalam satu perbualan ibu Amy yang terbentangkebenaran sedikit dalam persaingan, dan tuntutan Amy berbakat dengan hadiah muzik Pada titik iniAmy menulis: "Dan hak itu, saya telah bertekad untuk menghentikan kebanggaan bodoh" ..

Klimaks

Kemuncak cerita bacaan piano dan peristiwa-peristiwa yang terungkap hari selepas. Ibunya adalahbegitu berbangga dengan bakat muzik Amy, dia pun menjemput Auntie lindo dan Waverly bacaan pianopertama Amy. Walaupun Amy slacked pada amalan semasa tindakan terbit cerita, dia sebenarnyaberasa yakin tentang berbuat baik pada bacaan. Dia adalah terlalu yakin, sebenarnya, dan prestasimerupakan satu malapetaka. Dia mengecewakan ibunya, dan membuat bodoh ibunya. Ia juga jelasbahawa dia telah kecewa sendiri, dan dia kesal tidak mengambil pengajaran dengan lebih serius. Padakeesokan harinya, ibu degil Amy menjangka dia mengamalkan piano, seolah-olah tiada apa yangsilapnya. Ini adalah apabila Amy meletakkan kakinya ke bawah dan enggan. Untuk mendapatkan ibunyake belakang, dia memberitahu ibunya bahawa dia ingin dia mati. Kami menemui ibu Amy mempunyai

bayi yang telah meninggal dunia. Bahagian ini menerangkan banyak tentang mengapa ibunya begitusukar pada Amy. Selepas Amy menyakitkan ibunya, ibunya akhirnya memberi Amy sebagai ajaib.

Jatuh Tindakan

Dalam tindakan yang jatuh, Amy ke hadapan cepat melalui tahun. Beliau menerangkan bahawa dia tidakpernah melakukan yang terbaik dia boleh pada apa-apa, hanya untuk walaupun ibunya. Kami mendapati

bahawa dalam mendalam, Amy memang mempunyai beberapa kebanggaan dalam piano apabila ibuAmy berkata bahawa piano adalah miliknya, dan dia harus mengambil.

Resolusi

Dalam resolusi itu, kami datang untuk masa kini dan ibu Amy baru-baru ini telah diluluskan. Beliau


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mempunyai piano talakan, dan duduk untuk bermain.

Simbolisme

Simbolisme dalam sastera "mungkin termasuk elemen visual atau bunyi serta bahasa". . Piano Amy

adalah simbol utama cerita ini. Di akhir cerita, fakta bahawa dia telah ditala dan sebenarnya dudukuntuk memainkan menunjukkan kita bahawa dia benar-benar mengambil berat tentang ibunya danpiano selepas semua. Lagu-lagu yang dia bermain pada akhir juga simbol cerita sendiri. Dia menyebutbermain dua buah lagu. Yang pertama bertajuk "Pliding Kanak-kanak", dan yang kedua: "Sempurnaberpuas hati". Ini adalah lagu-lagu yang dia telah memainkan apabila dia adalah seorang kanak-kanak.Dia sedar untuk kali pertama, selepas semua tahun ini, bahawa kedua-dua lagu ini sebenarnya dua dualagu yang sama. Lagu itu mewakili kehidupan Amy. Ini adalah bagaimana cerita berakhir.

Kesimpulan

Selepas membaca ringkasan di atas, kita akan mendapat idea yang cukup baik apa cerita Amy dan temadi sebalik. Beliau kesal tidak cuba yang terbaik, dan cara yang dia telah mengambil ibunya untukdiberikan dalam hidupnya. Mesej yang kuat seperti ini membuatkan kita merenung sejenak kehidupankita sendiri dan hubungan dengan orang-orang yang kita cintai. Amy membina cerita dalam satu carayang menjadikan aliran plot, dan kami berminat dalam apa yang akan berlaku berikutnya. Sebahagiandaripada kita mungkin merasa seperti dia terlalu keras pada protagonis-ibunya. Kesudahan membuatketetapan perasaan ini, kerana kita mendapati beliau merasakan ini juga. Watak-watak utama adalahpenting dalam peristiwa-peristiwa yang terungkap dalam cerita. Tanpa Auntie lindo, sebagai contoh,ibunya tidak mungkin telah dipaksa sedemikian untuk melihat Amy cemerlang. Elemen-elemen ini, dancara penulis telah menggabungkan mereka, membina cerita yang menarik yang membuatkan kita

merenung kehidupan kita sendiri, serta.


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Analysis of Two Kinds by Amy Tan

In the story Two Kinds, the author, Amy Tan, intends to make reader think of the meaning behind the

story. She doesnt speak out as an analyzer to illustrate what is the real problem between her and hermother. Instead, she uses her own point of view as a narrator to state what she has experienced and

what she feels in her mind all along the story. She has not judged what is right or wrong based on heropinion. Instead of giving instruction of how to solve a family issue, the author chooses to write anarrative diary containing her true feeling toward events during her childhood, which offers reader notonly a clear account, but insight on how the narrator feels frustrated due to failing her mothersexpectations which leads to a large conflict between the narrator and her mother.

By stating how other people behave or interact, the author offers a great chance for readers to interpretfairly for themselves what the reason for any conflict may be, or the nature of any essential contrastbetween the narrator and other adults in the story. In the story, there are many self-righteous opinionsfrom people, which seem to be ironic to the readers; For example, her mothers aggressive attitude ofshowing off her daughter, her piano teachers self -praise claiming him as Beethoven. All of thenarrations including conversation clearly depict a different characteristic between the narrator andother people. For instance, a conversation occurs between the narrator and her mother when themother criticizing a girl who seems similar to the author on TV which reveals dissimilar understanding

for both of them to each others behavior. At first, the daughter speaks out for the girl by questioningher mother by saying why picking on her [] Shes pretty good. Maybe shes not the best, but shestrying hard. The daughter actually is defending for herself and reflecting that she feels uncomfortable

with her mothers disregard of her hard work. She wants to get her mothers compliments instead of hercriticisms. However, her mother response of, just like you, and, not the best. Because you not trying.Here, her mother doesnt really answer her question, instead wants her put more effort on trying,neglecting how much she has tried before. However, in her mothers perspective, she has never triedhard enough. By narratively stating the conversations she has encountered, readers perceive a strongimplication of the reason for a future conflict between her and her mother.

By looking through the narrators eyes, readers are able to understand her stress and struggle from herstandpoint. At first , the narrator keeps trying to reach her mothers expectation. She decides not to

response to her mothers attempt of finding her prodigy after seeing her mothers disappointed faceonce again, and feel, something inside her began to die. The thing which dies is her confidence

and pride, and also part of her responsibility which she puts on herself in response to her mothersexpectation. In a conversation between her and her mother when she is sent to a piano lesson, she

questions, Why dont you like me the way I am? [],which reveals that she doesnt feel her motherlikes her. This example points out a deepest fear in her mind that is what if her mother doesnt like anormal kid like her. As a result of her frustration and lack of concern from her mother, she begins to

stop following her mothers instruction, as a mean to protest her mothers endless expectation.However, she cares tremendously what her mother thinks of her. For example, she reveals that, afterthe piano recital, what devastated her is her mothers expression, which is quiet, blank look thatsaid she had lost everything. This shows how much her mothers emotion can influence her even after


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her assertion not to be changed by her mother anymore. Readers can then realize that the narrator

never really hates her mother; instead, she hates to fail the expectation from her mother. By standingin the narrators shoes, readers can then understand the origin and the process of her decision tobecome a lazy kid, and shows that the evil part of the narrator is actually an immature attempt tomake her mother accept her, she does this by defining herself as a normal person.

The author depicts her mothers characteristics through the philosophy her mother has revealed to herand the conversations between them. It states her mothers belief in the early beginning that she thinkspeople could be anything you wanted to be in America, and there were so many ways for things toget better. Her mothers optimistic attitude toward a large feasibility of reaching personal dreammakes her mother puts the same amount of expectation on the daughter, in a sense of helping thedaughter to have a successful life. Therefore, her mother shares explicitly her belief to her and evenpushes her to try new stuff; this is a mean to love her in the mothers point of view. However, theauthor arranges few arguments conversation which indicates what her mothers true expectation of heris. She response to the narrator that who ask you be genius? and shouted that only ask you be yourbest. For you sake. [] Here her mother emphasizes her real purpose of pushing the narrator to learnand try new skill. Moreover, when her mother shouted to her that only two kinds of daughters, thosewho are obedient and those who follow their own mind, it reveals what her mothers truly desire is tohave the narrator listen to her and consider her opinion as good advice.

Although the author never shows her opinion throughout the story to let readers know what have sheenlightened from the whole conflict between her and her mother, she implies what she believes now asa grown-up and put those thoughts into the story as a reference to give readers a direction to look into.

For example, she indicates that, so maybe I neve r really gave myself a fair chance. I did pick up thebasics pretty quickly, and I might have become a good pianist at that young age. This gives the reader aregretful feeling for not attempting to learn. And also, she tells readers in the end of the story that she

hasnt even notice the song she used to play is incomplete, which not only lets the reader know shedoesnt concentrate on learning, but also is a symbol that she leaves her prodigy part of her unused. Incontrast of her regretful message to readers, she gives several clues which function as excuse to those

misunderstanding which the author has on her mother during her childhood. For example, she mentionsin the beginning the hardship her mother has experienced back in China, which makes her mot her lay

all of the hope in America, more specifically, on the narrator herself. Also, it surprises the narrator thatwhen she finds out her mother has no accusations and blame on her when she messes up the recital.This part reveals that her mother doe snt blame her about the disaster at the recital, an event whichmakes her mother act as though she lost everything; instead of punishing the narrator, her motherstill keep pushing her to learn piano after the recital, which is a sign that her mother doesnt really onlycare for herself, but her daughters future. The author intends to contain part of her furtherunderstanding inside the story so that the reader will not feel its all about an accusation to her mother.

By looking into the narrator s fantasy of being famous, her frustration when failing expectation, herawareness of self-consciousness, her resistance of being changed and even the way she describesothers, the reader becomes more sympathetic to the narrator and the further understanding a desire of


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being loved which lead to her misbehaving with her mother. As a consequence, the story suggests thatboth of the narrator (daughter) and mother have their standpoint, and they all behave based on theirbest belief and decision. Therefore, a style of critical review or an evaluation to work on the story willnot be suitable. Rather than giving such an instructional textbook guessing about what is right or wrong,a narrative style of writing may be the best reference to look into for readers to judge by ourselves and

generate solutions based on readers own experience and belief.

Analisis Dua Jenis-jenis oleh Amy Tan

Dalam cerita "Dua Jenis-jenis", pengarang, Amy Tan, bercadang untuk membuat pembaca berfikirmakna di sebalik cerita. Dia tidak bersuara sebagai penganalisa untuk menggambarkan apa yang adalahmasalah yang sebenar antara dia dan ibunya. Sebaliknya, beliau menggunakan sudut pandangan sebagai

perawi menyatakan apa yang dia telah mengalami dan apa yang dirasa di dalam hatinya sepanjangcerita. Beliau juga tidak diadili apa yang betul atau salah berdasarkan pendapatnya. Daripada memberiarahan bagaimana untuk menyelesaikan isu keluarga, penulis memilih untuk menulis diari naratif yang

mengandungi perasaan sebenar beliau terhadap peristiwa semasa zaman kanak-kanak, yangmenawarkan pembaca bukan sahaja akaun yang jelas, tetapi wawasan tentang bagaimana Anas berasakecewa kerana gagal harapan ibunya yang membawa kepada konflik yang besar antara perawi danibunya.

Dengan menyatakan bagaimana orang lain berkelakuan atau berinteraksi, pengarang yang menawarkanpeluang besar kepada pembaca untuk mentafsir adil untuk diri mereka sendiri apa sebab bagi apa-apapercanggahan mungkin, atau sifat Sebaliknya mana-mana penting antara perawi dan orang dewasa laindalam cerita. Dalam cerita itu, terdapat banyak benar diri pendapat dari orang, yang seolah-olah ironiskepada pembaca; ". Beethoven" Sebagai contoh, sikap agresif ibunya menunjukkan kira anak

perempuannya, guru piano itu, diri-pujian menyatakan bahawa beliau adalah Semua riwayat termasukperbualan dengan jelas menggambarkan ciri-ciri yang berbeza antara perawi dan orang lain. Sebagaicontoh, perbualan berlaku antara perawi dan ibunya apabila ibu mengkritik seorang gadis yang seolah-olah serupa dengan penulis di TV yang mendedahkan pemahaman yang tidak sama bagi kedua-duamereka kepada tingkah laku masing-masing. Pada mulanya, anak perempuan berbicara untuk gadis itudengan mempersoalkan ibunya dengan berkata "mengapa memilih beliau [...] Beliau cukup baik.Mungkin dia bukan yang terbaik, tetapi dia berusaha keras. "Anak perempuan ini sebenarnyamempertahankan diri sendiri dan mencerminkan bahawa dia merasa tidak selesa dengan sikap tidakpeduli ibunya kerja kerasnya. Dia mahu mendapatkan pujian ibunya dan bukannya kritikan beliau. Walau

bagaimanapun, ibunya respons, "seperti anda," dan "bukan yang terbaik. Kerana anda tidak cuba. "Di

sini, ibunya tidak benar-benar menjawab soalan itu, sebaliknya mahu beliau meletakkan usaha yanglebih pada cuba, mengabaikan berapa banyak dia telah cuba sebelum ini. Walau bagaimanapun, dalamperspektif ibunya, dia tidak pernah cuba cukup keras. Oleh narratively menyatakan perbualan beliautelah dihadapi, pembaca melihat implikasi yang kuat sebab untuk konflik masa depan antara beliau danibunya.

Dengan melihat melalui mata perawi, pembaca dapat memahami tekanan dan perjuangan dari


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pendirian beliau. Pada mulanya, Anas sentiasa cuba untuk mencapai jangkaan ibunya. Beliaumemutuskan tidak respons kepada usaha ibunya mencari yg luar biasa kepandaiannya itu selepasmelihat beliau "muka kecewa ibu sekali lagi," dan rasa, "sesuatu di dalam" itu "mula mati." The "benda"yang mati keyakinan beliau dan kebanggaan, dan juga sebahagian daripada tanggungjawab yang diameletakkan dirinya sebagai tindak balas kepada jangkaan ibunya. Dalam perbualan antara dia dan

ibunya apabila dia dihantar untuk pelajaran piano, dia menyoal, "Mengapa tidak anda suka saya carasaya? [...], "Yang mendedahkan bahawa dia tidak merasakan ibunya suka dia. Contoh ini menunjukkanketakutan yang mendalam di dalam hatinya yang bagaimana jika ibunya tidak suka seorang budak biasaseperti beliau. Akibat kekecewaan dan kekurangan perhatian dari ibunya, dia mula untuk berhentimengikut arahan ibunya, sebagai bermaksud untuk membantah harapan tidak berkesudahan ibunya.Bagaimanapun, beliau prihatin dengan ketara apa yang ibunya memikirkan tentang dia. Sebagai contoh,beliau mendedahkan bahawa, selepas bacaan piano itu, apa yang "melanda beliau" adalah "ungkapanibunya," iaitu "senyap, melihat kosong yang berkata dia telah hilang segala-galanya." Ini menunjukkanberapa banyak emosi ibunya boleh mempengaruhi beliau walaupun selepas dakwaan beliau tidak bolehdiubah oleh ibunya lagi. Pembaca boleh sedar bahawa Anas tidak pernah benar-benar "membenci"ibunya, sebaliknya, dia benci untuk gagal jangkaan dari ibunya. Dengan berdiri dalam kasut yang perawiitu, pembaca kemudian boleh memahami yang asal dan proses keputusan untuk menjadi dia "budakmalas," dan menunjukkan bahawa yang "sebahagian jahat" Anas adalah sebenarnya 1 percubaan belummatang untuk membuat ibunya menerima dia, dia melakukan ini dengan mendefinisikan dirinya sebagaiorang biasa.

Pengarang menggambarkan ciri-ciri ibunya melalui falsafah ibunya telah diturunkan kepada beliau danperbualan di antara mereka. Ia menyatakan kepercayaan ibunya dalam permulaan yang awal bahawadia fikirkan rakyat "boleh menjadi apa-apa yang anda mahu berada di Amerika," dan "ada adalah begitubanyak cara untuk perkara untuk mendapatkan yang lebih baik." Sikap optimistik ibunya ke arahkemungkinan 1 besar peribadi mencapai impian menjadikan ibunya meletakkan jumlah yang sama

jangkaan ke atas anak perempuan, dalam erti kata membantu anak perempuan untuk mempunyaikehidupan yang berjaya. Oleh itu, saham ibunya dengan jelas kepercayaan kepada beliau dan malahmenolak untuk "cuba" barangan baru; ini adalah bermakna untuk menyayanginya dalam sudut

pandangan ibu. Walau bagaimanapun, penulis mengatur hujah beberapa perbualan yang menunjukkanapa jangkaan benar ibunya dia. Dia respons kepada Anas bahawa "yang meminta anda akan genius?"Dan menjerit bahawa "hanya meminta anda menjadi yang terbaik. Untuk anda semata-mata. [...] "Di siniibunya menekankan tujuan sebenar menolak Anas untuk belajar dan mencuba kemahiran yang baru.Lebih-lebih lagi, apabila ibunya menjerit kepadanya bahawa "hanya 2 jenis anak perempuan, orang-orang yang taat dan orang-orang yang mengikuti fikiran sendiri mereka," ia mendedahkan apa yangibunya adalah benar-benar keinginan adalah untuk Anas mendengar kepadanya dan menganggap

pendapatnya sebagai baik nasihat.

Walaupun penulis tidak pernah menunjukkan pendapat sepanjang cerita untuk membiarkan parapembaca tahu tentang apa yang telah dia terang dari seluruh konflik antara beliau dan ibunya, diamembayangkan apa yang dia percaya kini sebagai seorang dewasa dan meletakkan pemikiran mereka kedalam cerita sebagai rujukan kepada memberikan pembaca suatu arahan untuk melihat ke dalam.


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Sebagai contoh, beliau menunjukkan bahawa, "demikian mungkin saya tidak pernah benar-benarmemberi peluang yang adil kepada diri saya. Saya mengambil asas cukup cepat, dan saya mungkin telahmenjadi seorang pemain piano yang baik pada usia yang muda. "Ini memberi pembaca perasaanmenyesal kerana tidak cuba untuk belajar. Dan juga, dia memberitahu pembaca di akhir cerita bahawadia telah tidak menyedari lagu dia pernah bermain tidak lengkap, yang bukan sahaja membolehkan

pembaca tahu dia tidak menumpukan perhatian kepada pembelajaran, tetapi juga adalah simbolbahawa dia meninggalkan sebahagian ajaib yang tidak digunakan itu. Berbeza mesej menyesal kepadapembaca, beliau memberikan beberapa petunjuk yang berfungsi sebagai alasan untuk mereka yangsalah faham yang mana penulis ke atas ibunya semasa kecilnya. Sebagai contoh, beliau menyebut dalampermulaan kesusahan ibunya telah mengalami kembali di China, yang membuat ibunya "meletakkansemua harapan" di Amerika, lebih khusus pada perawi sendiri. Juga, ia kejutan Anas bahawa apabila diamendapati ibunya tidak mempunyai "tuduhan dan menyalahkan" pada ketika dia messes up bacaan.Bahagian ini mendedahkan bahawa ibunya tidak menyalahkan beliau tentang bencana pada bacaan ",satu peristiwa yang membuat perbuatan ibunya seolah-olah dia" kehilangan segala-galanya "sebagaiganti menghukum Anas, ibunya masih terus menolak dia belajar piano selepas bacaan, yang merupakansatu tanda bahawa ibunya tidak benar-benar hanya menjaga sendiri, tetapi masa depan anakperempuannya. Penulis bercadang untuk mengandungi sebahagian pemahaman lanjut di dalam ceritasupaya pembaca tidak akan merasa itu semua kira-kira satu tuduhan kepada ibunya.

Dengan melihat ke dalam fantasi perawi 'menjadi terkenal, kekecewaan beliau apabila gagal jangkaan,kesedaran kesedaran diri, rintangan beliau sedang berubah dan juga cara dia menerangkan yang lain,pembaca menjadi lebih bersimpati kepada perawi dan pemahaman lanjut keinginan disayangi yangmembawa kepada menggangu bersama-sama ibunya. Sebagai akibatnya, cerita mencadangkan bahawakedua-dua perawi (anak perempuan) dan ibu mempunyai pendirian mereka, dan mereka semuaberkelakuan berdasarkan kepercayaan terbaik dan keputusan mereka. Oleh itu, gaya kajian kritikal ataupenilaian untuk bekerja pada cerita tidak sesuai. Bukannya memberikan buku teks pengajaran yangmeneka tentang apa yang betul atau salah, gaya naratif penulisan boleh menjadi rujukan terbaik untukmelihat kepada pembaca kepada hakim oleh diri dan menjana penyelesaian yang berdasarkan

pengalaman pembaca sendiri dan kepercayaan.


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"Two Kinds'' is the last story in the second of four sections of Amy Tan's immensely successfulfirst book, The Joy Luck Club . Tan intended the book to be read as a loose collection ofinterrelated stories, but it is often referred to as a novel. Several of the stories appeared in

periodicals separately, many of them in Atlantic Monthly , which purchased the serial rights to the book prior to its publication. "Two Kinds'' was initially published in the Atlantic in February

1989, one month before the book was released.

Like all the stories in the book, "Two Kinds'' is concerned with the complex relationships between mothers and daughters. In particular, Tan's subject is the distance between mothers whowere born in China before the communist revolution and thus have been cut off from their nativeculture for decades, and their American-born daughters who must negotiate the twin burdens oftheir Chinese ancestry and American expectations for success.

In this story, the narrator, Jing-mei, resists her overbearing mother's desire to make her into amusical prodigy in order to compete with one of her friend's daughters. The narrator recalls theseevents after a period of more than twenty years and still struggles to understand her mother's

motivations.

"Two Kinds" contains all the elements that won Tan the well-deserved praise she received forher first book. It shows off her keen ear for the fractured English of the older generation (Tanwas trained as a linguist, after all), and her sharp eye for detail in recreating the domestic sceneryof mothers and daughters, especially in her descriptions of food and clothing.

Two Kinds Summary

In the story "Two Kinds," the narrator is a Chinese-American girl who is locked in a struggleover her identity with her Chinese immigrant mother, who believes "that you could be anythingyou wanted to be in America." This particular struggle invokes the mother's attempt to mold herdaughter, Jing-mei, into a musical prodigy so that she will be able to brag to her friend LindoJong, whose daughter is a precocious chess champion.

The idea for piano lessons comes from television and popular magazines. The narrator and hermother watch Shirley Temple movies and try to imagine her as a child star. They even go so faras to get her hair styled to make her look like the blond, curly-haired Temple. The mother alsoreads countless stories about remarkable children i n the magazines she brings home from

people whose houses she...

"Dua jenis" adalah cerita terakhir di kedua daripada empat bahagian buku Amy Tan besar pertama yang

berjaya, Joy Luck Club. Tan bertujuan buku untuk dibaca sebagai pungutan longgar cerita salingberkaitan, tetapi ia sering dirujuk sebagai novel Beberapa cerita muncul di dalam terbitan berkala secaraberasingan, ramai di antara mereka di Atlantic Bulanan, yang dibeli hak siri buku terlebih dahulu bagipenerbitan buku ini. "Dua Jenis-jenis" pada mulanya diterbitkan di Atlantik pada bulan Februari 1989,satu bulan sebelum buku tersebut telah dikeluarkan.

Seperti semua cerita-cerita dalam buku ini, "Dua Jenis-jenis" berkenaan dengan hubungan kompleks


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antara ibu dan anak-anak perempuan. Khususnya, tertakluk Tan ialah jarak di antara ibu-ibu yangdilahirkan di China sebelum revolusi komunis dan dengan itu telah disingkirkan dari budaya asli merekauntuk berdekad-dekad, dan anak-anak perempuan yang dilahirkan di Amerika mereka yang harusberunding beban berkembar keturunan Cina dan harapan Amerika untuk kejayaan.

Dalam cerita ini, perawi, Jing-mei, menentang keinginan ibu melampau untuk membuat dia menjadiorang yg berbakat muzik untuk bersaing dengan salah satu anak perempuan sahabatnya itu. Penceritamengimbas kembali peristiwa-peristiwa ini selepas tempoh lebih daripada dua puluh tahun dan masihberusaha untuk memahami motivasi ibunya.

"Dua Jenis-jenis" mengandungi semua unsur yang memenangi Tan pujian yang berhak dia diterimauntuk buku pertama. Ia menunjukkan telinga berminat untuk Bahasa Inggeris patah generasi lebih tua(Tan telah dilatih sebagai pakar bahasa, selepas semua), dan mata yang tajam untuk terperinci dalammencipta pemandangan domestik ibu dan anak-anak perempuan, terutama dalam huraian makanandan pakaian .Dua Jenis-jenis Ringkasan

Dalam cerita "Dua Jenis-jenis," Anas adalah seorang gadis Cina-Amerika yang dikunci dalam perjuanganlebih identiti beliau dengan ibu pendatang Cina, yang percaya bahawa anda boleh menjadi apa sahajayang anda mahu berada di Amerika. " Ini perjuangan tertentu menerbitkan percubaan ibu ke arahmembentuk anak perempuannya, Jing-mei, ke dalam ajaib muzik supaya dia akan dapat menyombonglindo Jong rakan, yang perempuan itu menjadi juara catur dewasa sebelum waktunya.

Idea untuk latihan piano datang daripada televisyen dan majalah popular. Yang meriwayatkan danwatch ibunya Shirley Temple filem dan cuba untuk membayangkan beliau sebagai bintang kanak-kanak.Mereka bahkan pergi jauh untuk mendapatkan rambutnya digayakan untuk membuat wajah seperti Kuilberambut perang, berambut kerinting. Ibu juga membaca cerita-cerita "tidak terkira banyaknya tentangkanak-kanak luar biasa" dalam majalah dia membawa pulang dari orang yang rumah dia ...


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A Summary of Amy Tan's "Two Kinds"The narrator of "Two Kinds" is a Chinese American Girl who is in a constant struggle with her motherover her identity. The struggle begins when the family moves to America after losing everything inChina.The mother and child watch Shirley Temple movies and read stories in magazines about remarkable

children, in attempts to try and imagine the child as a prodigy. They even have the child's hair cut tomake her look like the star.The mother's ambitions for her child take shape one night while watching a nine year old Chinese girlplay the piano on the Ed Sullivan show. The mother quickly arranges for piano lessons. The daughterlies about practice times and does only what she has to do during the lessons. Her mother is unawareof her lack of participation.At the piano recital, the child is confident and proud when it is her turn. However, her awful andunpracticed playing embarrasses her family as well as herself. The mother insists on continuing pianolessons and literally has to drag the child to the bench to play. The child continues the rebellion andgoes so far as to say she wished she were not her mother's child.The cruel and hurtful statement silences her mother and piano lessons cease. On the narrator'sthirtieth birthday, the mother offers to give her the piano, who interprets is as a peace offering,

although she is still unable to comprehend her mother's motivations.

Ringkasan "Jenis-jenis Dua" Amy TanPenyampai "Dua Jenis-jenis" Cina Amerika Girl yang dalam perjuangan tetap dengan ibunya lebih identitibeliau. Perjuangan bermula apabila keluarga berpindah ke Amerika selepas kehilangan segala-galanya diChina.

Ibu dan kanak-kanak menonton Shirley Temple filem dan membaca cerita-cerita dalam majalahmengenai kanak-kanak luar biasa, dalam percubaan untuk mencuba dan membayangkan kanak-kanakitu sebagai ajaib. Mereka bahkan telah rambut kanak-kanak itu dipotong untuk membuat wajah sepertibintang.Cita-cita ibu untuk anaknya mengambil bentuk satu malam sambil menonton seorang gadis Cina yanglama sembilan tahun bermain piano pada Ed Sullivan show. Ibu dengan cepat mengatur untuk latihanpiano. Anak perempuan yang terletak kira-kira masa amalan dan tidak hanya apa yang dia telah lakukansemasa pengajaran. Ibunya adalah menyedari kekurangan penyertaan.Pada bacaan piano, kanak-kanak berasa yakin dan berbangga apabila ia adalah giliran. Walau

bagaimanapun, main seksa yang besar dan unpracticed embarrasses keluarganya serta dirinya. Ibu

bertegas untuk pelajaran piano berterusan dan secara literal untuk mengheret anak ke bangkusimpanan untuk bermain. Kanak-kanak itu terus pemberontakan itu dan pergi jauh untuk mengatakandia mahu dia tidak anak ibunya.Senyap kenyataan yang kejam dan menyakitkan ibunya dan latihan piano terhenti. Pada hari lahir 30yang meriwayatkan, ibu menawarkan untuk memberi piano, yang menafsirkan sebagai persembahan

damai, walaupun dia masih tidak dapat memahami motivasi ibunya.


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