A Mother's Dream
For a lot children growing up, our mothers have been an complete part of what made us who we are. Mostly all good mothers want the
best for their child and they are determine to do whatever it takes for them to get it. The central struggle in Amy Tan's story Two Kinds'' is a
battle of wills between the narrator, a young Chinese-American girl, and her mother, a Chinese immigrant. "Two Kinds'' is a coming-of-age story,
in which the narrator, Jing-mei, struggles to forge her own sense of identity in the face of her strong-willed mother's dream that she become a
"prodigy.''
Suyuan, Jing-mei's mother, believes in the American Dream. With hard work, she feels that Jing-Mei can be anything she wants to
be in this great country. After all, Suyuan does not want her daughter to ever suffer the kind of deprivation and tragedies that she had to endure in
China. But Jing-Mei has no desire to prove herself or excel in any field. She wants......
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