A Dream Come True
The short story "A Pair of Tickets" written by Amy Tan is the representation of liminal characters between two cultures. When talking about Liminal character, it means the characters that are in battle in searching for their true identity. People have to search for their true identity because of the difference of cultures they are raised in; being part of two different cultures makes it hard for someone to identify themselves. Therefore, the feeling of being confused and lost will always be around. In this case, Tan introduces the main character, Jing-mei, as the daughter of a Chinese woman who immigrated to the United States because of the war there was "when the Japanese took over Kweilin" (212). Consequently, Jing-mei was raised in the United States. All she wanted to be was American, but she never understood her mom's culture until she met with her relatives.
Tan wrote this short story to explain how hard it was for her, as an adolescent, to be raised......
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