Two Halves Of The Same Song
One of the crucial components of Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” is her choice of narrator. This narrative voice develops the story by adding to the characters. By using this narrator, Amy Tan allows the story to come alive through the eyes of a child. Jing-Mei, who is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant, paints the picture of her relationship between herself and her overbearing mother. Being the protagonist of the story, Jing-Mei is able to portray what she is going through as the storyteller. This choice of first person narrative allows the audience to look through the eyes of a young Chinese-American girl and take part in her coming of age. If the author chose another character as narrator, the childlike characteristics and personality would have been lost.
In comparison, Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing” allows the mother to become the narrator. The mother expresses the difficulties her daughter went through as she was growing up. The mother sends......
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