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Amy Tan's Identity In Fish Knesses, By Amy Tan

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In Amy Tan’s memoir “ Fish cheeks”, her identity is created by how she sees herself, how others see her, and who she will become in the future. In Amy Tan’s memoir she is ashamed of her culture and wants to be more American. Tan talks about how she wanted to disappear after her father uses his chopsticks and pokes just below the fish eye then pulls out the meat and offers it to her. She also talks about how her Native relatives' lack of American manners and their foreign meal will be embarrassing to her American crush. In her memoir her mother feels that she should love herself and is disappointed in her. She says her mom talked to her after their dinner and told her “ you must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame.”
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