How Does Amy Tan Create A Dynamic Characterization

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The story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, is about a mother and a daughter’s relationship. The mother wanted her daughter to become the child prodigy that she longed for, but her daughter was not able to fulfill her mother’s dreams. In this story, the author switches perspectives of a mother and daughter. This resulted in multiple conflicts being used. The author’s use of multiple conflicts resulted in change and growth in the characters throughout the story. Whether the change was for better or worse. A type of conflict the author used to create dynamic characterization is man vs. self. This conflict is often used throughout the story against the daughter. “But sometimes the prodigy in me becomes impatient. ‘If you don’t hurry up and get me out of