Misinterpret Culture In Amy Tan's Two Kinds

Diverse cultural influences expand one’s ability to interpret others and the world. Many people misinterpret culture to mean people in other parts of the world. In reality, culture is influenced by a wide variety of aspects such as: religion, community, family, friends, traditions, environments, and music. For example of misinterpret culture is when people with incompatible religions have different lifestyles, from what they eat in the morning to what jobs they have. Each of their perspectives on the world is created with these everyday items and ideas. Even without visiting most parts of the world there is already a broad view about it from movies or television. Though most people will never understand the real sight of those places because

After losing everything dear to her, China represented defeat while America was hope. She settled in San Francisco and never looked back. With little understanding of the American culture she pressured Jing-mei to engage in every opportunity to perfection. Jing-mei never knew tragedy and despair like her mother experienced, but was diversely influenced by the American culture. To Jing-mei America meant freedom to be yourself. The conflict between Jing-mei and her mother was the result of their individual cultural

This happened to Robert Lake’s son, Wind-Wolf, when they moved away from their tribe to a standard Western society. In the essay “An Indian Father’s Plea” by Robert Lake, he lists multiple supporting facts that states Wind-Wolf is not a “slow-learner” (77), but is just trying “to adjust to the new cultural system” (77). Not only is Wind-Wolf trying to adjust to his new home, but he is also seeing other people and the world in an altered way. Unlike Wind-Wolf, his teacher had a narrow way of looking at Wind-Wolf and the world. His teacher never tried to understand Wind-Wolf’s culture or learning style. Thus, leading to the teacher receiving a letter Robert Lake sent to explain how his child wasn’t “culturally disadvantaged, but culturally different” (77). The letter influenced the teacher, and as result the teacher now saw Wind-Wolf and others like him in a different