Mother-Daughter Relationships
A mother believed that living in America, you could do anything you want, or you could be anything you wanted to be. In Two Kinds by Amy Tan, it’s a short story about a mother-daughter relationship. Suyuan Woo believed that living in America, hopes and dreams can be fulfilled. She pushes her daughter Jing-mei to become a prodigy child and be best at anything. Jing-mei matures and struggles with high expectations of her mother. She sees and realize that her mother wants her to become a prodigy and a talented child, famous, and an obedient daughter. Jing-mei learns from her mother and disobeys her, and tries to find ways to stop her mother’s foolishness. Suyuan Woo first believed that her daughter can become a prodigy and a talented child. She has high standards and believes that living in
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She expects more from her daughter and she think that this is what’s best for her, and she tries to compete other mothers about how her daughter is a true prodigy. After she watched The Ed Sullivan Show on TV, she thought that her daughter will be best at playing piano and she schedules her for practice. “When my mother told me this, I felt as though I had been sent to hell… “Why don’t you like me the way I am? I’m not a genius! I can’t play the piano” (31-32). In my perspective, I see that Jing-Mei was living her mother’s dreams. Having been told to do something that Jing-Mei didn’t want to do, can cause her to live up to her mother’s dreams and not to her own. She is unhappy to not be able to live up her dreams. “And my mother squared her shoulders and bragged: “Our problem worse than yours. If we ask Jing-Mei was dish, she hear nothing but music. It’s like you can’t stop this natural talent” (47-48). Suyuan Woo brags and lies to her friend how good her daughter is. She expects more from Jing-Mei because she wants to compete other mothers to show that her daughter is a true