In the story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, the music symbolizes Jin-Mei’s life. First, she was pleading not to play the piano and her mom was forcing her to play. In the text it states,” no! I won't, I screamed. She yanked me by the arm, pulled me off the floor, and snapped off the TV. She was frighteningly strong, half caring for me toward the piano as I kicked the throw rug under my feet.” Her mom was carrying her over to the piano to force her to play it even though she hated it. Secondly, her mom wants her to be perfect and amazingly talented. In the text it states,” Before going to bed that night, I looked in the mirror above the bathroom sink and when I saw only my face staring back- and that it would always be this ordinary face- I began to