Two Kinds by Amy Tan Essay -- Two Kinds, Amy Tan

In the story Two Kinds by Amy Tan, we are shown the struggles of a young lady friend Jing-Mei. Her struggle is that of a young girl growing up and attempt to get under ones skin her own sense of identity. Her troubles are compounded by her begin, who convinces her that she give the bounce become someone important. Because of her mothers constant overbearing behavior, Jing-Mei does everything she can to annoy and insult her mother even to the drive of being a failure. This fight to find her own identity against her mothers wishes shows how parents cannot control their childs life they can only point them in the right direction and let them make their own choices. In the onset of the story we find Jing-Meis mother convincing her that she can be prediction&8230 (491) and that she can be best anything. (491) Deciding that Jing-Meis destiny is to become a prodigy, her mother takes control and begins to push Jing-Mei towards this goal. At first Jing-Mei is, just as excited as my mot her, maybe even more so. (491) By saying these things, Jing-Meis mother tries to give rise an ideal identity for her. Jing-Meis mother begins to test her with questions and she cooperates. But as prison term goes on and the tests her mother gives her gets harder, Jing-Mei begins to be resentful and unwilling to cooperate. She thinks to herself, I wont be what Im not. (492) This shows a child resisting its parents control....