Essays on Two Kinds

Many kids today want to become successful in life either doing what they love or doing what they have to do to be successful with or without support. In “Two Kinds” and “Rules of The Game” by Amy Tan, both the main characters Jing-mei and Waverly have the same nationality and somewhat the same age....

Amy Tan, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, is a Chinese American author who was born and raised in California and attended numerous colleges to pursue her writing ambitions. Tan, who was once a rebellious teen, wrote the fictional short story “Two Kinds”, revealing the strained relationship between a mother and a daughter using the character...

I was 10 when I entered the country of endless dreams and opportunities, America. I moved to a completely different country at the peak points of my adolescence. Everything around me was contradictory compared to my previous lifestyle in India, the scent, the weather, the people, and most importantly: culture. Each and everyone’s view on...