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A 4 page paper which examines mother/daughter relationships as seen through Amy Tan’s short story Two Kinds. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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it focuses on "the mother/daughter relationship, story-telling, and finding ones own voice or identity" (Ling). It is a story about a Chinese woman and a Chinese American girl, and
a story of two different personalities, both stubborn, intelligent and hopeful. In many ways it is clearly a story about cultural pressures from one generation to another, but it is
also a powerful story about mothers and daughters as well. The following paper first examines common issues in Tans story that involve mothers and daughters. The paper then examines the
specific cultural issues revolving around mother and daughter in Tans story. Amy Tans Two Kinds: Mothers and Daughters: Common Issues No
matter the culture, mothers and daughters have always, and will perhaps always, struggle with their own identities and against the others identity. Mothers, more often than not, simply want what
is best for the daughters. And often that is better than the mother experienced. In Tans story the mother wants her daughter to see the potential she has, and the
opportunities she has, something the mother never really had for herself. In this respect she wants more for her daughter than she ever had for herself.
Mothers and daughters are perhaps, first and foremost, women. And, as women they are often stuck in many social categories as well as economic categories. One
author notes, "A womans place is in the house... And in the senate.....A Womans Place Is in Uniform... a womans place was in the home" (Roberts 183). In essence, the
role of women is constantly changing and from one generation to the next mothers will more often than not struggle with their daughters identities. For example, back in the 1960s
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