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In three pages this paper describes three significant personality traits (insecurity, rebelliousness, and pride) that characterize protagonist Jing-Mei Woo in Amy Tan’s story, “Two Kinds.” There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.
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hardship she had endured in their native land. Instead, Mrs. Woo sought to grab the American Dream and the prosperity that went along with it for her daughter.
She pushed her daughter towards what she believed defined success in America - beauty, intellect, and talent. This generated the conflict between mother and daughter that forms the basis
for Amy Tans famous short story, "Two Kinds," which is featured in her collection entitled The Joy Luck Club. The protagonist Jing-Mei is a willful and complex young woman
possessing several personality traits. However, the traits that most effectively define her character are insecurity, rebelliousness, and pride. While Mrs. Woo busied herself in deciding which type of child
prodigy her daughter was, Jing-Mei was wracked secretly by feelings of self-doubt. When her mother attempted to transform her into the Chinese-American equivalent of Shirley Temple - which which
was obviously the antithesis of Jing-Mei - her insecurity began to increase. During her rigorous beauty training, she mused wistfully, "In all of my imaginings I was filled with
a sense that I would soon become perfect: My mother and father would adore me. I would be beyond reproach" (Tan 143). When Jing-Mei fell short of achieving
the lofty goal her mother set for her, her insecurity intensified. After seemingly endless tests of world capitals so that Jing-Mei could surpass the three-year-old prodigy capable of naming
all of the U.S. capitals and those of most of the European countries, Jing-Mei again experienced failure. With another defeat, the insecure child lamented, "After seeing, once again,
my mothers disappointed face, something inside me began to die. I hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations. Before going to bed that night I looked in
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