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Two Kinds (2000)

by Amy Tan(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 5

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review 1: If it was the Korean immigrant father who was the source of the tension in Katherine Min's "Courting a Monk," here it is the Chinese immigrant mother. Both were written from the point of view of the Americanized daughters, but I rate this lower because the narrator did not at all take her clothes off (in the story), and there's no sex or romance, although poignant (since the mother dies here) and with a hint of a deeper meaning at the end.
review 2: My opinion on this story by Amy Tan was wonderful because of how she wrote the connection of the two characters, Jing-Mei and her mother. This story was both man vs man and man vs him/herself because this shows the conflict of both Jing-Mei and her mother on wanting Jing-Mei to be a piano prodigy. Jing-Mei did not w... moreant to be a piano prodigy so she had a problem with herself of coming to the solution that she cannot and will not be a piano prodigy because she doesn't have the talents to but her mom forced her otherwise. I think this was a really emotional story too because of the conflict between a mother and daughter relationship but soon the daughter realized that her mom only want her to be good. I think the theme of the story is to always be respectful to your parents and always treasure the people around you before they are gone. Jing-Mei realized her mistakes after her mother passed away and gave her the piano as a memory. She became to play the piano again and she got better in the honor of her mom. I think it was a really sweet and bitter story between a daughter and her mother but it was resolved in the end. less

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