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all sorts of unsettling events. This is a fictional account but it brings into play very real issues faced by todays population. ...
The link between the two groups was that of mother and daughter, four descended from four. Despite the mother daughter bo...
In twelve pages this report discusses how the relationships between mother and daughter transcend everything including generation ...
and how they interpret life and art. In focusing on this subject we incorporate two essays which discuss aspects of art and life f...
An analysis of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant, Amy Tan's Young G...
and sends her to learn to play the piano from a neighbor, Mr. Chong. Jing-Mei resents the lessons but tolerates them because Mr. C...
forced to make an inner journey that she was loathe to make. This is often a key component in the mythological heros quest. He or ...
In five pages this paper discusses how parental understanding is crucial to children's success in a consideration of Gwendolyn Bro...
A 6 essay comparing and contrasting the film version of Amy Tan's popular book and the book. The essay emphasizes Hollywood's ten...
little pleasure from drafting speeches for corporate executives," working as much as ninety hours a week because she could not see...
structure. "First Confession" recounts the events of a brief period in Jackies life. Therefore, Jackies perspective does not alter...
because when I was growing up, my mothers limited English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed t...
When Jing-Mei fell short of achieving the lofty goal her mother set for her, her insecurity intensified. After seemingly endless ...
two people who hold true to the notion that determination and hard work can get you ahead in the world of the American ideal. Gats...
her white friends would agree with her that she was about as Chinese as they were, indicating she really possessed little of that ...
magazines; these tests are things like name the capitals of the states and so on (Tan, 1989). She hopes that Jing-mei will demonst...
of the nation, America is and was considered a land where someone could be anything they wanted, and they could succeed and be ric...
beings can sink. On December 9, 1937, Japanese troops attacked the city of Nanking; on the 13th, the "6th and 16th Divisions of th...
him an hour just to move his head into the room. The protagonist exclaims, "Ha! Would a madman have been so wise as this?" which i...
In five pages Erich Fromm's theory on marketing orientation is applied to the character of Harold, husband of Lena, in Amy Tan's t...
In eight pages the complex relationships between Asian mothers and their American daughters as described in Maxine Hong Kingston's...
Mothers and daughters are perhaps, first and foremost, women. And, as women they are often stuck in many social categories as well...
When she disappoints her mother by failing one of her tests, she acknowledges her mothers failed hopes, but she also sees her "pro...
play, the power in this contest lies with Waverly. But her mother is jealous of the girls success (not an unusual reaction), and ...
In five pages this novel that was first published in 1847 is discussed....
In three pages this novel first published in 1937 is analyzed regarding the author's use of symbolism....
In five pages this paper examines and analyzes this Chinese American novel first published in 1996....
tactics. There is a great disparity between the haves and the have nots. The health conditions are horrible with no running water ...
In 10 pages this paper analyzes the novel by Amy Tan in terms of how it presents the Chinese mother and Chinese American daughters...
"Dragon Seed" details the circumstances surrounding Japanese invasion and occupation of mainland China during World War II as they...