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is the daughter of a white mother and a black father. Although her father does not take an active role in her life his presence i...

of the nation, America is and was considered a land where someone could be anything they wanted, and they could succeed and be ric...

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...

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 ...

In five pages this paper discusses how parental understanding is crucial to children's success in a consideration of Gwendolyn Bro...

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...

structure. "First Confession" recounts the events of a brief period in Jackies life. Therefore, Jackies perspective does not alter...

little pleasure from drafting speeches for corporate executives," working as much as ninety hours a week because she could not see...

and how they interpret life and art. In focusing on this subject we incorporate two essays which discuss aspects of art and life f...

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...

beings can sink. On December 9, 1937, Japanese troops attacked the city of Nanking; on the 13th, the "6th and 16th Divisions of th...

reveal different offerings such as health care, optical, and auctions. The auction area for example is something much like eBay wh...

she thinks her daughter should be doing. She tells her daughter "Only ask you be your best" (Tan). The author who discusses ambi...

written. As the two essays continue they build in their complexity where language is concerned. Tan states, "a speech filled with...

reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...

Iin a paper consisting of six pages this essay discusses the short story in terms of how it reflects the author's own life. There...

The way in which protagonists in these respective short stories discover they are different than what their parents want them to b...

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...

illusion of democratic choice by parents of children who are fed up and frustrated with the local school system. Furthermo...

page. The use of negative space to enhance the darkness of the central image is important to creating a tone for the site, and th...

11). After this section the dinner party clearly moves to the Drawing-Room wherein a woman who sits with fire reflecting her jewel...

when she fails-according to them-it overwhelms her and undermines her sense of self and her self-esteem ("Meeting Sophie"). The "...

a story about meeting people and finding some sort of closure on the past wherein her mother lost her two daughters, and Tan findi...

The betrayal that Mukherjee felt in Canada 20 years before she wrote the piece echoes the feelings that Mira has, as she finds her...

Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...

just get the story out. In fact, many novelists and short story writers are storytellers. They simply tell a story. That is all th...

took the piano lessons and began, at the recital, to feel some powerful connection with the music, and then failed. She would neve...

who is not incredibly involved in her one daughters life. That daughter is Dee. The other daughter, Maggie, lives with her and the...