YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Works of Amy Tan
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In a paper that contains eight pages the inspiration writing has provided Amy Tan throughout her life is examined in essay 'Young ...
back from their daughters until they felt they were ready to understand. The second two sections of the book are from the daughter...
took the piano lessons and began, at the recital, to feel some powerful connection with the music, and then failed. She would neve...
In three pages this essay discusses the symbolism of the novel's title and considers how it relates to the human experience. The ...
In a paper that consists of five pages the Chinese legacy of mothers and daughters that provides them with their identity is discu...
In eight pages these texts by Alice Walker, Mary Louise Pratt, and Alice Walker are examined in terms of unconscious and 'magical'...
In 10 pages this paper analyzes the novel by Amy Tan in terms of how it presents the Chinese mother and Chinese American daughters...
In six pages this paper discusses the themes of Chines culture, pride, and relationships between mother and daughter in a comparat...
The way in which protagonists in these respective short stories discover they are different than what their parents want them to b...
In twelve pages this report discusses how the relationships between mother and daughter transcend everything including generation ...
PG). The novelist has a distinctive talent when it comes to writing about the similarities and differences between and among the ...
The conflict between mother and daughter and the importance of the last paragraph of the short story are the focus of this paper t...
In five pages this paper compares and contrasts what each author's intentions are in their respective works along with the sense o...
Mothers and daughters are perhaps, first and foremost, women. And, as women they are often stuck in many social categories as well...
she thinks her daughter should be doing. She tells her daughter "Only ask you be your best" (Tan). The author who discusses ambi...
When she disappoints her mother by failing one of her tests, she acknowledges her mothers failed hopes, but she also sees her "pro...
When Jing-Mei fell short of achieving the lofty goal her mother set for her, her insecurity intensified. After seemingly endless ...
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...
In 5 pages this paper compares 'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan with 'The Stolen Party' by Liliana Heker in a consideration of how each depi...
In five pages this paper discusses how stereotypes are emphasized while appearing to eliminate them in these works by Stowe and Ta...
These two novels are contrasted and compared in five pages with references made to Richard B. Rice, William A. Bullough and Richar...
a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...
reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...
written. As the two essays continue they build in their complexity where language is concerned. Tan states, "a speech filled with...
play, the power in this contest lies with Waverly. But her mother is jealous of the girls success (not an unusual reaction), and ...
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...
a woman with a very strong sense of the Chinese culture. It is, in these respects, a novel that speaks of searching for identity a...
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...
pick the right kind of prodigy" (Tan 53). Her mother tried different roles on Jing-mei to see which would fit. At first, she tried...
The link between the two groups was that of mother and daughter, four descended from four. Despite the mother daughter bo...