YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Works of Amy Tan
Essays 31 - 60
little pleasure from drafting speeches for corporate executives," working as much as ninety hours a week because she could not see...
who is not incredibly involved in her one daughters life. That daughter is Dee. The other daughter, Maggie, lives with her and the...
structure. "First Confession" recounts the events of a brief period in Jackies life. Therefore, Jackies perspective does not alter...
In an essay consisting of five pages the ways in which the novel considers the connections between mothers and daughters through t...
magazines; these tests are things like name the capitals of the states and so on (Tan, 1989). She hopes that Jing-mei will demonst...
when she fails-according to them-it overwhelms her and undermines her sense of self and her self-esteem ("Meeting Sophie"). The "...
the company of literary associates and her readership, her English transforms to what she deems "broken, as if it were damaged and...
the experiences their protagonists have growing up as young, ethnic women in America. However, the relationship between the fictio...
view" refers to whos telling the story, and it can be crucial to a readers understanding. This paper compares the point of view in...
beings can sink. On December 9, 1937, Japanese troops attacked the city of Nanking; on the 13th, the "6th and 16th Divisions of th...
the freedom and opportunities offered by America. In other words, this immigrant mother means well. She simply wants her daughter ...
In five pages this paper discusses how the author portrays East and West cultural oppositions....
In five pages this story featured in The Joy Luck Club is analyzed in terms of the connection that exists between characters and c...
an article entitled "Every Womans Dream," which appeared in April 7 edition of The Weekly (1954, p. 59). The student researching t...
her white friends would agree with her that she was about as Chinese as they were, indicating she really possessed little of that ...
This 5 page essay analyzes discourse as it manifests in these books. Reality differs according to narrator perception. 2 sources...
In eight pages the complex relationships between Asian mothers and their American daughters as described in Maxine Hong Kingston's...
A 6 essay comparing and contrasting the film version of Amy Tan's popular book and the book. The essay emphasizes Hollywood's ten...
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...
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...
of the nation, America is and was considered a land where someone could be anything they wanted, and they could succeed and be ric...
because when I was growing up, my mothers limited English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed t...
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 ...
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...
that is part of mine. But when she was born, she sprang from me like a slippery fish, and has been swimming away from me since" (T...
just get the story out. In fact, many novelists and short story writers are storytellers. They simply tell a story. That is all th...
Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...
The betrayal that Mukherjee felt in Canada 20 years before she wrote the piece echoes the feelings that Mira has, as she finds her...