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

Mothers and daughters are perhaps, first and foremost, women. And, as women they are often stuck in many social categories as well...

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

current theories and current research. Over time, changes in these theories and research and their application can have a lasting...

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

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...

play, the power in this contest lies with Waverly. But her mother is jealous of the girls success (not an unusual reaction), and ...

truths with incredible power. For example, Hitler used language in an incredibly powerful way, playing on the truths of the people...

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

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 disappoints her mother by failing one of her tests, she acknowledges her mothers failed hopes, but she also sees her "pro...

than the exception in child birth. As compared to 1970 when cesareans constituted less than seven percent of births, that number ...

Much has been written about how womens societal roles have changed over the history of our country. One of the more interesting i...

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

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

When Jing-Mei fell short of achieving the lofty goal her mother set for her, her insecurity intensified. After seemingly endless ...

scholarship addressing the character of Pearl have seen her as the "sin-child, the unholy result" of an adulterous love and a symb...

the market. This sums up the strategy of a company which wishes to be a leader rather than a second mover in...

operators, or the market is dominated by only a few operators, even if they are operating under subsidiary companies giving a domi...

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

her white friends would agree with her that she was about as Chinese as they were, indicating she really possessed little of that ...

to practice a musical instrument for 30 minutes or an hour each day but Chua requires her children to practice for three four hou...

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 a few short years. Roxanas lone confidant was her trusted maid, Amy, in whom she could confide her innermost hopes and dreams....

This 5 page essay analyzes discourse as it manifests in these books. Reality differs according to narrator perception. 2 sources...

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...

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...

back from their daughters until they felt they were ready to understand. The second two sections of the book are from the daughter...

a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...

This paper consisting on 5 pages focuses on the last paragraphs of the short story and argues that for the reader these are unnece...