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The Life and Art of Amy Tan

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

Conflict in the Relationship Between Mother and Daughter in 'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan

an article entitled "Every Womans Dream," which appeared in April 7 edition of The Weekly (1954, p. 59). The student researching t...

A Comparison of 'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan and 'First Confessions' by Frank O'Connor

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

Tan, Orwell and Baldwin: Language

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

Chinese Immigrant Mothers

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

Amy Tan and Nancy McCabe

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

'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan and Identity

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

Special Education Questions

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

Alice Walker and Amy Tan

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

Amy Tan: "Two Kinds"

magazines; these tests are things like name the capitals of the states and so on (Tan, 1989). She hopes that Jing-mei will demonst...

Four Commencement Speakers from American History

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

Wang's The Joy Luck Club Film and the Mythological Approach

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 ...

Object v. Spectator Types of Cinematic Gaze

is completely unique and no two are alike. Therefore, what takes place is a kind of power struggle between the subject and the ob...

Literary Analysis of Amy Tan's 'Two Kinds'

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

Two Novels on Female Relationships and Power

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...

Creative Writing and Life Triggers

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

Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Symbolism

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

An Idealistic Literary Vision of America

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...

Pop Culture and The News

Art often imitates life, particularly in American media. This paper compares the media frenzy over the Clinton-Lewinsky affair wit...

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and the Generation Gap

In 10 pages this paper analyzes the novel by Amy Tan in terms of how it presents the Chinese mother and Chinese American daughters...

Amy Tan's The Hundred Secret Senses, The Joy Luck Club, and Their Primary Themes

In six pages this paper discusses the themes of Chines culture, pride, and relationships between mother and daughter in a comparat...

American Daughters and Asian Mothers

In eight pages the complex relationships between Asian mothers and their American daughters as described in Maxine Hong Kingston's...

Neonaticide

The writer discusses the crime of neonaticide (killing of infants) with specific reference to the case of Amy Grossberg and Brian ...

A Review of the Print and Film Versions of The Joy Luck Club

A 6 essay comparing and contrasting the film version of Amy Tan's popular book and the book. The essay emphasizes Hollywood's ten...

Success of Children and Parental Influence

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

Conflicts Between Mothers and Daughters and the Literary Works of Liliana Heker and Amy Tan

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...

Overview of Japanese Literature

as offer a connecting force to the overall symmetrical representation of their social impression. Mishima utilizes a combination ...

An Address of Four Specific Questions in Literature

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...

Comparing 'Two Kinds' with 'Bartleby'

ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...

The Works of Amy Tan

In a paper that contains eight pages the inspiration writing has provided Amy Tan throughout her life is examined in essay 'Young ...