Two Girls Shows Maturity of Growing Up
Maturity grows on people to show them to the point of how they act and learn from what they have done. Jing Mei was a girl in two kinds and matures in her later life. The author states that Jing Mei did not try throughout her life from the piano and her mother. Both of the stories compare and are similar of both girls growing up. The “Old Witch”, A woman named Ms. Lottie that would live for her marigolds even for her life even so. Elizabeth was confused of how she felt of her emotions and did not know what to do and thought of her as a witch because of her maturity. Elizabeth did not fully understand how Ms. Lottie felt about her marigolds, it was really her life. After the destruction of the marigolds, Ms. Lottie expression changed and began to be deeply sad. Elizabeth was blinded by her childlike conscious.
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The mother wanted the daughter to be obedient because of the daughter becoming upset. Jing Mei mother was disappointed in her for all of mistakes she had done in her past life because of her awful piano recital and disobeying her mother. “You want me to be somebody that I’m not, by that she wanted her life to be the same. Jing Mei stopped playing for a few years on her piano during the past years during their fights but in the later years. “Only two kinds of daughters, she wants her daughter to be obedient to her mother and have a perfect life to accomplish when she grows
People can grow up rather fast, but some need the time to make mistakes and mature. In the book The Clay Lion, Amalie Jahn visualizes this when Brooke has to deal with the hardships that come with her brother Branson’s death. When Brooke’s life takes a turn for the worse, she made many mistakes, however she gradually comes of age by accepting Branson’s death and becoming selfless.
Through fresh writing, the character of Witch is allowed to have the most contradictions, therefore blurring the rigid binary of good vs bad, an idea ingrained in popular culture for eons, in effect making her the play’s most human character. This is key to de mystifying the Grimm Brother’s fairy tale “Rapunzel”, as she is no longer placed in a 2 dimensional mold of evil figure. While her defining moments in the text are marked by unexplained rage, jealousy and retribution lensed with zero objective perspective within into the Woods she is given opportunity to be viewed in a more well rounded light as she is central in everyone else’s story allowing the audiences to experience more of her. Through this there is chance to
Coming of age is essential to the theme of many major novels in the literary world. A characters journey through any route to self-discovery outlines a part of the readers own emotional perception of their own self-awareness. This represents a bridge between the book itself and the reader for the stimulating connection amongst the two. It is seen throughout Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong, Hang’s coming of age represents her development as a woman, her changing process of thinking, and her ability to connect to the reader on a personal level.
She honored her parents as she should, but longed for them to pass. In the beginning of the story she said "I had never expected my parents to take so long to die.” She had taken care of them all of her life she was in her fifty’s and her parents in their ninety’s. She was ready to live and break free of all the rules and duties put upon her, they were like chains binding her and holding her down. She was ready to explore to go on journeys and adventures she was already aging all she wanted was to be free. Her parents’ death let her run free, she left Hong Kong to start over and maybe find love, in any way possible, maybe even through food or luxuries. She wanted to be rebellious of her parents I’m sure she knew they wouldn’t approve but she didn’t care she wanted change. All her life she had followed so many rules, she had to fight to teach, to learn, to be with friends, her fight was finally over. She now had no one to rebel against, she now had the freedom to
Much like to their parents and elders, Chinese girls were supposed to be quiet and obedient to their husbands and mothers-in-law. Girls were supposed to respect, and not openly question the decisions that were made in the household. These women were taught to always ask what the husband wants and to ignore their own wants and needs. Chinese wives were there mainly to provide the mother-in-law with grandsons.
One of the mothers, Suyuan, was forced to abandon her twin babies during the war in her early lives, so she consistently pushed Jing-mei to succeed in piano. But the more expectations and hopes from Suyuan towards Jing-mei, the more doubts for Jing-mei to ignore her own talents and abilities. Mother ‘Ying-Ying’ was abandoned by her husband and lived in great poverty for years. Then she immigrates with her second husband to America, where she is forced to adjust to an even lower standard of living. By comparison, her daughter Lena have led relatively better lives, but still has great difficulty achieving happiness. Lena is a successful architect, but her husband doesn’t value her where she is unhappy and considering divorce. An-mei’s mother, served as a wealthy man’s concubine, An-mei then see her mother commit suicide in order to enable her to have a bright future. Rose,
Many young people prefer to follow their dreams, yet than to follow their parents’ footsteps In Alice Walker‘s short story, "Everyday Use,” the older daughter, Dee, never desired to follow the country lifestyle of her mother, instead chose to rebel against it. Meanwhile, in Amy Tan’s short story, “Two Kinds,” Jing-mei Woo chose to break away from her mother’s persistence to become a prodigy, and be true to herself. Both females refused to follow the road that both their families had always pushed them toward. Rather, they preferred to become their own persons and fight for their own identities. Dee and Jing-mei Woo both share similarities by refusing to follow their parents; rather they have chosen to follow their own destinies.
She cared for people. She cared for Miss Lottie. At this moment all she wanted to do was apologize. She felt guilty. The guiltiest she has ever felt in her entire life. She single-handedly ruined the one thing Miss Lottie had a hope for in this world. Lizabeth grew up and realized it in one moment. She looked back on this moment, and talked about how after this year. Miss Lottie never grew marigolds again. But Lizabeth looks back at this time in her life, and she embodies Miss Lottie. Lizabeth then realizes you must look at the beauty in your life, and not the despair. “For one does not have to be ignorant and poor to find that his life is as barren as the dusty yards of our town. And I too have planted marigolds” (Collier 148). In a different period of time, Lizabeth gives back to Miss Lottie, even after she has passed, with a peace offering. Her marigolds. Her marigolds that Lizabeth grew now symbolize the hope that Miss Lottie had in the world in the future. Her marigolds were Miss Lottie’s. Even after her death, Lizabeth uses marigolds to make the legend of Miss Lottie live
Dorothy found a pair of red slippers. The wicked witch of the west tried taking her slippers. They fought and fought. Everyone tried to stop the antagonist, the wicked witch of the west, before she stole the slippers. And finally in the end the wicked witch of the west melted away.
Child rearing is given utmost importance in China and is especially the case with daughters. A girl child was supposed to listen to her mother - only by listening to one’s mother will the girl’s life prosper. If she goes against her mother her life would ultimately become a disaster. It is clearly stated in the novel when Rose Hsu Jordan’s mother says,
She sees the opportunities that America has to offer, and does not want to see her daughter throw those opportunities away. She wants the best for her daughter, and does not want Jing-Mei to ever let go of something she wants because it is too hard to achieve. "America is where all my mother's hopes lay. . .There were so many ways for ... ...
In "Two Kinds", Amy Tan uses the central conflict between Jing mei and her mother to develop the theme that parental pressure has a dynamic outcome on each child. "When we got on the bus to go home, my father was humming the busy bee tune and my mother kept silent"(paragraph 57). This quote shows that Jing Mei's parents are putting pressure on her. Thus, parents should make their children happy so they don't feel bad for them self. Once you teach them good stuff that they like at a young age they'll always be happy. "My mother had a very difficult childhood, having seen her own mother kill herself. So she didn't always know how to be the nurturing mother that we all expect we should have"(paragraph 30). This quote shows how Jing Mei's
The theme that comes to mind for me when I read this story is conflicting values. While growing up it was an important value to Jing-mei to be accepted for the daughter that she was. Unlike the value of her mother which was to not only become the best you can be but a prodigy, someone famous. In the way that Jing-mei's mother pushes so hard for her to become something bigger than she was it seems that Jing-mei tried her hardest not to.
Set in Scotland in a mythical time, a skilled archer and horse-rider Merida defies old custom by not behaving as a proper, ladylike princess and enjoying elegant pursuits. After having an argument with her mom Elinor, Merida finds a witch and makes reckless choice that results an unintended consequence. Similar to the situation in “The Chief’s Daughter”, Elinor makes choices that are intended to make her daughter better but results an unexpected consequence. What parents do not realize is that they have different perspective than their daughters. In this case, Elinor refuses to respect Merida’s strong aversion to marriage and compels her to follow the custom since it was how she was raised. Raised to accept the princess stereotype, she wants Merida to meet the high standards and be respected as a daughter of loyalty by accepting the custom. On the other hand, Merida has completely different perspective than her mother. Her free-spirited and rebellious nature wants her to have freedom and lives life fully in her own way. Therefore, unlike ordinary princesses, she takes matter into her own hands and goes to the witch house in search of solution to change her
The witch is both vulnerable and a powerful figure. The resulting tension between power and powerlessness as a response to laws created by those in power, rather institutionalised power: men, can be seen as expressed through such binary metaphors as that of physical strength and beauty versus weakness and ugliness, kn...