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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Two Kinds Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[what is the team of &quot;two kinds&quot;?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/two-kinds/q-and-a/what-team-quot-two-kinds-quot-40453</link>
        <description><![CDATA[what is the team of &quot;two kinds&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:22:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jing-Mei is able to stop her mother from dragging her to piano lessons...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/two-kinds/q-and-a/what-happens-end-story-39293</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Jing-Mei is able to stop her mother from dragging her to piano lessons by saying that she wishes she were one of the babies her mother abandoned years ago in China. This hurtful comment causes the mother to stop the piano lessons, Years later, once Jing-mei has grown, the mother offers to give her the piano. This is probably the mother's way of making peace but Jing-mei doesn't understand the reasoning behind the mother's decision. The ending...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:35:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What happens at the end of the story, &quot;Two Kinds&quot;?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/two-kinds/q-and-a/what-happens-end-story-39293</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What happens at the end of the story, &quot;Two Kinds&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:40:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The mother's most important thoughts center around how her daughter can...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The mother's most important thoughts center around how her daughter can be a success. She fervently believes, ‘‘you could be anything you wanted to be in America.&quot; This push to achieve the American dream is common to second generation immigrant families. This obsession, however, is not welcomed by Jing-mei. As the conflict between mother and daughter escalates in the story, Jing-mei finally says,‘‘Unlike my mother, I did not...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:06:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The conflict over piano lessons is really not settled but it does come...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/two-kinds/q-and-a/how-conflict-between-mother-daughter-settled-37555</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The conflict over piano lessons is really not settled but it does come to an end when Jing-mei tells her mother that she wishes she had been one of the babies her mother abandoned long ago in China. Hurt and angry, the mother stops the piano lessons. However, when Jing-mei is about 30, her mother offers to give her the piano. The daughter sees this as a kind of peace offering but still isn't sure what motivated her mother to give her something...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:59:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the characters' most important thoughts in &quot;Two Kinds&quot;?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/two-kinds/q-and-a/what-characters-most-importants-throughts-37557</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What are the characters' most important thoughts in &quot;Two Kinds&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:13:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;Two Kinds&quot;, how is the conflict between mother and...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/two-kinds/q-and-a/how-conflict-between-mother-daughter-settled-37555</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;Two Kinds&quot;, how is the conflict between mother and daughter settled?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:55:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jing-Mei and Waverly have grown up together and have constantly been...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/two-kinds/q-and-a/what-conflict-between-connie-her-cousin-waverly-18807</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Jing-Mei and Waverly have grown up together and have constantly been competing about one thing or another all their lives.  Waverly is a champion chess player, but Jing-Mei, tired of the constant comparisons between herself and her cousin, determines not to play the one-upmanship game anymore, and just be herself.  The two girls' mothers pressure them relentlessly to excel, in part so the mothers can have bragging rights, and it is this...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:37:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the story &quot;Two Kinds&quot; what is the conflict...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the story &quot;Two Kinds&quot; what is the conflict between Jing-Mei and her cousin Waverly?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:32:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think Old Chong helps Jing Mei because his approval is unconditional,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think Old Chong helps Jing Mei because his approval is unconditional, even though (or because) his perception of what she is doing is limited by his poor hearing and sight.  For Jing Mei, this is a welcome change from the constant criticism and nagging of her controlling mother, and allows her to determine her own destiny in this one small matter on her own.   When she discovers that she can &quot;be lazy and get away with mistakes,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:41:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Old Chong help Jing Mei in Amy Tan's &quot;Two Kinds&quot;?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does Old Chong help Jing Mei in Amy Tan's &quot;Two Kinds&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 2 Mar 2008 16:44:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;Two Kinds,&quot; the conflict arises in a Chinese American...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/two-kinds/q-and-a/conflict-between-girl-mother-15471</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;Two Kinds,&quot; the conflict arises in a Chinese American family when a strong-willed mother bent on seeing her child succeed is confronted by an equally determined daughter who simply wants to be herself.  As her mother pushes her to be a prodigy, Jing-mei is motivated to please her mother, but becomes demoralized and angry after several failures.  When her mother signs her up for piano lessons, Jing-mei gives the appearance of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:26:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the conflict between the girl and her mother in Two Kinds?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the conflict between the girl and her mother in Two Kinds?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:13:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[On the surface, Jine-mei's mother probably was motivated by attempting...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/two-kinds/q-and-a/why-quot-after-period-more-than-twenty-years-15441</link>
        <description><![CDATA[On the surface, Jine-mei's mother probably was motivated by attempting to give her daughter a more fulfilling life than she had herself as a child, woman, mother.Below the surface, her mother is still competing with her own sister (Auntie Lindo) for attention.  Their daughters, then, are destined for the same sort of competition and scrutiny.  Probably it was not comfortable for Jing-mei's mother to compete with Lindo as children. ...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:04:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Why after a period of more than twenty years does she still struggle to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Why after a period of more than twenty years does she still struggle to understand her mother's motivations in the introduction?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:51:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jing-Mei realizes, years later, that &quot;Pleading Child&quot; and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Jing-Mei realizes, years later, that &quot;Pleading Child&quot; and &quot;Perfectly Contented&quot; are two halves of the same song.  As an impetuous and head-strong child, the narrator doesn't appreciate all that her mother does for her.  As an adult she realizes all that her mother tried to do for her - buying her a piano, arranging lessons, pushing and motivating her.  She just wanted Jing-Mei to have a better life than she did.  ...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:58:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How do “Pleading Child”and “Perfectly Contented” have a double...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/two-kinds/q-and-a/how-do-pleading-child-perfectly-contented-have-13303</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How do “Pleading Child”and “Perfectly Contented” have a double meaning in the story? What does the last sentence of the story mean?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:38:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jing-mei's identity is one of a typical young girl who wants to live her...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/two-kinds/q-and-a/what-jing-mei-s-identity-why-what-hallmark-jing-12771</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Jing-mei's identity is one of a typical young girl who wants to live her life and have fun.  However, it is tainted by the fact that her mother wants her to be a prodigy.  Her mother is always forcing Jing-mei to try new things to discover if this thing or that thing is what Jing-mei is extremely talented at so she can flaunt her daughter's success.  This is mostly due to the competition Jing-mei's mother and her sister have.  Jing-mei's...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:29:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what is Jing- mei's identity? Why?....... and what is Hallmark in...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/two-kinds/q-and-a/what-jing-mei-s-identity-why-what-hallmark-jing-12771</link>
        <description><![CDATA[what is Jing- mei's identity? Why?....... and what is Hallmark in Jing-mei society??]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:55:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jing-mei's mother wants her to find the thing that she excels at and do...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Jing-mei's mother wants her to find the thing that she excels at and do that.  I don't think it's anything different than any parent wants for his/her child.  We all want our children to find out what makes us happy and makes us tick and to do that thing or things.  In Jing-mei's case, it seems more like a competition since her cousin and aunt are definitely flaunting that Jing-mei is taking longer to figure out her talent than perhaps a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:21:18 PST</pubDate>
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