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Amy Tan
Your answer to this question will depend on your own perception of language and whether language should be changed according to audience. Amy Tan, according to her essay, believes that language can...
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Amy Tan
One thing particularly remarkable about Amy Tan's writing is that she takes autobiographical accounts and turns them into fiction. We particularly see her accomplish this fantastic feat in her...
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Amy Tan
The original question had to be edited. I would suggest that Amy Tan straddles the immigrant world as well as the native- born hyphenated American world in her discussion of language, writing, and...
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Rules of the Game
On one level, Waverly's family life is transformed by chess because of her success at it. Waverly takes to it with much more fervor than her brothers. At first "annoyed" by her constant...
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Rules of the Game
I think that one can see much about Waverly's characterization in terms of how she learns the rules of the game. The fact that she "wants in" reflects her own base of curiosity. It is something...
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Two Kinds
I think that the most profound set of implications regarding how Jing- Mei feels about her mother's motivations relates to the cultural clash that she endures. Jing- Mei's mere scrutiny as to her...
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Two Kinds
I don't think that Jing- mei sees herself as the prodigy that her mother wishes her to be. Jing- mei might have talent. Yet, it is evident that her mother wishes so much more for her daughter....
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Rules of the Game
The ending game between Waverly and her mother is significant for a couple of reasons. The first would be that Waverly's mother crushes Waverly. This helps to explain how the mother holds power...
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Rules of the Game
Certainly, Lindo makes many sacrifices to see her daughter enjoy the rewards of her success at chess. The giving her a separate room, as well as doing what is more than expected in order to...
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The Joy Luck Club
I think that Tan views the American Dream as a pursuit of happiness. She is not repudiating the American Dream. Yet, it is clear that she is challenging the notion that the American Dream is...
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The Joy Luck Club
I think that one of the reasons why Jing- Mei joins the club is to honor her mother's memory. She recognizes that her mother felt a considerable amount of loyalty as being as a part of the club,...
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The Joy Luck Club
Jing- Mei, or June, demonstrates a sense of pride in her Chinese identity as her narrative develops. June is wayward in, a sense, but then anchored by the reemergence of her Chinese identity and...
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Amy Tan
In Amy Tan's essay, "Mother Tongue," I would suggest that she uses a type of organization known as "comparison" or "compare/contrast:" Comparisons allow you to analyze and evaluate two or more...
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Amy Tan
From a general view on love, a couple loses much of their own individuality when they fall in love. They come to depend upon each other, losing much of their own desire to do things individually....
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Amy Tan
Amy Tan's short story, "Mother Tongue," is a wonderful tale that addresses the substance of languages and how language is not only a tool of communication, but a sociological tool of measuring...
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Amy Tan
Jing-Mei, the narrator of Amy Tan's short story, "A Pair of Tickets," from her collection entitled, The Joy Luck Club, travels to China where she feels at home and, at the same time, alien to her...
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Amy Tan
In Amy Tan's short story, "A Pair of Tickets," from her collection The Joy Luck Club, the narrator sees her father in a much different light when they travel together to China. Jing-Mei is the...
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Amy Tan
In Amy Tan's short story, "A Pair of Tickets," a part of her The Joy Luck Club collection, the setting of China for a good portion of the story has an enormous impact on what occurs internally to...
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Amy Tan
Jing-Mei's mother clearly abandoned her babies because she felt she had no other choice. She may not have survived the journey, and even if she did, how would she care for them? She likely hoped...
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Amy Tan
In reading "A Pair of Tickets," it could be argued that the authentic use of the Chinese language lends itself to the authenticity of the story. However, I believe that it is more than this;...
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Amy Tan
At the beginning of "A Pair of Tickets" by Amy Tan, in Jing-mei's mind, "Chinese" denotes something undesirable. Much of this comes from growing up in the United States where she was part of a...
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Amy Tan
Tan's work helps to bring to life that the condition of being a woman is one that can transcend time. The relationship between one woman to another, mother to daughter, is something that reflects...
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Amy Tan
The main ideas in Amy Tan's short story "A Pair of Tickets," the last story in her novel The Joy Luck Club, are related to the synthesis of cultural identity: Jing-Mei, her mother, her motherland...
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Amy Tan
Amy Tan's theme is related to the re-identification with the motherland (China, her mother and half-sisters), but ironically the story's theme is weakened by Tan's focus on China's modernization....
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Amy Tan
Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) was a native of Maine. She had her first story published at the age of 19 and her stories became standard fare in the Atlantic Monthly magazine for more than three...
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Amy Tan
In an interview on June 28, 1996, Amy Tan mentioned loving fairy tales, particularly Grimm fairy tales. She also mentioned liking Bible stories, and Gothic works in general. Tan makes reference...