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Amy TanThe purpose of Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan is to teach people not to be ashamed of their true heritage; it is who they are inside that makes them who they are. This message is communicated in the short...
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Amy TanAt 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 TanThe short stories “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan and “Museum” by Naomi Shihab Nye are autobiographical or memoir texts that tell the stories of experiences the authors had in their youth. “Fish Cheeks”...
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Amy TanIn 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 TanThe 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 TanTan'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 TanJune May changes gradually from the beginning of "A Pair of Tickets" as she travels to China to meet a family she has never known. She travels with her father, having lost her mother only three...
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Amy TanIn 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 TanAmy 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 TanIn 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 TanJing-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 TanOne 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 TanJing-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 TanAmy Tan's story, "A Pair of Tickets" describes both a physical and emotional journey experienced by Jing Mei Woo and Canning Woo, her father. Jing Mei's mother is recently deceased, and the pair...
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Amy TanIn 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...
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Amy TanSarah 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 TanGiven the complexity of the question, I don't think that Tan expects an immediate and direct answer to be given. It is more of an exploration, where "answers" are substituted for ideas and...