Two Kinds What Do I Read Next?

What Do I Read Next?

(Short Stories for Students)

The Woman Warrior (1976) is Maxine Hong Kingston's memoir of her bi-cultural childhood. Tan cites it as an influence on her fiction.

Another story that inspired Tan is Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine (1984). The novel chronicles the story of two Native-American families.

Gus Lee's China Boy (1991) is a semi-autobiographical novel.

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In "Two Kinds," why are "Pleading Child" and "Perfectly Contented" referred to as two halves of...

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What is the theme, or central idea, of "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan?

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In "Two Kinds", what are Jing-Mei's characteristics?

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How does the daughter change over the course of the story "Two Kinds"?

In Amy Tan’s story “Two Kinds,” the daughter, Jing-Mei “June” Woo, changes from a child into a young woman. She reaches adulthood and a deeper understanding of her mother. As a child, June...
If the story "Two Kinds" had been told through Suyuan's point of view, what type of narration...

If the story was told through the mom's point of view, then the narration would still be in first person. The difference is that Suyuan is telling the story. The type of narration wouldn't change....