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In "Two kinds" tan uses imagery  to show their conflict is at the center of the narrative. The mother wants Jing-mei to be child prodigy, but her mother turns her into something she is not. It reflects the difference between two generations. The title itself reveals  opposites that seem to be the theme of the story

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In two kinds Tan uses imagery to show the problematic relationship between a mother and daughter. Especially the first line of the story that says " My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America" Her mother has this idea in her head that America is this great place where dreams come true and anything is possible.

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In "Two Kinds" Tan uses figurative language in the sentence "And after that, every time I saw it in my parents' living room, standing in front of the bay windows, it made feel proud, as if it was a shiny trophy had won back." Jing-Mei uses this metaphor to describe the piano this way way because she believes she won this trophy on her own terms and not conformed to her mother's crippling expectations for her.

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The female piano player, Ni kan's later competition. Seeing the perfection from their piece gives Ni kan's mother the idea of getting her daughter good at piano. "I could see why my mother was fascinated by the music." later this will changed Ni kan's thought of becoming a prodigy

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In "Two Kinds" Tan uses figurative language in the sentences "It was as if I had said magic words. Alakazam!-her face went blank, her mouth closed, her arms went slack, and she backed out of the room, stunned, as if she were blowing away like a small brown leaf, thin, brittle, lifeless." comparing what she said to being magic words to shut her mother up. She also is comparing her mother reaction to a lifeless leaf giving us an interpretation of how her mother looked when leaving the room.

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In "Two Kinds", Tan uses imagery to showcase the mothers dreams of what her daughter would look as a 'prodigy' becomeing successful throughout the story. Using images like, "It was being pounded out by a little Chinese girl, about nine years old, with a Peter Pan haircut. The girl had the sauciness of a Shirley Temple." (Tan 9)

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The Imagery in Amy Tan's "Two Kinds" shows readers the problematic relationship between mothers and daughters. As her mother being a Chinese immigrant decides to put her idea of the American Dream in the mind of her daughter. However, with her daughter being born in America, she hates the idea of her mothers American Dream being put on her. "Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind". It shows the conflict erupting between both mother and daughter because Jing-Mei is used American culture which screams freedom, while her mother expects an obedient daughter that will do every thing she says to do like her culture.

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A Metaphor used in this short story is using the direct comparison with the mother and daughter with out using the words "as" or "like" . with the conflict between the mother and daughter and disappointments Jing Mei start using the gift as a sign of acceptance .

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When having an agruement with her mother , Jing-Mei says, "It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest..." (Tan 1). Without the like or as , this a metaphor used to describe as she is pouring her anger out to her mother.

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When the narrator says  "I pictured this prodigy part of me as many different images, and I tried each one on for size." she is referring to herself and the prodigy she want's to become. She makes images in her head that she can see herself fulfilling.

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Throughout the passage there are moments when the daughter reaches her boiling point and expresses how irritable she can get in certain instances. At one point in the passages she uses a simile to compare her behavior to that of a wild animal, "I made high - pitched noises like a crazed animal, trying to scratch out the face in the mirror." (Tan 3). I believe this piece of text from the passage reveals the side of her that is beyond angry and she is more so enraged.

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The author uses a television to represent the conflict between the mother and daughter. The narrator tells us that the tv shuts off when the mother moves. "As soon as she sat down, Sullivan would go silent again. She got up - the TV broke into loud piano music. She sat down - silence. Up and down, back and forth, quiet and loud. (Tan 2)" The television represents the back and forth conflict between the characters.

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Tan using figurative language like hyperbole during the talent show gives Jing-Mei more reason to why she acted the way she did. After she had the bad performance she says that she "realized how many people were in the audience - the whole world"(Tan 4). This gives more insight on why her dislike for her mother's passion keeps on growing.

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The way the "prodigy" is utilized, her mother claims "the prodigy in her.."  is more towards the narrator's feelings to making it any way she can. The prodigy is supposed to succeed and show signs of excellence but seemingly every time the mother tested the daughter she failed.

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In the story "Two kinds " by Amy Tan  she describes the skin and the smell of Old Lady Chong. As said in the story the piano teachers mother is said to have a smell "like a baby that done something in his pants" and describes her skin to be " like an old peach". Using this simile she is is explaining Old Lady Chongs smell and the appearance of her which is further explaining the characterization and the appearance of her.

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while describing Old Lady Chong Jing-Mei compares her skin to one of a peach that had began to go bad while sitting in the fridge, he would fall off when being handled (Tan 3). This metaphor helps establish the characterization/appearance of Old lady Chong. As you could imaging standing holding a peach of that condition.

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Jing-Mei is young and happy to please her mothers idea of a "Chinese child prodigy". She begins to insinuate how she feels about the haircut her mother got for her. " I was like the Christ child lifted out of the straw manger, crying with holy indignity."(Amy Tan 1)

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The Imagery in "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan shows the readers a conflicted relationship between the mother and daughter , this is also the main conflict through the story. As the mother living as a Chinese immigrant in a different country she adapt to her new life in america and wants her daughter to complete her dreams in america. The daughter does not have the idea of completing her mothers dream which causes her to be rebellious and causes this ti be the main conflict .

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In this short story, Amy Tan uses imagry to shows the frustration Jing-Mei had with her mother after the talent show. In the story she says , "As I said these things I got scared. It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good that good, that this awful side of me had surfaced, at last" (Tan 1) .As she was shouting , she felt angry but excited to finally show her emotions without holding back. The imagery shows how angry she was and how it felt to finally let it out.

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In the story Amy tan uses imagery to give the audience a better insight of the feelings Jing-mei had throughout the story. Jing- mei is held up to these high standards and rules that she has to follow in order to please her mother. In the end she does not know who she is herself. "You want me to be something that I'm not!" (tan 3). She feels as if her main goal was to accomplish the goals her mother has set for her and in the mix of all of it she lost herself.

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Amy Tan uses visual imagery to showcase the level of importance she had towards impressing how mother and how frustrated she could become. One instance this is shown is when she says, "And then I saw what seemed to be the prodigy side of me - a face I had never seen before. I looked at my reflection, blinking so that I could see more clearly. The girl staring back at me was angry, powerful. She and I were the same. I had new thoughts, willful thoughts - or rather, thoughts filled with lots of won'ts. I won't let her change me, I promised myself. I won't be what I'm not." (Tan 1). She says this to show how distraught she would evolve to being over failing those tests and seeing her mother disappointed in her. She also does this to show how in the end her anger affected how she would react to her Mother's wishes and says "I won't be what I'm not.".

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In the story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, the author's mother was inspired by a child playing the piano on the TV. "...a little Chinese girl, about nine years old, with a Peter Pan haircut" . She also mentions "...she also did a fancy sweep of a curtsy, so that the fluffy skirt of her white dress cascaded to the floor like petals of large carnation." These two lines together are what later allowed Jing-Mei to become focused on perfecting her curtsy instead of spending time at the piano.

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Amy Tan uses in order to allow the readers to fully understand what Jing-Mei is going through. Her mother puts her through multiple tests to find out what she is good at and they cant figure it out. Jing-Mei is trying her best but once she sees the look of disappointment from her mother she gives up. She hates the testing and having to live up to her mother expectations, ''Before going to bed that night I looked in the mirror above the bathroom sink, and I saw only my face staring back - and understood that it would always be this ordinary face - I began to cry. Such a sad, ugly girl! I made high - pitched noises like a crazed animal, trying to scratch out the face in the mirror. (Tan 2)". At this point we go from understanding that Jing-Mei is over testing and doesn't want to do it anymore to realizing that this is deeper than the tests.

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The use of auditory and visual imagery reinforces the optimism of Jing and her mother on the possibility of being a prodigy. When watching the Shirley Temple movies, Tan points out Jing seeing "Shirley tapping her feet"(Tan 1) and her mother thinking she could be the "Chinese Shirley Temple"(Tan 1). Though her mother's strong optimism begins to be their relationships downfall.

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The use of smell and physical touch imagery help reinforce Jing-Mei's opinion of old lady Chong. she is described as smelling like she had an accident and her skin felt like a bruised peach (tan 3). These few details give insight into the characterization of Old Lady Chong, how she cares for herself and is presented to guest.

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The author uses auditory imagery to further elaborate on the feelings of Jing-Mei. Jing-Mei feels strongly about her mother and uses all her energy to prove to her mother that she is not  a prodigy. The daughter doesn't know who she is after being told for years who she was supposed to be. "I won't let her change me, I promised myself. I won't be what I'm not". (Amy Tan 2)

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Ni kan is tasked to play "Pleading Child" on her piano. This is a symbol to Ni kan's life, that she is forced to do something her mother wants her to do. She's pleading for her mother to stop.

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In the story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan,  the symbolism of Shirley Temple is represented by the things the mother wanted for the daughter but she did not want these things for herself. Shirley Temple was a child actress the mother would make the daughter focus primarily on striving to be like her. She wants her child to be a prodigy.

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In the story " Two Kinds" by Amy Tan the reference to Shirley temple is used to describe what the mother wanted for her daughter and what she wanted her to represent. " At first my mother thought I could be a Chinese Shirley Temple. We'd watch Shirley's old movies on TV as though they were training films." (tan 1) As said in the story her and the mother would watch movies about Shirley to help train Jing-mei. Shirley was idolized for her early child acting and Mrs.Woo wanted her daughter to be held at the same standards.

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The two songs in th end of the story symbolize life . In the short story she says, "...and I learned to play only the most ear-splitting preludes, the most discordant hymns"(Tan 1). She was never intrested in playing the piano because she never have it a chance to begin with . As time past, she decided to give it another shot not taking it serious or anything. She said " And for the first time, or so it seemed, I noticed the piece on the right-hand side. It was called "Perfectly Contented." I tried to play this one as well. It had a lighter melody but with the same flowing rhythm and turned out to be quite easy. "Pleading Child" was shorter but slower; "Perfectly Contented" was longer but faster. And after I had played them both a few times, I realized they were two halves of the same song. " (Tan 1). This song symbolizes life because there is always a good side and a bad side to life , you can't choose to give up on it though because sometimes you might miss the best parts of it.

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In "Two Kinds"  I feel that when the narrator talks about how she mostly practiced her "Fancy Curtsy" it symbolizes how she is respectful yet ambitious to be prosperous. A curtsy is simply a bow to show appreciation at the end of a show. She also goes into depth with how she does it at the end of the show which also symbolizes she wants approval and praise.

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In the story , "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, the piano symbolic of Jing Mei's struggle to be whole, torn between the two cultures. Her mother tells her there are two kinds of daughters, ones who obey and ones who don't. Again, Jing Mei becomes torn and constantly fells like she is a disappointment to her mother. At the end of the story as her adult self looks back, she realizes that the two songs she has been playing, the happy and sad song, are both parts of the same song. Only as an adult does she realize she is not two parts, but one whole

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In the short story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, the up and down scene between the mother and the tv symbolizes the daughter and mothers emotions twoards one another in concers of the daughters future. At the beginning of the story the daughter was excited to please her mother but their relationship became torn due to the mothers dissapointment with her daughter not being good enough. "And after seeing, once again, my mother's disappointed face, something inside me began to die. I hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations." (Tan 7) The daughter realized that no matter how many times she tried she continued to fail her mothers expectations in concerns for her mothers approval. Due to the realization the 'prodigy' in herself began to die.

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In Tan's "two Kinds" the piano takes a full circle from being either a positive or negative symbol in the story. In the beginning it starts as a sign of hope in a way that Jing-Mei might become successful using it. Soon after it is symbolized as what is driving Jing and her mother apart because it is making her something she is not. And to come full circle the piano is used as a peace offering after all that time Jing and her mother despised each other.

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in the short story "Two Kinds" the piano is a symbolism of a burden in Jing-mei's life causing self conflict, feeling as if she can only be her and not who her mother wants her to be. The speaker states that her mother informed her that she would now be taking piano lessons, "i felt as though i had been sent to hell" is how she expresses her feelings knowing this is not something she wants for herself and she doesn't want to keep disappointing her mother, because she will only be hurting herself. Then towards the end when the mother offered to give the piano to her she says "I saw the offer as a sign of forgiveness, a tremendous burden removed." because she felt as if her mother came to comfort with her being who she is and it wasn't a thought hanging over her head anymore of feeling like she wasn't who she was suppose to be.

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In "Two Kinds" the white dress represents being successful. It is mentioned toward the beginning of the story that when watching the young girl on the Ed Sullivan Show  played the piano she is wearing a white dress. This young girl is playing the piano very skillfully, although the mother still finds flaws in the performance. Jing- Mei wears a white dress for her talent show representing talent and skill only to disappoint her mother by her performance due to not playing at the level she was expected to play at.

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In Amy Tan's "Two Kinds", there is a symbol of conflict between the mother and the daughter, represented by the piano that the mother pushes the daughter to play throughout the story. The piano is a representation of how some mothers and daughters have a back and forth relationship. The mother wants what is best for the daughter however most of the time they go about the wrong way of doing it and all the daughter hears is her mother trying to plan and control every part of her life.

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In Amy Tans "Two Kinds" there is a piano mentioned throughout the story. I believe the piano is a representation on conflict between the mother and daughter. Jing-Mei's piano teacher was deaf and unaware of the conflict. She had no intention of learning how to properly play piano, same as how she had no intention to talk to her mother. At the end of the story, the mother is aging and  she gifts her daughter the piano as a peace offering.  "A few years ago she offered to give me the piano, for my thirtieth birthday. I had not played in all those years. I saw the offer as a sign of forgiveness, a tremendous burden removed."(Amy Tan 5) This peace offering ended their conflict between each other.

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Amy Tan utilizes auditory imagery in order to reinforce the extravagant dream Jin-mei Woo's mother has for her daughter. This is first introduced when the narrator explains their interactions as they watch television:  "My mother would poke my arm and say, 'Ni kan. You watch.' And I would see Shirley tapping her feet, or signing a sailor song, or pursing her lips into a very round O while saying 'Oh my goodness'" (Tan 1). The mother's Chinese language is juxtaposed next to the tapping and singing of a child star. This auditory imagery reinforces the conflict between the mother's desire for her daughter to be a child prodigy and the stark reality that the daughter might not reach that elaborate dream.

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Amy Tan uses a tv and the fact that it only works when the mother is in a certain place to represent the conflict between the mother and daughter. One day they are watching tv when "As soon as she sat down, Sullivan would go silent again. She got up - the TV broke into loud piano music. She sat down - silence. Up and down, back and forth, quiet and loud. (Tan 2)" this is a representation of the conflict between the characters it goes up and down, back and fourth, it gets loud and quiet.

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In "Two Kinds" the piano represents the conflict of the mother and the daughter. The conflict between the characters really heats up when the mother makes he daughter have piano lessons which she doesn't want to. The whole time that Jing-Mei is forced to play the piano the mother and daughter never get along. At the end of the story the mother offers the piano to Jing-Mei, "A few years ago she offered to give me the piano" (Tan 5),although she doesn't accept the piano the daughter still knew what she meant. After all the fighting and arguing the mother wants peace, which is represented by the piano.

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The visual description by Jing-Mei of what kind of prodigy she will be reinforced the fact that she was just a child. " I was a dainty ballerina girl standing by the curtain, waiting to hear the music that would send me floating on my tiptoes. I was like the Christ child lifted out of the straw manger, crying with holy indignity. I was Cinderella stepping from her pumpkin carriage with sparkly cartoon music filling the air." (Tan 1) She describes herself being a ballerina and a princess while her mother invisions her as a child genius.

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"In "Two Kinds," the piano represents a type of trophy. Jing-mei's mother has a desire to make her daughter into something she is not. Also, the piano represents the struggle between a mother and daughter. Jing-Mei does not desire to play the piano. Her mother is determined that she will play like a star child prodigy she has seen on television. This particular struggle invokes the mother's attempt to mold her daughter, Jing-mei, into a musical prodigy so that she will be able to brag to her friend Lindo Jong, whose daughter is a precocious chess champion."

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Jing Mei-woo establishes her lack of raw talent when she repeats the word “simple” to describe how to play the piano; yet, she juxtaposes it by comparing her practice to a cat running up and down on a garbage can. Jing Mei’s honest description illustrates that “[she] would play after him, the simple scale, the simple cord, and then just play some nonsense that sounded like a cat running up and down on top of garbage cans” (Tan 3). This visual reinforces the conflict between the mother’s desires and the daughters lack of natural talent.