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in double face story by amy tan in the end her mother says now i have ro fight back my own feelings... according to the last lines why has she become so moved?​

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In the story "Double Face" by Amy Tan, the mother becomes moved at the end because she realizes that her daughter Jing-mei has finally embraced and accepted her Chinese heritage. Jing-mei plays a piece on the piano that her mother had taught her as a child, a piece that Jing-mei had previously rejected and had been ashamed of playing. However, when Jing-mei plays the piece at a recital, she plays it with confidence and with an understanding of the emotions and cultural significance behind the music.

The mother's tears at the end of the story represent a sense of relief and pride that her daughter has finally embraced her cultural heritage. When the mother says, "Now I have to fight back my own feelings," she is acknowledging that she had previously repressed her own emotions and memories of her Chinese past in order to assimilate to American culture. However, seeing her daughter connect with and embrace their shared cultural heritage has moved her to confront and reconcile her own feelings about her past.

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