Question

In at least 150 words, tell how the daughter changes over the course of the story

WRITER

Answer 1

From the onset, the daughter had desired to grow up to her mother's anticipation. She, at all times kept doing her best and after she did win her mother wasn't well pleased. She came to the reality that it is impossible to satisfy her mother and make up to her anticipation to grow into the Chinese Shirley Temple. It lead her to get out of the line and take her own decisions and course in life. Rather than doing her best to please her mother she decided to make please herself! She got out of the line in opposing her mother's desires since she it would be difficult to please her mother. She had wished to be happy in life and enjoy freedom, it came to her mind that it is not possible to attain happiness if she was always working on pleasing her mother. In summary, from the onset of the story, all she had desired was to satsisfy her mother, but as time goes on, at the last phase, she opted to going against the line and making her own course in life.

Answer 2

I've found online that this question refers to Amy Tan's short story "Two Kinds".

Answer and explanation:

In "Two Kinds", Jing-Mei changes from a child who wants to obey and please her mother to a young woman who is not willing to be controlled.

At the beginning, Suyuan, Jing-Mei's mother, wishes her daughter would become a child prodigy. Jing-Mei goes along with it since she thinks she would enjoy being the center of attention. That is also a way to make her mother happy and proud of her. They try Americanize Jing-Mei's looks and find a talent for her. In the end, piano is chosen.

Jing-Mei, however, lacks the perseverance to become a prodigy. She is overcome by laziness when she realizes hard work is necessary to learn to play. She performs terribly at a piano recital, to everyone's embarrassment. Yet, her mother does not give up, very much to Jing-Mei's surprise. That is the moment when their individualities clash. Jing-Mei finally realizes she no longer wishes to please Suyuan by becoming whatever is expected of her. She is her own independent self. To make sure she is never again controlled by her mother, she chooses to remain average for the rest of her life.