Also, you would never expect a mother to teach her daughter to be hypocritical. The mother in this story clearly wants her child to become a young lady. However, the mother' purpose comes across as overly demanding. Like the mother mentioned in the text "Girl", the mother mentioned the
Conflict in Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” Amy Tan’s, “Two Kinds”, is a short story of a Chinese immigrant mother’s conflict with her daughter Jing-Mei. In this story, Jing-Mei tells of how she resisted her mother’s overbearing efforts to inspire her to reach her fullest potential twenty years ago. Jing Mei’s mother only wanted her daughter to be a prodigy in some way. So she dominated and controlled her daughter’s life. When these traits did not surface, Jing-Mei began to realize she did not have these traits and started to feel internally inferior.
Knowledge is not always power because the more you know does not necessarily mean you understand what you have learned. In the short story “Everyday Use”, education seemed to make a rift in the relationship not only between the mother and the daughter, but also between the sisters. Dee was one to always try and outsmart her family members always seeking answers knowing no one knew. It was mama who eventually got the community together to help send Dee to school so her daughter would be happy and satisfied. The values of heritage seem to have been lost with the gain of knowledge when Dee has gone to college.
Adam Brown Prose analysis A Vital Conflict In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” In one of her well-known works, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, Joyce Carol Oates presents an electrifying event in the life of a young teenage girl named Connie. Although numerous conflicts exist within this fictional account, there is one in particular that serves as the basis for the focal events of the story. That conflict is Connie’s relationship with her family, or more particularly her parents. There is constant friction between them, and although she is too naïve to recognize it, the fault is entirely her own. In Oates’ story, the conflict between Connie and her family develops from a combination of several sources, and it makes the story easier to relate to real life and thereby more meaningful as a whole.
This was the final ingredient in making Marjane the headstrong person that she appeared to be in the book. This is mostly seen early on with the readings that they encourage Marjane to read. Marjane’s novel tends to lean towards the more rebellious audience. Evidence of this can be seen throughout all of Marjane’s different phase from her childhood, to her adolescence, to her adulthood. In the beginning Marjane seems to just follow the beliefs of her parents while being more aware of her surroundings than the average child her age.
In life we face difficult periods but those times reflect us who we are. In the novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zola Neale Hurston there was a girl, Janie who went through many obstacles growing up. Janie’s upbringing affected her life choices by looking for love, being raised strictly, and not knowing that she was colored. She also had relationships that did not end well. Janie grew to learn how to go through struggles and overcome them.
When she writes “Oh my dear girls—for to such only am I writing—listen not to the voice of love, unless sanctioned by paternal approbation.”(P. 55), she is trying to tell women to put themselves in a position in which they are not exploited, and listen to their brains and parents rather than their heart and emotions. The story of Charlotte Temple is somewhat extreme in the sense that she was a very naïve and sheltered young woman that didn’t really know what the world was like outside the walls of her home or the border school. She was weak and she was dependent on other people to make the decisions for her. Rowson is also warning the women about other people in their life. The parents have the best intentions for their children, but other people might not.
They are not accepted into the community and not giving the respect males get. “A girl-child is mo yung – useless,” (p.32). For this reason, Jook-Liang is lacking the attention that every little girl should have. This archetype is evident in showing that Jook-Liang is feeling isolation. She is never receiving any attention as her grandmother will not provide her with any attention because she is born into the Chinese family and because Jook-Liang’s brother is always sick.
The daughters in the stories thought their mothers were very pushy about some things and they did not like it. However, what they did not realize is the intention their mother had for them to be in a better, more independent situation then they were. Jing-Mei Woo was one of the daughters in chapter eight titled Two Kinds and it stated, “I hated the tests, something inside of me began to die”. (Page 141) When Jing-Mei’s mother saw other people excelling, she thought it was necessary for her daughter to do the same thing. She had been put on a pedestal in her mind as a type of prodigy.
Analysis and Interpretation of; “The Sin Bin or Lucy’s Heart” This short story could have happen today; it could have happened everywhere, in Nærum and in a hole other country. The main conflict and theme is; a teenage girl’s hard situation and choice of how to grow up, to fit in to the environment and the kids at the school, or to fit in at home with her family. To have your mother to look at you in a bad way, or your best friend but also the coolest girl at school? The theme can be to grow up, making the right choices, to fit in or just as simple as friendship. All these themes or can we call them questions or problems, are what the author tries to show us and maybe answer us trough the short story “The Sin Bin or Lucy’s Heart”.