When Waverly was a mere six years old her mother taught her the “art of invisible strength” which in the end allows you to visually see the end result or “Endgame” and that gives you the strength to see it become a reality. This proved especially true once she starts becoming interested in the game of chess. She is fascinated by the simplicity yet mystique of the game. Eventually she becomes a protégé of Lau Po, an old man in the park who has been playing the game for decades. Waverly’s strength in the game increases rapidly and by her ninth birthday she is already a national junior chess champion.
Culture and Women In “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, and “How to date a browngirl, blackgirl, whitegirl or halfie” by Junot Diaz, both authors elaborate on culture, and how it shapes the outlook on women. In Jamaica Kincaid's “Girl” a mother enforces her cultures strong beliefs on appropriate female behavior onto her daughter. To do so, she displays her parental authority with a series of short commands influenced by her culture. A sense of naivety can be seen in the young girl after questioning her mother's request. The culture associated with “Girl” has a definite attitude towards women, believing they should live a modest, conservative lifestyle.
That is except for Richie who had become a professional tennis player very young. Royal invited Richie out to have fun and learn of his family but the invitation wasn’t ever extended to the other children. On the other hand after the separation, Etheline decided to devote her life to her children and their education. Everything was planned, organized, and perfected. Margot wrote a play at a very young age, Chas was a businessman and had his own business with a breed of dalmatian rats, and Richie was becoming a professional tennis player.
Donald Coggins 9lit Ms. Caldwell 1/6/13 In the story “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan, Waverly and Mrs. Jong are more alike than different in the sense they both use invisible strength Waverly’s mother was always teaching her about the “art of invisible strength”. Waverly says that she uses this as a “strategy for winning arguments, respect from others, and eventually, though neither of us knew it at the time, chess games. Invisible strength symbolizes rules, and knowledge. In the story Waverly shows knowledge in the way at, the beginning of the story when she was younger Waverly wanted some salted plums. So Waverly was about to cry and her mother said “Bite back your tong”.
(Mulan) In “Two Kinds” Jing-mei has many attempts to try to become a prodigy, the failure of her last attempt is what ended it all. Jing-mei’s mother tried to make her become a great Piano player. She threw her in lessons, hoping it
Hazel, who is the main character in the story titled “Raymond’s Run,” has aspirations she discovered about herself towards the end of the story. Hazel doesn’t individually discover these aspirations but it’s the other characters in the story that brings these foreseen goals to the spotlight. As Hazel gets ready to cross the finish line in her race with Gretchen, who is a competitor, many aspiring aspects come to mind. Her first encounter comes with her brother Raymond. In the story it quotes, “And I’m smiling to beat the band cause if I’ve lost this race, or if me and Gretchen tied, or even if I’ve won, I can
‘You can be best anything’” This could be seen as healthy encouragement from mother to child to become the best she could be, and perhaps that was the mother’s intentions with the pressure and lessons she gave her. Still, the amount of expectations placed on such a young girl were, frankly speaking, discouraging and a genuine burden. Children shouldn’t be trained to become anything. Children should only be helped to develop their natural talents in a healthy environment in which they feel safe and happy. In the end, the parent’s role is to help their children be the best they can be not coerce them into being something they are not.
After her aunt kicks her out of her house, Hannah began to cry and says “Don’t make me go, Tante Rose” (Horton 39). This shows that Hannah still loved her aunt and loved to play the piano. Even though Hannah broke the rules, she still wanted to study and become a famous pianist. However Tante Rose was still furious. Hannah is an eager, kind, and devoted person, while Tante Rose is an arrogant, selfish person who wanted Hannah to become a pianist for her own needs.
Copying her just how my younger sister would copy me. The ideal daughter is obedient, and follows the wisdom of their elders. That is what my role as a daughter should have been like, but this is far from true. After the stage of wanting to be everything like my mom, I started to see things differently. Due to facing lots of adult problems at an early age I had become a very independent child
Short Stories Response to Text In A Game of Cards and The Beginning of the Tournament written by Witi Ihamaera incidents occurred that portrayed, being around people you love and care about is important. In the story The Beginning of the Tournament the key idea is portrayed through two woman hockey teams playing each other. In A Game of Cards the key idea is shown when Nani Miro’s friends and family crowd around her on her death bed. In The Beginning of the Tournament the reader realises it is more important to have fun with your friends and family than to win. An important incident that showed us this was when the women in the hockey teams turned up to play with only a good time on their mind.