Motherly Love Essay

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Motherly Love Mackenzie Winslow English 1B Dr. Andujo 10 October 201 There are several different types of relationships that a daughter can experience with her mother. Some have the best friend relationship where they know everything about each other and tell each other everything. Others are not so lucky to get a good relationship with their mother. Some mother-daughter relationships are not so civil and sometimes there can be major stress on both mother and daughter because there is such a strain on the relationship. In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker there are two types of relationships between mother and daughter, because the mom acts one way with Maggie while a completely different way with Dee. Another relationship that some experience is like the one in “Two Kinds”, by Amy Tan, where the mom and daughter do not have a good understanding of each other or a healthy relationship. In “Two Kinds” and “Everyday Use” both mother/daughter relationships are not the best and there is a lot of tension that is created between the mothers and the daughters. All of these relationships do involve some type of mother daughter relationship, however they do differ greatly in their attitudes and actions. The mother-daughter relationship in Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” is intense and frustrating. It is very frustrating because Ni Kan’s mother is the stereotypical Chinese mother. This was her mother’s second chance. She already had lost so much in China that she knew her family was going to take every opportunity they could get in America. She was very strict and was not able to express her emotions well, especially to her own daughter. All she wants is for her daughter to live the American dream, as stated in the beginning of the story, “My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America.” This belief, as stated in this video from the New York Times, “No matter
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