Amy Tan tells of a mother's expectation for her daughter to be a child prodigy. Jamaica Kincaid tells of an unknown person describing to a girl how to be a "good" girl. Both essays illustrate an authority figure that has expectations for a young female and why and how those expectations will come about. As young children growing up without a care in the world, we cannot comprehend why authority figures dictate how we should behave. In "Two Kinds", the daughter is expected to be a child prodigy because her mother believes "you can be anything you want in America".
Living Through Your Child in “Two Kinds” The 20th Century short story “Two Kinds” by author Amy Tan tells about the life of a young Chinese girl and her family who immigrated to The Unites States. The young girl’s name is Jing Mei. Jing Mei’s mother always wanted the best for her. She wanted her daughter to become a prodigy at the age of nine. Jing Mei’s mother forces her to try different things that the mother wants her to do to become a prodigy.
Nike believes that by empowering these young girls with education, mentorship, health education, and fun adventures this gives her the opportunity to make better decision for the future. Over the past decade Nike is one company that have been faced with major
Yes Melissa Heaston Instructor Gina Crawford English 101 September 13, 2011 Marissa: A very special little girl The purpose of this essay is to let the reader know how a special little girl who was born with Microcephaly (small brain), which causes developmental delays, is determined to walk and talk just like all other little girls. I am Marissa’s grandmother, I am writing this essay about Marissa because I am so impressed with her motivation and determination to be just like other kids her age. Marissa has had a hard three years of life so far, but she has come along way. I am very proud of her, she is my little princess. When my daughter was pregnant with Marissa she took to much Tylenol which caused Tylenol poisoning.
Sixteen year-old girls, Sandy, Rose, Mary, Jenny, Monica, and Eunice are assigned to Miss Jean Brodie, who describes herself as being "in my prime". Miss Brodie, determined that they shall receive an education in the original sense of the Latin verb educere, "to lead out", gives her students lessons about her personal love life and travels, promoting art history, classical studies, and fascism. Under her mentorship, these six girls whom Brodie singles out as the elite group among her students known as the "Brodie set" begin to stand out from the rest of the school. However in one of the novel’s flash-forwards we learn that one of them will later betray Brodie, ending her teaching career, but that she will never learn which.In the Junior School, they meet the singing teacher, the short Mr Gordon Lowther, and the art master, the handsome, one-armed war veteran Mr Teddy Lloyd, a married Roman Catholic with six children. These two teachers form a love triangle with Miss Brodie, each loving her, while she loves only Mr Lloyd.
Beauty pageant participant, Kelsey Killeen said, “When I started going into pageants, it gave me so much self-confidence.” Pageant moms believe pageants are a good way to teach their daughters skills needed in life. Eight main skills mothers thought or hoped their children would learn from pageants were acquiring confidence, learning to be comfortable onstage and around strangers, gaining poise, determining the best way to present oneself, realizing the need for practice, learning good sportsmanship, becoming more outgoing and learning to listen (“Child Beauty”). Some parents have even said that they have placed their children in pageants because of a birth defect their child had (“Child Beauty”). These parents wanted to support the fact that their children are normal and beautiful no matter if they have birth defects (“Child Beauty”). In numerous pageants it is required that the contestant raise money for a local
Girls are shown Barbie and parents tell the children that Barbie dolls are beautiful. So young girls are taught that Barbie is what a perfect female is supposed to look like. Eventually, when the girls reach middle school they find that Barbie is seen to be childish and immature. So they turn to more life size Barbie dolls like Britney Spears and Destiny's Child. Teenage girls, who consider themselves individuals, all strive for the same goal to become what the opposite sex is attracted to.
Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” brings forth this epic battle between a mother who wants perfection for her daughter and the coming of age daughter who is struggling to find herself. This is a story that is shared by many mothers and daughters as the daughter struggles to find herself amongst the pressures of conformity pressed upon her by the mother who only wants the best for her and the society who tells her that she needs to make her own choices. In this story, however, there is an extra factor that plays a part in Tan’s story. This factor takes the normal mother daughter struggle and makes it a little unique. The difference is a cultural divide between a mother born and raised in China and her American born daughter.
The song was inspired by the everyday childhood disappointments experienced by Chris Martin's then eight-year-old daughter, Apple. This song represents the attempts by a girl to maintain a child-like innocence in her life by dreaming. The first verse tells of a young girl who had high expectations (When she was a girl/She expected the world); these expectations could be the product of constant attention to fairy tales - expecting the world to be fair and just, where all girls can be princesses, marry their Prince Charming and live happily ever after - or simply being subject to an optimistic upbringing where the philosophy 'the world is your oyster' underpinned every lecture by parent and teacher alike. However, evidently the bar was raised too high and the expectations not reached (But it flew away from her reach) suggesting maybe a life not lived - plans not made, dreams not followed, opportunities missed, feelings not acted upon. At this the girl withdraws into her mind, acting out the life she would have led if Fate allowed her in her dreams (So she ran away in her sleep/And dreamed of para-para-paradise.../Every time she closed her eyes).
Pitch Perfect, Bridesmaids, and Easy A, all feature a strong female lead. All three of these movies would lean towards the younger female generation. Easy A, could be an exact portrayal of a young girl, living through the hardships of high school. Pitch Perfect, is a comedic representation of college life. Bridesmaids, can represent any bride to be about to endure the long journey of a wedding.