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translation Amy Tans Two Kinds for the first metre is confusing. The nitty-gritty is non quite clear until unrivaled studies the context of the story. The story deals with immigrants and the the Statesn mentality for success, but primarily of a daugthters kinship to her pose. Two Kinds tells the story of Jing-mei and her get under onenesss skin. Jing-meis develop migrated to America later on losing everything in China. When she was young, Jing-meis get under ones skin told her the capableness o being successful in America. You can be a prodigy, her mother says.Her mother had effrontery Jing-mei piano lessons much(prenominal) that her talents will show. Eventhough Jing-mei signalises that she has the talent, she refuses to give herself into it because she felt a sense of rebellion in berth her. She was non able to show her true talents because of her avouch shortcomings. In the stamp emerge her mother gives up her hopes for her daughter. The fighting lies within Jing-mei. She needinesss to be something else and at the uniform time she wants just to be herself. She was at first just as excited to find her prodigy.But she felt the mash coming from her mother and at the same time she felt impatient for it. Her mother. however, seek to impose to her what she cannot be. I wont permit her salmagundi me, she tells herself in the mirror. Once she found step up her inclination, she refused to pursue and sharpen it partly because of her insubordination towards her mother. Her mother, on the other hand, acted the way she did because of her moon of success. People migrate to America in search of greener pastures, but scholars believe that what the immigrants could not achieve they pass to their sons or daughters.Jing-mei was a victim of such circumtance. Although, it was also the object of her mother to see her daughter keep abreast in life, Jing-mei felt shes being disturbed to something shes not. Jing-mei did not see that her mother had deep cartel in her. Many years had passed ahead Jing-mei trueized her mothers attempt to bring out her prodigy and found her true self. She had already determined her prodigy during the piano biography but she remained defiant. Even during her lessons, she knew she could be obedient at it, even become enormous with it.But she did not will it to happen. At her memorial, she was confident(p) she could do it, but because she did not dish out her lessons seriously, it ended shamefully for her and for her p bents. When she grew old, her p arents gave her as a gift the piano her mother bought for her when she was young. She was at first reluctant to accept it. Her mother explained this your piano Always your piano. You but one can play You have pictorial talent. You could be a genius if you want to. Jing-mei found the gift as a peace offering.It gave her a chance to discipline again without feeling that she was doing it for the benefit of soulfulness else. Playing it again, she found it easy bountiful to prove her mother had been right. In the end of the story where Jing-mei played the piano later on some years without doing so, she played the imploring Child, the same piece she played unsuccessfully during the recital. She also noticed for the first time the piece on the opposite side entitled Perfectly Contented. Jing-mei understood that she was play two halves of the same song, and it reflected her feelings.She was the pleading infant and when she realized her mothers intentions and trust to her, she became perfectly contented. The storys deterrent example runs two ways. First is with the parents not to push their sons or daughters too hard as to give them a hard time. They are, later on all, just children who does not understand the real world. Second is for the children to be obedient to their parents, for parents only want what is best for their children. A jing-meis mother expressed Only two kinds of daughters Those who are obedient and those who follow their bear mind. It was misfortunate that Jing-mei did not realize that her internal conflict did not arise from her mothers expectations but from the applaud and faith her mother had for her until her mother had already died. The story also points that ones prodigy lies in the persons will to succeed. Jing-meis failure at the recital was because she lacked the will to succeed, and at the same time, her rebeliousness towards her mother. It could be said as well that had her mother not pushed her too hard, Jing-mei could have through with(p) better and she would have pursued it at her own will.I was not able to make do the message the first time I read the story, most especially the liaison of the piano pieces mentioned at the end the invoke Child and Perfectly Contented. But after reading it again and researching the context of the story, I came to appreciate it as giving lessons to parents and children. At the same time, the story also points to the enorm ousness of will power to the success of a person. Defiance blinds us that even when we recognize our own strenghts and weaknesses, we sometimes refuse to let it show just to prove that others are wrong.We tell ourselves I am who I am without real knowing who we in reality are. But the beauty of it all is that at the end of the day, we will come to realize our own shortcomings when left to find who we really are by ourselves. Summing up the lesson given by the story, it is best to be both kinds the kind that is obedient towards ones parents and the kind that follows ones own heart. It may not always be the case but, usually, once parents find out their childs talents, they cant help but enforce it, which, in the end, is best for the child. Show what you got and your parents will sure enough back you up. Works Cited Tan, Amy. Two Kinds.