When the narrator speaks of two halves of the same song the mother and daughter really want the same thing. What bests for complete success in American society for new comers. Jing-mei's constant howling and hassling of her daughter near the end of Tan's short story, ' 'Two Kinds,'' reveals she is trying to protecting the only terrain to which she can lay claim, the rules you must follow under her roof.
             ' 'Two Kinds'' is about the multifaceted interaction between mothers and daughters. Specifically, the mothers who were born in China before the communist revolution deviously robed of their customs. In this story, the mothers American born daughters must find ways to balance successfully the pursuit of the America dream of success yet learn and accept the heritage from whence they came. This paradox's the life of a college student who must meet the rigorousness' of all course requirements and live up to their parent's expectation as well.
             From a historical view point many Chinese immigrant come to this country believing ' 'you could be anything you wanted to be in America.'' In "Two Kinds" we have an overbearing mother's who drills her daughter endless about her unlimited possibilities in our great county: ' 'you could open a restaurant. You could work for the government and get good retirement. You could buy a house with almost no money down." ' 'Two Kinds' is a thought provoking short story which can help you focus on how difficult a transition it can be bridging a cultural gap in a new land.
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