To be honest,I hated the tiger mother’s approach in my childhood but when I grew up gradually, I appreciated the tiger mother's approach, because I know that everything they do is for the sake of their children. In the story “ Two Kinds” by Amy Tan and in the story “ Tiger Moms: Is Tough Parenting Really the Answering?” by Annie Murphy Paul. Both tiger mother forced their children to learn lots of different courses and hoped them to have a wonderful achievement in the future, yet differ is they use different ways to solve the relationship of educating between parents and children. When I was young, my parents always command me to learn some lessons which makes me awful, but now I understand what they hope and what the …show more content…
She was proudly modest, like a proper Chinese Child. And she also didi a fancy sweep of a curtsy, so that the fluffy skirt of her white dress cascaded to the floor like petals of a large carnation.” The quote means, Amy’s mom hoped one day she want to see her daughter can stand on TV, and Amy’s mom forced her to study piano lesson, actually Amy’s family is not very rich, but Amy’s mom uses lots of money still tries to give her better lives, because Amy’s mom thinks everyone could be anything to be, she put all of energy on her. Similarly, in the story “Tiger’s Moms” by Annie Murphy Paul. Tiger Mom’s forced her two daughters to learn lots of lessons and hoped them to have a wonderful achievement in the future. The writer state,“ That’s the name of the piano tune that Amy …show more content…
In the story “ Two Kinds” by Amy Tan. Amy’s mom uses different ways to solve the relationship of educating between Amy’s mom and her daughter.The writer states,“ No! I won’t!” I screamed. She snapped of the TV, yanked me by the arm and pulled me off the floor. She was frighteningly strong, half pulling, half carrying me towards the piano as I kicked the throw rugs under my feet. She lifted me up on to the hard bench. I was sobbing by now looking at her bitterly. Her chest was heaving even more and her mouth was open, smiling crazily as if were pleased that I was crying. You want me to be something that I am not. I will never be the kind of daughter you want me to be.” The quote means, Amy’s mother forced Amy to go to the piano competition, and Amy is very nervous and she lost this competition, thus when they came back, Amy’s mom still wants Amy to play the piano, and Amy doesn’t want to play it continually. In fact in our families, parents will sit and talk to the problem is, but Amy’s mom chooses the worst way. Similarly, in the story “ Tiger Moms: Is Tough Parenting Really the Answering?” by Annie Murphy Paul. Tiger’s mom uses different ways to solve the relationship of educating between tiger’s mom and her two daughter. The writer states, “Today, Chua has worked out some surprising compromises with her children.
She then says that all he has to do is give his “attention, diligence and steady nature” because it’s is “expected” that he succeeds. He has “superior advantages “ because his father is there with him really just painting him a picture that nothing is against him. She then says he's as smart as Cicero then says ‘habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties”. Not only is she instilling self-esteem in her son but proving her point by comparing him to a “genius” and telling him that difficulties are expected but it will only make him smarter. She then reminds him what his country has faced by mentioning “war, tyranny”, calling him to arms as well as setting a patriotic tone.
The first parent supplies the materials and wants the kid to learn on his own. While the other one slowly makes it up to then independent point for the kid. For example in the Black Boy the kid thinks “My mother was telling me to fight, a thing that she had never done before,”(2). This is showing her style of teaching. She supplies him with the materials and wants him to learn on his own.
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Critique Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School, has created an article called Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother that intensively describes differences in the usage of parenting methods in Chinese and Westerners culture. The author has personally raised her children in a highly strict manner so her children succeed in life and academics. Chua often refers to the term “Chinese mother” that describes her parenting style apart from Western parents. The main purpose of this article is to show the two parenting techniques and how they affect the child 's success.
In the short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, writes about a relationship between Jing-Mei and her mother, and how external conflict can be developed even through the discussion of success. Jing-Mei mother wants the best for her daughter; her mother states that America is a place for dreams to come true, basically the American Dream. Jing-Mei rejects and dislikes her mother opinions about becoming a prodigy of someone famous in life. Even though Jing-Mei mother already planned her future. Jing-Mei didn't see the big picture as well as her mother, she wanted something different.
I was always told by my parents to live life, and enjoy every moment I got. Like every other kid, I am a reflection of my parents values. Through various means, my parents taught me to be mature, optimistic, and cooperative. As an older sister, I was granted many responsibilities from a young age.
In Amy Tan story “Rules of the game,” she describes the relationship between mother and daughter by using a metaphor. Amy mother teaches her the art of invisible hand and daily truths to rise above their circumstance, and I experienced the same when my mother taught me the strategies for succeeding in life. Most importantly it shows us how Amy become world champion at the age of nine by learning rules to succeed. Whereas Hemmingway “Hills like White Elephant” is a story about two couple who have different thinking because men want a girl to have an abortion but she does not want it, or men do not love the girl anymore.
In this quote, the character is telling her mother that she can't change, and that she hates trying to change for her mother. Her mother is forcing her to become a star, and Amy hates her for that. Later in the story, Amy snaps at her mother again, but this time much worse. After a terrible piano recital, Amy has set her mind to never playing the instrument again. After a while, her mother says that Amy has to practice.
I am a daughter of a refugee and an immigrant. My father left Ethiopia and walked across several countries finally coming to America. While my mother came after 15 years since the communist advance into South Vietnam. I come from a household of parents from two different continents. Their arrival america gave an unique atmosphere in the household.
“My son says I am average, an average mother, but if I put my mind to it I could improve” (Pastan 706). No mother would like to be called an average mother, likewise, this was Pastan’s ultimate goal. She wanted the reader to see the struggles that this mother/wife had to go through. By using the extended metaphor to emphasize the disapprovals that the narrator received, the reader can now relate, as people constantly judge/critique what you do. The final line of this poem is very striking for the reader.
The narrator goes beyond by reminding how to keep the practical skills for a successful woman. The mother reminds her how to behave socially such as walking with proper posture. Otherwise, it can be very easily stereotyped as a “slut-walk” if slouching. It is interesting that the mother might be conveying her past experience to the daughter.
The short story of “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan exemplifies the relationship between a Chinese-American girl, Jing-Mei, and her mother. Before emigrating from China to America, Jing-Mei’s mother lost everything from her whole family to her home. She believed that in America, that anyone could pursue their dreams to become whatever they want and do whatever they want to do. The Mother wanted Jing-Mei to become a prodigy. First, she wanted Jing-Mei to become a famous actress like Shirley Temple, and she constantly made sure that her daughter was either studying her films or mimicking her performances.
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother was written by Yale Law School professor Amy Chua. The book depicts her parenting style, referred to as “Tiger mother,” compared to the parenting style of “Westerners.” Chua also uses the term “Chinese mother” to describe her parenting style; although, it isn’t directly correlated to Chinese mothers. Contrarily, all Chinese mothers are not considered Chinese mothers, or “Tiger
Revised Paragraph Apparently, it has come to more of a reality than a myth that when children are told to do one thing, they often do just the opposite, out of spite for the attention from their parents. In Lulu’s case in Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, she began to hate the violin and forget how to enjoy her success because of all the negativity that came with it from her mother Amy Chua's parenting style did not have rebellion in the picture, therefore, she was not prepared to have her virtuous circle fail due to Lulu’s success not leading to enjoyment. Due to Amy Chua showing disappointment in her and giving Lulu no freedom along with continuous hours of violin practice, she rebelled. She did things to get her mother’s attention like cutting