two kinds-novel

7/28/2019 TWO KINDS-novel

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TWO KINDSby Amy Tan

Prepared By:

Amirul Ar-Rasyidin Bin Jamaludin

Nurhumaira Binti Mohammed Salleh


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ThemeoThere are two themes :

oYou Can Be Your OwnEnemy.

oConflict With Two Kinds

Of Women And Two KindsOf Daughter.


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Theme 2 : Conflict With Two

Kinds Of Women And TwoKinds Of Daughter

oJing-mei's mother has lost

everything in China.oJing-mei does not understand or

fully know her mother because she

does not know about her tragic

past.oThey are also struggling within

themselves to define their own roles

and identities.


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SettingoThe story's main events

take place in Chinatownthroughout the 1950s and

perhaps early 1960s.


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CharactersoMother:

oAntagonist, always

pushing Jing

Mei,sellfish.

oJing-Mei:

oProtagonist,

selfish,

oMr. Chong:

o is Jing-mei's deaf and

partially blind piano

teacher.

oAunty Lindo:

oA close friend of

Jing-Mei's motheroWaverly Jong:

oClose to Jing-Mei's

age.


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Plot


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Climax Although Jing-Mei

slacked on herpracticing, she actuallyfeels confident aboutdoing well at the recital.

Jing-Mei's stubbornmother expects her topractice piano, as ifnothing has gonewrong.

After Jing-Mei hurts hermother, her mother

finally gives up on herbeing a prodigy.

Falling Action She explains that

she never did thebest she could atanything, just to

spite her mother. We discover thatdeep inside, Jing-Mei did have somepride in her piano,this happened

when her mothertold her to take it.

Resolution Jing-Meis mother

already passedaway. Jing-Mei hasthe piano tuned

and sits down toplay.


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The End

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