Two Kinds, by Amy Tan

TAN DEMONSTRATES THROUGH THE USE OF THE NARRATIVE POINT OF VIEW, JING-MEI’S PERSUASION NOT TO SUCCEED IN “TWO KINDS” Throughout out the short story “Two Kinds”, Amy Tan demonstrates through the use of the narrative point of view, Jing-Mei’s persuasion not to succeed. The young protagonist in the short story came to the difficult realization that the person who her parents wanted her to be is not what she was, and she blamed …

…deaf teacher, the incident in front of the church when her mother boasts of her piano expertise, and then when she instigates a fight with her mother after the recital. Thus in “Two Kinds, Tan demonstrates through the use of the narrative point of view, Jing-Mei’s persuasion not to succeed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Tan, Amy. “Two Kinds”. The Sort Story and Its Writer. Ed. Ann Charters. Compact 5th edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 1999. 690-698.