Tan, "Two Kinds"
Jing-mei, the main character in Amy Tan's story "Two Kinds," has the challenge of living with a mother who expects great things from her child. (Sarah White)
"Two Kinds," by Amy Tan, is a story of a mother's obsession with making her daughter into a prodigy. (Erin Reed)
In "Two Kinds" Amy Tan shows how sometimes parents can want too much for their children. (R. J. Morrison)
In Amy Tan's "Two Kinds," Jin-mei's mother's only dream is to have a child prodigy. (Amber Waters)
Ellison, "Flying Home"
It was obvious almost from the beginning of Todd's hearing about the dream of going to heaven in Ralph Ellison's story "Flying Home" that the dream was taking Todd back to his past. (Elaine Edwards)
When Todd in Ralph Ellison's story "Flying Home" first meets Jefferson, he felt that "blackness washed over him, like infinity" (148). Jefferson's presence forced Todd to remember where he came from and who he really was. (Jennifer Evans)
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