Two
Kinds
The story is mainly talking about the conflict of Amy Tan
and her mother. Her mother is always wanted Amy to be her best and to be a
talent girl but Amy didn't want to be like that. She wanted to be herself. The
story took place in 1960’s in China Town, San Francisco. The main character in
this story is Amy Tan, she is a shy girl, she was born in the US and that’s why
she wanted to be American. The other characters in the story are Amy’s mother
and Mr. Chong. Amy mother came to the US in 1949 after losing everything in
China: her mother and father, her husband, her home and two daughters. But she never
looked back with regret. Mr. Chong is Amy’s piano teacher.
The story was showed as list of the event. At first, her
mother wanted Amy to be a Shirley Temple. She took Amy to the beauty training
school to cut Amy’s hair. Amy emerged with an uneven mass of crinkly black fuzz
but her mother dragged her off to bathroom and tried to wet down her hair.
In the beginning, Amy was just as excited as her mother,
she was filled that she would soon become perfect but she started depressed when
her mother told her about the schedule of piano lesson and piano practice.
After watching a talent show on TV Amy’s mother wanted Amy to learn piano. Amy’s
mother had talked with Mr. Chong, who living in the same apartment with Amy’s
family. She had traded house cleaning services for weekly piano lesson for Amy.
Amy felt as though she had been sent to hell when her mother told her about the
piano lessons.
Few days later, Mr. Chong and Amy’s mother wanted Amy to
play in talent show that was to be held in the church hall. Amy’s parent
invited their friends and their family comes to the church to watch Amy’s show.
In Amy’s turn, everything was so beautiful until she hit the first wrong note,
and then she hit another and another. She could not stop there, she kept
playing until she done. Then, Amy stood up and she felt that her legs were
shaking because of nervous.
After the talent show, Amy thought that she would never
have to play the piano again. But few days later, Amy’s mother reminded Amy
about the time to learn piano lessons. And then Amy decided, she didn't have to
do what her mother said anymore because she was not a slave and especially she was not China. Amy’s mother came out the kitchen; she yanked Amy and pulled her
off the floor, she half pulling, half carrying Amy towards the piano. Amy
shouted that she is not going to play anymore. Amy’s mother was so angry and
Amy too. They shouted each other so hard. Everything had happened before made
Amy angry and now she decided that she will never be the kind of daughter which
her mother wanted her to be.
After the fighting between Amy and her mother, they both
seemed forgive each other. Amy mother never mentioned Amy about playing piano
again, she given up hope. Then she surprised Amy when she offered to give Amy
the piano for Amy’s thirtieth birthday. Amy took it but she didn't play it again until her mother died. After that, Amy finally playing the piano once
again and she felt proud when she saw the piano in her parents’ living room.
