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Two Kinds Amy Tan About the author 1 Born in America (Oakland, California) in 1952 of Chinese immigrant parents. 2 The clash of values and sensibilities情感 between FOBs and ABCs. 3 struggle of women to attain status and power as individuals in careers and pursuits of their own choosing /the adversaries敌手: the mothers We see these conflicts in Two Kinds as well as in her novels, The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen Gods Wife. One of these conflicts is the battle of the daughter in the family to either fulfill or deny the expectations of her parents. In her own life, Ms. Tan had parents who wanted her to become a neurosurgeon神经外科医生, a very prestigious有名望的 and demanding要求高的 occupation. Her talents, however, led her in other directions. Characters and episodes情节 the daughter, the mother, the father, Auntie Lindo, Waverly, Mr.Chong new hairstyle, training, piano lessons, debut初次登台, row, commemoration纪念 My mother: “you can be a prodigy奇才” 76 The daughter: “it made me actually look forward to my future fame” 76 The preparation for the transformation: tests of every kind Raised hopes and failed expectations: “I won’t be what I am not”78 Mr. Chong and his tricky狡猾的 student “I was determined to put a stop to her foolish pride”81 My debut: blank/yawn/stiff-lipped/ sulky/shaking/nervous/stricken/ weakly/quivering/awful 83-84 The hostility at home 84 “my mother had died a few months before…” 86 “I realized they were two halves of the same song”87 Mother-daughter relationship The mother: trauma创伤 76/ her good intentions The daughter: the substitute替代 child for her mother Mental landscape: love-hostility-reconciliation和解- understanding double perspective point of view : an adult looking back on her own childhood experiences. double perspective: allowing both the hindsight and judgment of a mature woman, and also, for much of the story, the freshness and innocence of a young person trying to discover her own identity . The way in which Amy Tan orchestrates精心安排 these s