- What is a prodigy and why does the mother want the main character to become one?
- Prodigy means a person, esp. a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability, the mother wants that the main character to become one of prodigy she want that he has same experience that she had when she were at his age.
- How does the mother prepare her daughter for fame?
- The mother prepare her daughter for fame the mother put the girl in a training school in the Mission district ans put her in hands of a student who could barely hold the scissor without shaking.The mother let the boy to cut off all the hair of Shirley and the she look like a boy.
- What talents does the girl have?
- The talent does the girl have was shirley tapping feet or singing a saolor song , or pursing her lips in to a very round O while saying " Oh my goodness."
- Why does she start the piano lessons and how is the mother going to pay for them?
- she start the piano lesson be her mom lookind a commercial she were so interesting in the piano lesson that don't care about anything. The mother going to pay for the piano lesson clean the house to the man.
- Describe the piano teacher
- "Mr. Chong, whom I secretly nicknamed Old Chong, was very strange, always tapping his fingers to the silent music of an invisible orchesta. He looked ancient in my eyes. He had lost most of the h air on the top of his head, and he wore thick glasses and had eyes that always looked tired. But he must have been younger that I though, since he lived with his mother and was not yet married".
- What do Auntie Lindo and Jing-Mei's mother have in common?
- Auntie Lindo and jind-Mei's mother have in common was their were always complained about their daughters.
- In your own words, relate the events of the recital.
- The relate events of the recital she start to play the piana and the notes that she were play was wrong and everydody start to knowing that including her mother , her mother were disappointmented and she felt. At the end the only one you applause was Mr. chong.
- What does the author mean when she says, "I didn't have to do what my mother said anymore... This wasn't China"? page 97
- The author mean when she says the quote that she don't have to obey all the things that her mom say to her because in china kinds has to do what ever parents say.
- What words does the author use to describe her mother's disappointment in her?
- The words does the author use to describe her mother's disappointment
- Why does Jing-mei come back to play the piano after her mother's death?
Monday, May 5, 2008
" Two kind " by Amy Tan
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