Amy Tan
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“Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan
Amy Tan
Using details and quotations from Amy Tan’s “Fish Cheeks”, explain, discuss and evaluate the theme of the story. One of the difficulties that immigrants face when they come to live in America is dealing with the differences between the cultures of their old home to that of the new one. It is even harder for…
Analysis of “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan
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Mother Tongue
Amy Tan describes her relationship with her mother, who speaks “broken” English. Essentially, Amy ending up changing her style of writing because of her mother, who changed Amoy’s perception of language. In the beginning of her life, Amy was always ashamed and embarrassed because of her mother; her mother, in speaking broken English, would often…
Rhetorical Reading Response: Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”
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Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue” (1990) delves into her mother’s use of “broken English” and the various “Englishes” she encounters in her daily life. Tan highlights the challenges her mother has faced as a result of her English proficiency and the diverse forms of English that surround her. Through sharing examples, Tan effectively communicates the…
Amy Tan Mother Tongue
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Rachel worrier In Amy Tans “Mother Tongue” the emphasizes on American English, views on Amoy’s mothers “Broken English”. When speaking from Amoy’s mother tongue she rights using all sorts of different grammatical. When she is addressing an American professional Amoy’s English is very proper. Amy views her mothers “broken English as normal. Amy knows her…
David Mamet And Amy Tan
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In David Mamets essay The Rake: A Few Scenes from My Childhood and AmyTans story Jing-Mei Woo: Two Kinds, the authors describe their personalexperiences. The essay and story are based upon the authors childhoodmemories. There are many similarities and differences in Mamets and Tansworks. Both authors describe a childhood conflict; however, Mamet does notresolve his…
Two of My Favorite Books
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Two novels that I could read over and over once more The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafby Fannie Flag. The two novels portion similar qualities while conveying their different narrative lines. The Joy Luck Club is a sage about several Chinese female parents and their…
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tans
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In The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tans first novel, short-story-like vignettes alternateback and forth between the lives of four Chinese women in pre-1949 China and lives of their American-born daughters in California. The book is a mediation on the divided nature of this emigrant life. The novel is narrated horizontally as well as vertically; friendships…
Compare of Maya Angelou’s and Amy Tan’s Novels
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Maya Angelou
Novel
Maya Angelou’s “Champion of the World” and Amy Tan’s “Fish Cheeks” both capture the authors’ past experiences of oppression, and convey their struggles with identity. Both authors are from minority cultures, and both describe the same harsh pressures from the dominant culture. Both author’s share situations of being outcasts, coming from different racial backgrounds and…
The Hardships of Life in Amy Tan’s Novels
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Novel
Amy Tan is one of the first female writers to bring Asian-American society and experiences to mainstream audience. Her books focus mostly on themes such as the difficulty of being a minority, a woman, and having a dual-culture identity. Her fiction stories are not all biographical, several themes’ and situations arise from incidents in her…
Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” Analysis
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In “Two Kinds” Amy Tan uses a wide range of techniques and literary elements to demonstrate the true meaning behind the story. She incorporates similes and imagery to intertwine her story. “Two Kinds” is the last story in the second of four sections of Amy Tan’s immensely successful first book, The Joy Luck Club. The…
| born | February 19, 1952 (age 69 years), Oakland, CA |
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| description | Amy Ruth Tan is an American author known for the novel The Joy Luck Club, which was adapted into a film of the same name in 1993 by director Wayne Wang. |
| books | The Joy Luck Club 1989, The Kitchen God's Wife 1991, The Bonesetter's Daughter 2001 |
| education | Linfield University, San José State University, Peterson High School |
| quotations | “We dream to give ourselves hope. “If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude.” “Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking.” “Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.” “Everyone must dream. “Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. |
| information | Short biography of Amy TanTanya Tan was born in Oakland, California, on February 19, 1952. Her parents, Daisy and John Tan, had emigrated to the United States from China in the late 1940s. Tan’s mother, who had been a student at the University of California, Berkeley, before the family’s move, became a Baptist minister after they settled in Oakland. Her father found work as an electrical engineer.Tan was the middle child and only daughter in a family of three children. Her brother, Peter, was born in 1955, and her brother John, who was developmentally disabled, was born in 1957. The family spoke both English and Chinese at home.Tan’s parents had high expectations for their children. They pushed Tan to excel in her studies and to behave properly. Tan struggled in school and was often teased by her classmates because she was Chinese. When she was eight years old, she was hit in the head by a baseball, and she began to experience seizures. As a result, she had to miss a lot of school and was often tutored at home.Despite her challenges, Tan graduated from high school in 1969. She then attended Linfield College in Oregon, where she studied English and psychology. She transferred to San Jose State University in California after one year, and she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English and linguistics in 1974. After college, Tan worked as a technical writer for a computer company. In 1977, she married Lou DeMattei, an accountant. The couple had two daughters, Sophia and Daisy.In the 1980s, Tan began to write fiction. Her first book, The Joy Luck Club, was published in 1989. The book, which tells the stories of four Chinese-American mothers and their daughters, was a bestseller. It was made into a movie in 1993.Tan’s second novel, The Kitchen God’s Wife, was published in 1991. Her third novel, The Hundred Secret Senses, came out in 1995. All three of these books were made into movies.Tan’s fourth novel, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, was published in 2001. In 2003, she published the book Saving Fish from Drowning, and in 2005, she came out with the novel The Opposite of Fate. Her most recent novel, Saving Fish from Drowning, was published in 2009.Tan has also written two children’s books, The Moon Lady (1992) and Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (1994), which was made into a television series.Tan lives in Sausalito, California, with her husband and two daughters. Important informationSpouse: Lou DeMattei (m. 1974) Parents: Daisy Li, John Tan Siblings: John Tan Jr., Peter Tan, Yuhang Wang, June Wang, Tina Eng, Lijun Wang Movies and TV shows: The Joy Luck Club 1993, Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir 2021, Sagwa The Chinese Siamese Cat 2001 – 2002 |
