Many kids today want to become successful in life either doing what they love or doing what they have to do to be successful with or without support. In “Two Kinds” and “Rules of The Game” by Amy Tan, both the main characters Jing-mei and Waverly have the same nationality and somewhat the same age. Nevertheless, they have very different perspectives when it comes to taking an opportunity to become successful, also the amount of courage you have to excel on your interest. Furthermore, both characters have different expectations in their family. Mrs.Woo the protagonist of “Two Kinds” Is trying to make her daughter Jing-mei a prodigy on the piano. Jing-mei knows that she is not prodigy material so she always considers the worst outcome. Whereas in “Rules of The Game” Waverly the Protagonist of the story Waverly the protagonist wants to play chess and already has a mindset to succeed, Waverly wants to find out every little detail about chess so her knowledge of chess can expand.
- Don't claim it unless you can prove it
- give evidence for everything find the BEST evidence
- Anything you say in the body must be summarized in the intro
- Topic sentences Don't be too vague or too specific
- Need a contrast, not just a difference
Brainstorming Chart
“Two Kinds” by Amy Tan Chinese AAAA American
Both Stories
“Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan - Chinese-American;
The daughter doesn't care for succeeding in her career but her mother has almost gave up everything for her to be a prodigy
-Mother is only hard on her when she sees that daughter is not trying.
They both care about what people think
Both from Chinatown
They are both relatives
Show off their daughters
-daughter wants to play chess
But the mother doesn't care for it that much.
- Her mother is very hard on her.
2. Quote Bank:
Reread your two stories and pick out great quotes - quotes that are filled with meaning, and show the CONFLICT of the story and/or quotes that show important things about AGE or CULTURAL difference. You need five quotes for each story. Each quote can be as short as a few words and no longer than two sentences. For each quote write down a few words about the context: who is speaking, to whom are they speaking, and what is happening at this exact moment in the story?
Make sure to put the quotes in quotation marks and also write down the page number.
[note: when you go to write the outline and the draft you can change quotes, you do not HAVE to use these quotes; but if you can find good quotes now it will save you a lot of time later]
Story A Quotes
1. Context: Her mom showing her off
Quote: “This my daughter Waver-ly Jong, she said to whoever looked her way.
2. Context: Mother showing tough love to her daughter when shes playing a chess match
Quote: My mother had a habit of standing over me while I plotted out my games.
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3. Context: her mother wants her to pursue her dream
Quote: “my mother had traded house cleaning services for weekly lessons and a piano for me to practice every day.''
4. Context: Waverly now wants to play the piano
Quote: It sounded even richer than I remembered. Really, it was a very good piano.
5. Context: Her mother shows affection toward her
Quote:'You pick up fast,' my mother said as if she knew this was certain. “You have natural talent.
Story B Quotes
1. Context: Her mother only wants her to succeed not to fail
Quote: If I lost, I would bring shame on my family. 'Is shame you fall down nobody push you,' said my mother.P#
2. Context: When daughter is going to piano practice Mother supporting daughter
Quote:”That was awful,” and mother whispered “ Well she certainly tried”
3. Context: Her mother is being really hard on her and watching her every move.
Quote:If I lost, I would bring shame on my family. 'Is shame you fall down nobody push you,' said my mother.
4. Context: her mother is ashamed of her and thinks she's brought bad luck on this family.
Quote:'We not concerning this girl. This girl not have concerning for us.'
5. Context: her mother is saying it's embarrassing to have a daughter like her.
Quote: 'It's not that, it's just so obvious. It's just so embarrassing.' 'Embarrass you be my daughter?
Paragraph:
Topic Sentence - state a main idea
Background - give context for a quote or paraphrase (in a sentence or two explaining what is happening in this moment and who is speaking)
Evidence - state a quote or paraphrase
Analysis - in a few sentences explain what the quote or paraphrase is showing and how it proves your main idea; talk about what individual words in the quote mean and explain how this shows something
Recap - restate the main point of the paragraph in different words pack a quote from 'Mrs. Sen's' that you think is important to the overall meaning of the story. The quote needs to be at least FOUR WORDS and cannot be more than TWO SENTENCES. Write a paragraph analyzing the quote. Imagine it is a body paragraph for an analysis essay. In your paragraph follow the TBEAR model. Compose in a google doc and upload here.
Outline Template:
Introduction Paragraph:
- Hook Sentence: Many kids today have big dreams, many kids today don't have big dreams, they just want to be a normal person making minimum wage.
- Sentence to introduce the two stories:I think In both stories “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan and “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan they both show two kids with very different perspectives about where they want to go in the future and what they can accomplish.
- Helpful background about the stories:In the story Two Kinds, the Mother wants her child to become a prodigy by playing piano she gives up almost everything for her child Jing-mei to go to piano lessons but Jing-mei does not want to become a prodigy. In the story Rules of the game the daughter of Linda, Waverly has big goals to be the best player at chess. Waverly goes to many tournament to accomplish her dream, however, her mom is very hard on her and watches her every move to make sure she succeeds.
- THESIS: Both stories show two kinds with different interpretations due to the fact that one doesn't want to become a prodigy and the other is actually taking the initiative to succeed.
Body Paragraph Topic Sentence 1: In both the stories Two kinds and Rules of the game they both neglect their parents in different ways.
Evidence: In the story Two kinds the text states,”Then I wish I weren't your daughter, I wish you weren't my mother,' I shouted Whereas in the story Rules of the game it states,
“I jerked my hand out of my mother's tight grasp and spun around, knocking into an old woman. Her bag of groceries spilled to the ground. “
Analysis: These quotes show that both of the daughters resent their mothers in one way or the other
Body Paragraph Topic Sentence 2: In the story Rules of the game she has a different approach on achieving her dream than in Two kinds.
Evidence: In Rules of the game it states,”A little knowledge withheld is a great advantage one should store for future use. That is the power of chess. It is a game of secrets in which one must show and tell “. In Two kinds:”But sometimes the prodigy in me became impatient. 'If you don't hurry up and get me out of here, I'm disappearing for good,' it warned. “And then you'll always be nothing”.
Analysis: I think that Waverly wants to wants to pursue her dream but Jinga-mei had negative thoughts about what she is going to do become a prodigy.
Body Paragraph Topic Sentence 3: In both stories Two kinds and Rules of the game the mothers have a different actions when their children partake in their activities.
Evidence: In two kinds, Mr. Chong was a retired piano teacher, and my mother had traded house cleaning services for weekly lessons and a piano for me to practice every day, two hours a day, from four until six. Rules of the game: my mother told Vincent to throw the chess set away. 'She not want it. We do not want it.' she said, tossing her head stiffly to the side with a tight, proud smile.
Analysis: In Two kinds the mother had traded the services that she provided just so that her daughter could become a prodigy. Be that as it may In Rules of the game the mothers first impression was to throw the whole chess set away just because it was given by someone else not thinking about what her children want.
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