"you want me to be someone that i'm
not! " i sobbed. "i'll never be the kind of
daughter you want me to be! "
"only two kinds of daughters," she
shouted in chinese. "those who are
obedient and those who follow their
own mind! only one kind of daughter
can live in this house, obedient
daughter! "
-"two kinds." amy tan
i kept thinking she wanted to wait until
we got home before shouting at me. but
when my father unlocked the door to
our apartment, my mother walked in
and then went to the back, into the
bedroom. no nccusations. no blame
and in a way, i felt disappointed. i had
been waiting for her to start shouting, so
i could shout back and cry and blame
her for all my misery,
--"two kinds," amy tan write a paragraph describing the main conflict in the story and explaining how it demonstrates different cultural perspectives