"Two Kids"by Amy Tan.

# What is a prodigy and why does the mother want the main character to become one?
Prodigy is a young person who is exceptionally talented or intelligent ,the mother has a dream of her child becoming famous, the mother watchs the prodigy children and she wnats her daughter to be one tool.
# How does the mother prepare her daughter for fame?She makes her daughter watch the prodity kids, makes her daughter study and practice, asks questions ...
# What talents does the girl have?
she can fake a cry ,and she could tap her feel like Shirley.
# Why does she start the piano lessons and how is the mother going to pay for them?
She starts it because the mom sees on tv that a chinese girl plays the piano,so the mom wants her to play too.The mother pays the lessons by cleaning the man's house.
# Describe the piano teacher.
He was old,not married and still lived with his mom.
# What do Auntie Lindo and Jing-Mei's mother have in common?
They both want their daughters to be successful, famous, and prodigies.
# In your own words, relate the events of the recital.
The daughters mother invited a lot of people to watch her daughter to play the piano. Even though she was confident (i think too confident) she still made a lot of mistakes which made her feel very embarassed when she finished playing the piano. She was unconfortable and she was shaking.
# 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

# What words does the author use to describe her mother's disappointment in her?
# Why does Jing-mei come back to play the piano after her mother's death?

Narrative essay

Life with parents sometimes is hard.Parents have many expectations on us,they want us to be what they wish to be.They sometimes annoy us because they want the best for us ,even though we think they don't .I think Sometimes they just want us to stay home and get bored.I always think my parents just want to piss me off because it's their pleasure.Well it's not always like we think,but it is how it is ,and all I know is that they love us for sure no matter what we choose and no matter what we become.
My parents don't really think i have talents, but they sure think i'm lazy.They are always complaining about everything i do,everything i say,and even everything i think.I'm glad they can't especulate my mind ,because if they could they would get very upset with the thoughts i have about them.What i really think is that no matter what i do ,it will never be enough for them,epecially my mom,she gets on my nerves.She always wants more and more...and even more.Sometimes i just can't stand to that,she doesn't try to see my side,she only thinks about what she wants me to do,it looks like she doesn't care about what I want.I know she only wants the best for me,and i know she loves me, i've always known that but it's just too much sometimes.
Parents expectations are too high.They think because they couldn't accomplish something we have to accomplish it for them.Of course they want us to have a better life and all, but they don't let us learn for ourselves .We teenagers gotta have our own expiriences too.Parents can't just control everything in our lives,sometimes we need to learn for ourselves.
I'm lucky that my parents agree with what i want to do.I want to become a computer scientist.However i remember that once I told them i wanted to be a pilot ,and they didn't like it at all, my father started saying that they didn't give money for that ,and all.Well that was what i wanted to be. Why can't parents just accept what make us happy?I don't really care about the money , I just want to be happy for the rest of my life with what i do, i want to enjoy what i do.
I think parents should not be so hard on us.We get the right to choose what we want ,of course they have to help us.They could be more interested in choosing what we like to do,and not what they want us to do or to be.They passed through that once, i'm sure they will uderstand.That's what i hope for.

"Words"

Words that come
Words that go
Words that become
Part of my soul

Words that hurt
Words that are love

A scream
A cry
A fall
A word
A school
A lesson
An exam
A fail
A graduation
A boyfriend
A brokenheart
A regret
A fight
A reconciliation
A laugh
A smile
A kiss
A marriage
A scream
A cry...

"We real cool" by Gwendolyn.


We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.



Symbolism:in this poem the quote"we real cool" simbolizes that those students think they are cool because they do everything wrong but they know that they will die soon because of the wrong things they do.


Alliteration:"lurk late" is an axample of alliteration the sudents stay out at night doing wrong things in the streets.

Rhythm:

"Marigolds"

2.Why does Lizabeth destroy Miss Lottie's marigolds?

Because she is frustrated with the situation ,their poverty,her mom that is never home ,her dad that cries like a baby because of their situation.She is mad because of all the things that is happening to her,she is also a teenager ,she gets angry because of nothing and everything just like every teenager do.

3.How does the climax of the story-Lizabeth's destruction of the marigolds-begin a rite of passage from chilhood to the beginning of womanhood?

She is struggling with herself because she is becoming a woman ,she now feel ambarased ,she feel like she is not a child anymore.Destroing the flower was a childish thing to do and she knows that and thats why she was embarased.

4.Why does Miss Lottie never plant marigolds again ,despite lizabeth's "wild contrition"-her sincere remorse?

Miss Lottie never plant marigolds again because even though she cared ,people didnt cared about the marigolds ,if she planted again maybe something would happen again ,the marigolds were all she had and people were jealous of it.



II. Dalai Lama once said "If you want others to be happy,practice compassion.If you want to be happy,practice compassion".In other words she is saying that we need compassion to make people feel happy,even ourselves .We need to care about others as we care for ourselves ,we can't just destroy people's things because later the concequences are worse ,and we regret the things we did.In "Marigolds" the author show us how

What sight ,smell, sound and feeling that stands out from your childhood memory?


In my chilhood memory i felt alone, my mom was never with me ,she came to America when I was 9 ,but before that she never really lived with me ,I lived with my grandparents .Till today sometimes even though I live with my mom now i feel alone ,memories come surrounding my mind and i remember all the things i had to pass without her,the feeling i had to share with her but i couldn't,all the beautiful things i saw ,the music i heard ,all the things she missed.Today my relationship with mom is not really good,i dont know why ,but there is something inside me that keeps blaming her,sometimes i can't forgive her ,and sometimes i can't forgive myself because i always blame her.I know that wasn't really what happened ,she was trying to help me somehow ,she loved me.Memories always come to my mimd that everything was her fault,but maybe i'm the one to blame .Such a suffering i passed made me strong,and i consider myself mature,at least more than every girl i know that are about my age.

If you were a slave who was planning to runaway, what kind of plans would you make? How would you know when the time was right to leave?