The American Dream To Be Me Analysis

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In the end, the American dream is not a fight or even a battle, but it's a one step to a person’s success. Our families don't always cross their homelands to America to the span of one generation, But for each of their generation to pass on to the next the fruits of their labor. This is story illustrates some characteristics about my personal experience being an immigrant with my living with my parent. Most immigrants moved to the United states mainly to achieve their goals and to have a better life. From the story, Amy Tan who was a daughter of a Chinese immigrant who migrated to the United believing that she can be anything wanted to be in America. Most immigrant or even people living outside the United states believe share that same ideas …show more content…

this was sometimes due to disappointment that Amy ended up after her mother expecting “And after seeing my mother’s disappointed face once again, something inside of me began to die. I hated the tests, they raised hopes and failed expectations.” This quote illustrates the struggles of never being good enough for her mother. Her self-esteem is what died inside. This example shows the mother’s intense fantasy for perfection. Later on, the mother convinces Jing-mei to take piano lessons with a neighbor who is a retired piano teacher, Mr. Chong. Mr. Chong referred to himself as “Beethoven” which shows how Jing-mei is surrounded by the pressure of becoming a prodigy … Those hopes and expectations were the leading causes of the conflict between Amy and mother. In conclusion, from the short story I believe that assumption, attitudes and the connection between Amy and her mother run through most of immigrant family in America. living your dreams is much better than living in someone’s dream, therefore, I believe that Amy was right in a certain way for fighting for her own dreams and hopes. However, Amy mother was trying to help her daughter to live the American dreams that she dreamt about. But at the same time she wanted to impact the Chinese culture to her

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