Episode 116: Amy Tan and "Two Kinds"

“Two Kinds” was published in 1989 as part of Amy Tan’s book The Joy Luck Club.  The story is narrated by a Chinese-American woman, named Jing-mei, who is looking back on her upbringing in the United States.   A closer look at the story reveals that ‘Two Kinds’ is about the relationship between parents and their children, and what motivates a ‘pushy parent’ to encourage their child into working hard to achieve something.