Pretentious Mothers in Williams’ The Glass Menagerie and Amy Tans’ Two

In the gambol The trash Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and the short story both Kinds by Amy Tan, a theme of embattled lock is established through the connectedness with their minorren. Williams long-winded Amanda is an overpowering, delusional Southern belle mother. Dead set on finding her slightly handicapped young lady Laura a suitable husband, and dictating how her creative, except bored, give-and-take gobbler should conduct himself in life. Amanda, through her nagging and hector book of instructions over everything each of her children do, from how they eat, to how they should live out their lives, pushes them into mental seclusion. The ulterior peremptory behavior by Amanda in due course drives Tom out-of-door leaving Laura in complete solitude with her mother. In a overly manner, Tan depicts her character Suyuan as a very aspiring(prenominal) prescribed Chinese mother with visions of grandeur for her daughter Jing-Mei. Suyuan by and by being influ enced by a television show decides that Jing-Mei is to beseem a child prodigy. with strict educational instructions, she drives Jing-Mei to a point of contentious revolt. The consequences of Suyuans high-and-mighty treatment to make Jing-Mei a star result in an outburst, after a talent show, causing a deep breakout of hush up between the two that lasts for twenty years. The pargonntal domineering spirit of Amanda in The starter Menagerie and Suyuan in Two Kinds ultimately become to troops any lasting influential direction on their children, cause them to espouse entirely contradictory paths than the ones preferred by their mothers, forcing their children into rebellion. Nonetheless two mothers oversee strong authority over their children, and the motives behind their dictatorial control are directly rela... ...ious physical and mental control over her daughter to become a child prodigy results in a aggressive guard by Jing-mei. The confrontation between Suyuan a nd her daughter ultimately drives a severance between the two that lasts for many years. In summary Amanda and Laura would expect to drive home yielded similar disappointing results by their endeavors to control the destinies of the children. Works CitedTan, Amy. Two Kinds. Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell. literary works Reading, Reacting, Writing, Compact Seventh Edition. Ed. Karen Mauk. 7th. Upper Saddle River, sunrise(prenominal) jersey Michael Rosenberg, 2009. 694-702.Williams, Tennessee. The Glass Menagerie. Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell. Literature Reading, Reacting, Writing, Compact Seventh Edition. Ed. Karen Mauk. 7th. Upper Saddle River, New tee shirt Michael Rosenberg, 2009. 1628-1677. Pretentious Mothers in Williams The Glass Menagerie and Amy Tans Two In the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and the short story Two Kinds by Amy Tan, a theme of embattled control is established through the association with the ir children. Williams long-winded Amanda is an overpowering, delusional Southern belle mother. Dead set on finding her slightly handicapped daughter Laura a suitable husband, and dictating how her creative, yet bored, son Tom should conduct himself in life. Amanda, through her nagging and domineering instructions over everything each of her children do, from how they eat, to how they should live out their lives, pushes them into mental seclusion. The subsequent overbearing behavior by Amanda in due course drives Tom away leaving Laura in complete solitude with her mother. In a likewise manner, Tan depicts her character Suyuan as a very ambitious overconfident Chinese mother with visions of grandeur for her daughter Jing-Mei. Suyuan after being influenced by a television show decides that Jing-Mei is to become a child prodigy. Through strict educational instructions, she drives Jing-Mei to a point of contentious revolt. The consequences of Suyuans authoritarian treatment to make J ing-Mei a star result in an outburst, after a talent show, causing a deep rift of silence between the two that lasts for twenty years. The parental domineering nature of Amanda in The Glass Menagerie and Suyuan in Two Kinds ultimately fail to force any lasting influential direction on their children, compelling them to follow entirely contradictory paths than the ones preferred by their mothers, forcing their children into rebellion. Nonetheless both mothers wield strong authority over their children, and the motives behind their dictatorial control are directly rela... ...ious physical and mental control over her daughter to become a child prodigy results in a belligerent resistance by Jing-mei. The confrontation between Suyuan and her daughter ultimately drives a rift between the two that lasts for many years. In summary Amanda and Laura would appear to have yielded similar disappointing results by their endeavors to control the destinies of the children. Works CitedTan, Amy . Two Kinds. Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell. Literature Reading, Reacting, Writing, Compact Seventh Edition. Ed. Karen Mauk. 7th. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Michael Rosenberg, 2009. 694-702.Williams, Tennessee. The Glass Menagerie. Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell. Literature Reading, Reacting, Writing, Compact Seventh Edition. Ed. Karen Mauk. 7th. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Michael Rosenberg, 2009. 1628-1677.