My Mother Viewed America Conflict Analysis

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The author, Amy Tan, is able to develop a theme by having the essential elements of the conflict being directly found in the story. All their disagreements, internal and external, are described to the reader in great detail. She begins by explaining how the narrator(Jing-mei)’s mother viewed America, not her herself. “My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America(Chunk 1).” At this point, she is very young and believes what her mother says is true. However, as the story progresses and she gets older, we see conflicts such as the first piano lesson incident, explaining how the narrator no longer wants to be a ‘prodigy’ because it is her mother’s dream, not hers. “Why don’t you like me the way I am?” I cried. “I’m not a