Andres Rizo
4-26-15
ESL. 101
Tami barker
Amy tan two halves
Amy tan two halves this short story is about a little girl who has her
whole childhood managed by her mother. This story was written in 1989 and took
place in Sanfrancisco in a town called Chinatown. Amy tan is a Chinese American
girl trying to make her own decisions and doing what makes her happy. However, her
mother forced her into taking piano lessons. Later on, she played in events and
was practicing on a daily basis. Her mother an immigrant housekeeper saved enough
money to buy Amy her own piano. While receiving piano lessons in exchange of
her mothers work, Amy tan at time would slack off during piano lessons, because
it was something she didn’t want to do. During one of Amy tans event something
bad occurred the audience seemed not to like Amy tans music by the way they
reacted some of her family members seemed not to care while the rest didn’t
applaud. Which led Amy to confront her mother. Amy unsure of what her mother
was going to tell her the next day, decided it was time to stand up for herself
it was 4oclock the time Amy usually has piano lessons and her mother went into
Amy’s room to remind her about her piano lessons. Amy surprised by her mother’s
response said she wasn’t going to play the piano anymore and caused a big
argument between them. From that moment
on Amy had all the liberty she desired. Her mother stopped telling Amy what to
do and let Amy live her life. Years later her mother passed away and gave Amy
her piano as a gift letting Amy know she was sorry for forcing her into doing
something she didn’t want to do. Amy accepted the piano also letting her mother
know she forgave her. Amy later realized that her mother wasn’t a bad person
and that all she wanted was for Amy to be happy. Amy eventually fixed the piano
and later starts playing bringing back a lot of good and bad memories of her
childhood.
