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

In the play The scum Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and the short story Two Kinds by Amy Tan, a theme of embattled soften is established through the association with their children. Williams wearisome 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 support 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 psychical 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 handling to make Jing-Mei a star result in an outburst, after a talent show, causing a deep rift of silence in the midst of the cardinal that lasts for twenty years. The parental domineering nature of Amanda in The codswallop Menagerie and Suyuan in Two Kinds ultimately fail to force any lasting influential direction on their children, compelling them to follow only if 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 lavatory their dictatorial bidding are directly rela... ...ious sensual 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 betwee n the two that lasts for many years. In summary Amanda and Laura would count 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 charge 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. 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 their children. Williams long-winded Amanda is an overpowering, delusional Southern belle m other. 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 Jing-Mei a star result in an outburst, after a talent show, causing a deep rift of silenc e 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, W riting, 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.