In Amy Tan's "Two Kinds," Jing-mei struggles with her mother's high expectations to be a youth prodigy through constantly bucking and opposing her mother's wishes. ... The conflict soon comes into play when after months of her mother giving up on the fact that her daughter is a child prodigy, while watching the Ed Sullivan show, had the dream that Jing-mei is going to be great at piano. ... She hated playing the piano and soon figured out that she could be lazy and not play the right rhythms and notes because Mr. ...

• Word Count: 813
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Hemingway notes, "Luz sat on the bed. ... Hemingway shows, "She hoped he would have a great career and believed in him absolutely. ... The reader learns that Luz's expectations of becoming the major's wife in the spring have been only fantasies. ...

• Word Count: 1057
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

While some readers interpreted the collection's final story, "Swimming Lessons," as a forerunner to future fiction about the immigrant experience, their expectations fell short when Mistry's first novel, Such a Long Journey, appeared in 1991. ...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While some readers interpreted the collection's final story, "Swimming Lessons," as a forerunner to future fiction about the immigrant experience, their expectations fell short when Mistry's first novel, Such a Long Journey, appeared in 1991. ...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many critics note a shift in Carver's work between the publication of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love and Cathedral, and many believe that Carver reached the zenith of his career with this collection. ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School