Two Kinds

Amy Tan's poem Two Kinds had to with a a pretty common conflict bewtween parent-offspring relationships; which made it so easy to relate to. The mother wanted her daughter to become sucessful and pushed her daughter to the point where she wanted to rebel. Almost anyone could relate with this story but the question is who are we the readers supposed to sympathize with? I personally don't have an opinion but people sympathize for each for many reasons. The mother had a rough time trying to make a better life for the daughter; she only wanted the best for her daughter and to be sucessful,etc. Many say that the girl was pushed too hard and that the mother was to blame. So read it and you can tell me how you feel guys, I guess I would say I feel for both of them, it was an equal effort. But I enjoyed the read, it was an interesting story which personally got me thinking about the relationships between me and my own parents; I would reccomend it.