Jing-mei has three prominent character traits that make up her strong–willed personality, and these traits are stubbornness, independence, and determination. The combinations of these three character traits are what aid in creating conflict in the story. Jing-mei’s independence plays a major role in making up her personality. Jing-mei’s mother wants her to be successful by being a child prodigy and Jing-mei does not feel that she needs her mother’s help. Jing-mei feels that she can be successful through her own efforts, hard work, and determination. This is the reason why Jing-mei does not put her all into whatever activities that her mother selects for her to participate in. On page 97, paragraph

During the story “Two Kinds,” many aspects of a young girl’s personality and life are revealed. We read in captivating suspense as Jing-mei’s strong-willed personality conflicts with her mothers and wonder if the two will ever see eye to eye. Through all of these combined factors the main character, Jing-mei, evolves and finally comes to understand and even appreciate her mother.

Although the conflict in the story “Two Kinds” revolves around Jing-mei’s and her mother’s disagreement on the success of Jing-mei’s future, Jing-mei’s attitude was not always when it came to her mother’s antics. Jing-mei’s feelings evolve in this story just as she does. In the beginning of the story Jing-mei’s mom hope for her is to become a Chinese Shirley Temple and Jing-mei does not mind at all. In fact, Jing-mei finds it fun and exciting to imagine what it would be like to be a movie star. On page 96, paragraph 5, she states, “In fact in the beginning, I was just as excited as my mother, maybe even more so.”

At the midpoint of the story is when Jing-mei begins to resent her mother and she maintains this attitude almost throughout the whole story. On page 102, paragraph 5 Jing-mei says to her mom, “You want me to be someone that I’m not, I’ll never be the

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