What about Tan's piece makes it a compelling autobiography?
The pressure to be a prodigy, the quizzing and testing of knowledge, the practicing of every day, and the pushing to be something that she was not, spoke to me. The challenges that she faced made it so relevant to almost every teenager today. Her mother just wanted what was best for her, to be all that she could be, just like every other mother. The way her mother hounded her day in and day out about being the best at whatever she could be, reminded me a lot of not only myself but so many other children now a days. At first she complied to her mother's demands trying to predict the weather for different countries and cities, playing and practicing the piano, trying to name all of the state's capitals and even a few different countries, but then she realized that this was not what she wanted. It made me think about how many parent's including hers tries to live out their dreams that they could not accomplish through their children, and when they push so hard until the child cracks and no longer is willing to follow in their parents footsteps. The ability for this piece to be able to relate so well in this day in age made it incredibly compelling to me.
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