Rice And Rose Bowl Blues Figurative Language

Worldwide Resistance Children don’t want to do the same things their parents want them to do. This causes conflict. In the stories “Two Kinds” and “Rice and Rose Bowl Blues”, both characters go through this stage of revolt, but this does not end well for their relationships. Using details, figurative language, connotative diction, and syntax, Tan and Mark develop the theme that young people often rebel against their mothers due to the constant pressure on them, and the urge to fulfill their mother’s aspirations. Tan portrays how children often disobey their parents by using details and figurative language. Disobedience often causes arguments between parents and children, and can cause harsh words between the two. “-and her face went blank, her mouth closed, her arms went slack, and she backed out of the room, stunned as if she were blowing away like a small brown leaf, thin, brittle, lifeless” (Tan 231). Tan uses details to reveal how these words impacted Jing-mei’s mother so much, and how

The narrator’s mother is forcing her to clean rice for dinner, instead of playing football. “glancing out the window I watched a pass interception”(Mark Lines 8-9) This quote shows that the narrator is learning how to clean rice, but wants to be outside playing football with her friends. The poet uses syntax by not having any sentences.“ setting the other team up on our 20 Pour some water into the pot, she said pleasantly,”(Mark Lines 10-14) Notice how Mark does not use sentences in this poem, only a long list of fragments. She does this to symbolize how no matter what the narrator wants to do, she must mature; she will not stop growing up. Using syntax and connotative diction, Mark reveals that the narrator is rebellious to her mother, and wants to do her own thing. But, she is often brought back in by her mother and forced to clean