A Pair of Tickets by Amy Tan Essay -- American Literature

A duad of Tickets by Amy TanIn the story A Pair of Tickets, by Amy Tan, a woman by the name of Jing-mei struggles with her identity as a Chinese female. Throughout her childhood, she vigorously denied (857) that she had any Chinese under her skin. past her mother dies when Jing-Mei is in her 30s, and only three months after her father receives a letter from her fit daughters, Jing-Meis half sisters. It is when Jing-mei hears her sisters are alive, that she and her dad take a stumbler overseas to meet her relatives and fin all(prenominal)y unites with her sisters. This story focuses on a womans philosophical struggle to accept her true identity.The protagonist of the story is Jing-mei. She is a flat casing who turns out to be dynamic. Throughout her life, she has been very stubborn about accepting her identity. An example of this is when she explains, I was 15 and had a vigorously denied that I had any Chinese whatsoever under my skin (857). She shows her dynamic characteristic at the end of the story when she finally does accept her heritage. The main engagement of this story is Jing-meis struggle among accepting her identity based on her heritage and not on a personal image. There is no real order in which this conflict is clarified, because the climax and resolution come about at the same time. The conflict is internal due to the fact that she cannot accept her true identity. The climax comes when she finally meets her twin sisters and says, I get beyond the gate, we run toward each other, all three of us embracing, all hesitations and expectations forgotten (870). It is then that the resolution comes into play and After all these years, it can finally be let go (870). It is at that point, when she can finally a... ...Also an important quote is when she says, But today I realize Ive neer really known what it means to be Chinese. I am thirty-six years old (857). Even though she was in her 30s and still had that identity crisis, it was stir knowing t hat all it took for her to resolve that conflict was one meeting with her sisters. The story A Pair of tickets examines a woman who has grown up with American charm all her life and struggles to accept her true identity. Through the story you can see Jing-mei struggles with her identity for over 30 years, but it finally is resolved at a time she is able to meet her twin sisters that have been missing from her life for over 30 years. Works CitedTan, Amy. A Pair of Tickets. The Longman Anthology of Short Fiction. Compact Edition. Ed. Dana Gioia and R.S. Gwynn. New York Longman, 2001.