Choose any two stories from opening worlds which you find both moving and amusing. How do the writers arouse these responses and support your answer with reference to the text.

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Choose any two stories from opening worlds which you find both moving and amusing. How do the writers arouse these responses and support your answer with reference to the text.

In the stories "Two kinds" by Amy Tan and "The Gold-Legged Frog" by Khamsing Srinawk, the writers, whilst putting across a significant meaning also use their own style of humour to arouse amusing responses.

"Two Kinds" is based on the complex relationship between a mother and her daughter. In particular Amy Tan focuses on the clashes between old Chinese culture and newer American culture. Tan, whose parents were also Chinese immigrants, uses her own past experiences to put together a touching and compelling story of generation clashes.

The story is both moving and compelling because it deals with important issues such as the relationship and bond between mother and daughter but it also shows other aspects which can be considered amusing such as the languages spoken by the mother to her daughter and also the competition the mother has with her friend wanting the best for their daughters. The struggling bond between mother and daughter is shown when the mother is watching a talent programme on the television when she hears a girl playing the piano. This gives her an idea and she immediately calls her daughter over and hints that she should try this out.
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"Just like you. Not the best because you not trying," she says after her daughter says the girl on TV is trying hard. From the start of the book, the daughter says that her mothers believes she can be anything she wants and although their attitudes in life clash, it is how we feel for them both and how we understand the traditional and modern views in life that makes the story so moving.

We see another moving part of the story when the daughter brings up a subject from her mothers past about two of ...

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