Sooyoung+Hwang+Essay+Outline


 * --****> In what way is a daughter the “American Translation” of her mother? Choose a mother/ daughter pair and discuss.**
 * **Lindo Jong** || **Waverly Jon**g ||
 * Strategic || Strategic ||
 * Brags about Waverly’s chess skills || Annoyed ||
 * Competitive || Competitive ||
 * **An-mei Hsu** || **Rose Hsu Jordan** ||
 * Believes in religious faith. || Tries to have religious faith. ||
 * Lost family member. || Lost her brother Bing. ||
 * Questions the faith when Bing died. (Bible is used for kitctable) || Realized that faith does not always control everything. ||
 * || Hesitates to make decision. ||
 * Passive || Passive ||
 * **Ying-ying St. Clair** || **Lena St. Clair** ||
 * || Half Irish (she looks like Irish) ||
 * || Always sees the “bad” ||
 * Doesn’t really talk || Doesn’t really know mom ||
 * Lost her babies. First son (aborted or dead) and Second son was born without brain. || “Worse Life” ||
 * || Wants attention, love, understanding from her mom and dad ||
 * || Mature ||
 * || Old enough to start to realize that different families have different ways to express love. ||
 * --> Pick at least one mother-daughter pair, and examine to what degree each has fulfilled the American Dream. How does the importance and/or definition of the American Dream change between generations? **
 * **Lindo Jong** || ** Waverly Jong **  ||
 * Raised a child prodigy. || Outstanding chess skills. Allows her mom to brag about her ||
 * Brags about Waverly to everyone so that she can have reputation of raising the child who is child prodigy. || Everyone recognizes her since her mom’s brag. ||