Characters are one of the most important parts of a story. They usually have a major influence over what goes on in the story. Charters and Charters claim "writers of realistic stories create more rounded protagonists because they put more emphasis in the choices that their fictional characters make, granting them more control over their fates" (41). The story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan shows a relationship between the characters and the events that take place in the story.

During the first part of the story, the narrator is affected by the events created by her mother. Her mother "believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America" (476). The demanding side of the mother causes her to try to push her daughter, the narrator, to be some sort of childhood prodigy. At first, these events lead the narrator to believe that she will live up to her...