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Salvation by Langston Hughes and Two Kinds by Amy Tan, these stories are
identical if not meaning the same thing. Langston Hughes speaks of, when he had to make a decision to accept Jesus Christ as his lord and savior (Hughes, 282), children are under peer pressure all the time. Children have to make big decisions from the time they are able to speak their first word or take that first walk, Amy Tan writes about having a mother who puts the pressure on her to be a prodigy where the piano is concerned (Tan, 383). She has to make the decision whether to go ahead and do what her mother wants her to do or defy her mother and become a normal child and be happy. Both these writers show how hard it is to make decisions no matter what age they are. The theme they are using is one of point of view , along with   location , no matter where the setting is there is always peer pressure for children. Amy Tan is an American Chinese her parents immigrated here from china, she earned a bachelor of arts in 1973 and a Master of Arts in 1974. she shifted from premed to teaching by doing this it caused a break between her and her,   mother for two years, no matter how old they are peer pressure is there. Amy Tan has published several books from 1989 Joy Luck Club to the present, her writing is mainly about four Chinese women and their rebellious daughters. She has accomplished a great deal in her lifetime.      

                                                                                                                                           

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                                                    Analytical Essay

           
      Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was born in Joplin Missouri, his parents were fine up standing people, his father was a lawyer , his mother was a teacher. Hughes attended several universities during his...