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English (U.S.)
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A Pair Of Tickets: Who Is Jing Mei?

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Assignment: Your task is to write a five paragraph characterization essay about the narrator in the short story of “A Pair of Tickets” by Amy Tan in our textbook. The first step to approach this assignment is to conduct a detailed analysis of this character by paying attention to those six areas: look (physical), speech (verbal), action (behavioral), thought (psychological), interaction (relational), and feeling (emotional). The second step is to categorize all the details in those areas into some groups by using either negative or positive traits like honesty, generosity, understanding, or stupidity. The next step is to select three traits using adjectives, nouns or descriptive phrases which you can best apply to the narrator – these are traits that the narrator possesses. You will organize the body of your essay around these three traits. Alternatively, you may also focus on one important aspect of this narrator, for instance, the psychological aspect, to interpret the personal qualities through inner activities and changes that correspond to some outside forces.
Heading: Standard MLA and an interesting and creative title
Introduction: In this first paragraph, you will introduce your character. Use an anecdote, a telling quote or incident from the story, or a summary of how the character changes throughout the story to engage your reader. Be sure to include your thesis statement, which is the last sentence of your introductory paragraph. This sentence will inform the reader what he or she will read in your essay. The thesis should include your comment on the narrator and those 3 adjectives or nouns or descriptive phrases, which will be used separately in the topic sentences in the body paragraphs.
Three Body Paragraphs: Each of those three traits in your thesis will be used to describe your character in the topic sentences of the body paragraphs. You will support the topic sentences with two to three quotes from the story. Your quote must be cited in MLA format. Make sure you explain the connection between the examples and the traits.
Conclusion: Restate your thesis statement, but make sure you reword it. Provide some final thoughts about the character. This is the last paragraph your teacher reads, so make it good (5-6 sentences).
Quotation Requirements: You must include the page number of the quotation and introduce or lead in the quotation properly. For example: When discussing Mrs. Dubose’s attitude, Atticus informs Jem, “She’s an old lady and she’s ill. You just hold your head high and be a gentleman” (100). (Notice how I introduced the quotation, where I put the quotation marks, and how I noted the page number.)
Evaluation Criteria
• 1000 words minimum with a word count by the end of the text proper
• Double space your essay, and indent the first line of each new paragraph. Use Times New Roman 12 point font and one-inch margins on all sides.
• Unified under a single thesis
• Well-developed and well-supported, using specific examples from texts
• Related and oriented to the significance of the themes
• Strictly documented with MLA format, in-text citations, and a works cited page (refer to sample essay format in textbook)
• An effective title -- one that is interesting, representative, and creative

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Student’s Name Professors’ Name Course Date Who is Jing Mei? ‘I saw myself transforming like a werewolf’ (129) is the statement made by Jing Mei in the; A pair of Tickets’ story narrated by Amy Tan CITATION Amy89 \l 1033 (Tan) a Chinese lady born in America by Chinese parents but adopted the culture of Americans and with firm insistence she always identified herself as so and not Chinese. The story unfolds as Jing discovers herself in the journey from America to China, where she finally found her true identity and appreciated her mother who was a representation of the Chinese culture, she never wanted to be part of. Jing Mei describes herself as taller than would be expected of Chinese, she converses well in English, and her speech is mostly inquisitive, her actions mostly follow her strong-willed personality and sympathetic attitude, and she is a social being, the story does depict Jing as someone with personal relationships with his family and friends in school. Generally, she is a good conversation and curious, she has good intentions towards others, she is a go-getter wanting to pursue her ways, and finally, she desires to relate to other people even when her language is limited. This essay seeks to analyze Jing Mei’s bold character traits as a strong-willed and curious person who is very sympathetic as well. Jing Mei is a classic independent woman, and it is agreeable that she well picked this trait in the free culture of the Americans. She has her own goals and plans and would stop at nothing and insisted on her way CITATION The19 \l 1033 (The Joy Luck Club). Focusing on her relationship with her mother this strong-willed individual appears to be rebellious in her arrogance to refuse to accept her Chinese heritage as she remembers she had ‘vigorously denied that I had any Chinese whatsoever under my skin’ (130) when her mother tried to tell her that once Chinese always Chinese. She also refused to pursue a pre-med course as her mother wanted and this disagreement had the two in no speaking terms for six months. This relationship describes the rebellious teenage attitude in day-day life where they are always in opposite directions with their parents. However, it is agreeable that she is a strong-willed person who desires to live her life and seek the best for others as well. It is this trait that made her aunt Lindo agree to her protest that the twins her mother had left should know the truth about the death of their mother before they land in Shanghai and the aunt obliged to her wishes. Even though she admitted to having felt lost in China (134), she had the same strong will to thrive and soon ‘I start to push too’ (132) which is a phrase that well describes her personality as someone who pushed through life obstacles. Her desire for more in life gave her an analytical skill towards life. Reading through the story, the reader does understand the story better looking through the analytical eyes of Jing Mei and her inquisitive conversations as well. Sometimes her analyses are insightful at other times it opens the reader to her wrong judgment, on the latter, when they arrived in Guangzhou, she wrongly judges the hotel her agent had booked for her, and she exclaims ‘Communist China’ (136) but when she get...
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