Project Summary: (read the attachment file then write 1 page Discussion ) discuss the strains of the mother-daughter relationship by following these questions 1. What makes this mother-daughter relationship so much more unique and devastating? 2. Why does the mother expect so much from her daughter? 3. How is humor used as comic relief in this heart wrenching story? 4. What is the importance of the two song titles, Pleading Child and Child Contended to the overall epiphany of Jing-Mei? 5. What does the mothers offering of the piano to her daughter at the end symbolize? 6. What is the significance of the title, Two Kinds?