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2. Look at "Who's Irish" and "Two Kinds" together. Are there any similarities between the two stories? Which narrator is more reliable? Are there any similar conflicts evident in the two stories? What are the striking differences between the two stories. Write a short blog post answering any of the questions above.- Due Friday

I couldn't say which narrator was more reliable, so much as I could say that I found they differed in certain areas of perception. I found that even though "Who's irish" was told via a mother's perception, and "Two Kinds" was told via a daughter's perception, they had more similariites than I would've originally thought. For one, both stories end in similar matter: "Two Kinds" ends with the daughter finally trying to play piano and also proving herself wrong (or realizing she may have been at error with her past perceptions), and "Who's Irish?" ends with the mother realizing her grandaughter Sophie most likley changed from being so "wild". Also, the mother's perception of the Irish family (The Sheas) is changed when she ends up living with Bess, who even comments that she's become "honorary Irish".

The obvious similar conflicts would be that of a previous generation to those of later generations, which, could be commonly found in a variety of different stories, and helps makes both "Two Kinds" and "Who's Irish?" more relevant and readable. But it also shows that the conlficts between differing generations is not hopeless, as by the end of each story, the alloted generatoin realizes something about the other generation ("Two Kinds": the daughter realizing her mother was right about herself not trying, "Who's Irish?": the mother being more sympathetic to her daughter and Sophie). i found the main differences being the way the story unfolded in each respective story: "Two Kinds" felt much longer with proper english, whereas in "Who's Irish?" the story flowed faster and the reading was more meorable due to the grammar being from the mother's point of view (therefore, from her use of grammar).

All in all, I actually can't really choose from the two in terms of a favorite: "Two Kinds" feels more emotional at times, especially when the mother reacts to the daughter's defiance and at the end when the daughter has an ephiphany. However, in "Who's Irish?", the different elements make the story more unique (the Irish family, the Chinese mother living with the Irish mother, the Irish-Chinese daughter Sophie).