Ihave an essay question i would like with. i already wrote it, but i don't feel too sure about it. critique it. the question is: the title “two kinds” refers to the statement by jing-mei’s mother that there are only two kinds of daughters: “those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind.” at the end of the story, jing-mei puts the title in a different light when she realizes that the ideas “pleading child” and “perfectly contented” are two halves of the same song. what is the connection between these two meanings of the phrase “two kinds.” use specific examples from the story to support your answer.

“those who are obedient” and “perfectly contented” match each other. “those who follow their own mind” and “pleading child” match each other. in the mother’s eyes, a pleading child could’ve easily been described with “those who follow their own mind” because it gives off something negative, while “perfectly contented” is something positive based off the mother’s view, which would match “those who are obedient”. the mother hopes for her daughter to be a perfectly contented, obedient child, based off how she treats her daughter throughout the story.