Emotional Grotesque in Two Kinds Have you ever felt so trapped by something that you don't want to follow through? Many people are definitely forced to be something they don't want to be. The emotional grotesque, that is, someone who hears and holds a "truth" in their heart and is obsessed with it, plays an important role in the lives of these people. The idea of ​​following just one thing can turn a person into a combination of bad or good feelings that later in life will determine their future depending on how the person takes the idea. In the story titled “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, the character is trapped in a “truth” that she experienced for most of her childhood and adolescence. She didn't want to follow this "truth", but in the end June, who is one of the main characters in the story, was born in the United States. Her mother, also known as Suyuan, has such a terrible past dating back to the year 1949, a terrible year in China where many people died due to the Chinese revolution. After this event, Suyuan decided to immigrate to the United States in order to make a fresh start. June, who was just a little girl, started doing things that her mother saw as a great future because she wanted her to be perfect. June did a lot of things that her mother thought would have a big impact on her life, but after a while June noticed that she didn't enjoy and didn't work as much on the things she did. was “forced” to do. The emotional grotesquerie caused June to reveal this to her mother saying that she would not be as perfect as her mother hoped, and that she would be nothing like her mother wanted her to be. Her mother felt hurt by her daughter's words and she gave up all hope of success for her only daughter. At the end of the story, Suyuan gave away the piano that June used to play Robert Schumann's song "The Pleading Child" when she was little, and after playing it again, she realizes that the song "Perfectly Contented” was part of the song. "Pleading Child", meaning she finally understood all the work she sacrificed because of her. As June did in the story, it is very important that we understand and love the things we do for our future, and never let anyone create the future. we don't want to follow, but also the things we could learn after understanding the importance of the things we have done. It is necessary to speak out against the problem and let people know what we want to be in our future. As Joyce Meyer once said, “Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it makes them frustrated, unhappy, and confused about what they should be doing.” But there is a way to live a simple, joyful, peaceful life, and the key is to learn to be led by the Holy Spirit, not by traditions or expectations.