Two Kinds

Jing-mei: protagonist (round, dynamic)

shows wide range of emotions

	"In the beginning, I was just as excited as my brother"
	"something inside me began to die" -- this may be perceived as motivation
	"I began to hate the tests"

In beginning, Jing-mei loves the idea of being a prodigy.

	she sits in front of the mirror, imagining her reflection, the child prodigy, is trying to get out
	after her mother starts to pressure her, she begins to hate the prodigy and her mother
	this climaxes at the recital, where Jing-mei humiliates herself and her mother in front of Auntie Lindo
	Jing-mei wishes she could blame her mother-->she resents her mohter
	as she ages, she realizes it was her own mistake
	when her mother offers the piano, Jing-mei takes it as a peace offering, and feels overwhelming relief

Jing-mei's mother: antagonist (flat, static)

suffered tragedy in China--lost her parents, a husband, and two girls

she is the eternal optimist:

	Jing-mei says "she never looked back"
	in America, she has hope

persistant: she is determined Jing-mei will become a "genius"

	even after Jng-mei fails at the recital, the mother makes her practice pieano
	when Jing-mei is older, her mother tells her she jsut did not try hard enough to be her best

pride could be a motivating factor

	she thinks she needs to compte with Auntie Jong and her daughter Waverly
	this puts the bruden of success directly on Jing-mei's shoulders