"A Pair of Tickets" By Amy Tan and "The House on Mango Street" By Sandra Cisneros

Many young children feel embarrassed of their nationality and are embarrassed of how they live or where they live. “A Pair of Tickets” By Amy Tan the main character hated and was embarrassed that her background was Chinese. She was raised in the United States. All her Caucasian friends would make fun of her. She would deny that she is Chinese because she wants to fit in with all her friends. At the age of Thirty-six she decided to go to china with her father, her father went to visit her aunt and she also went to me her twin sisters. This was a whole new experience for her. In "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros, the young Mexican girl was ashamed of where she lived. Her parents were low class and did not make a lot of money and could not afford a nice house that she dreamed of. She was a part of a big family. Her parents bought a house and she was ashamed of the house. When people would ask her if that’s where she lived she had to think of saying yes because she was embarrassed of the house her parents brought. She should be proud that her parents are doing anything for her and her siblings to be in a better place. Many of the children do not appreciate what their parents do for them because they are young and do not understand what their parents are going through. Both these short stories are about immigrant parents that are trying to do anything for their family.