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Title: Tan's heart-touching story of sisters is a powerful reminder
Review: For an ethnic class, I chose Amy Tan's The Hundred Secret Senses. I was enchanted with the two tales that intermingled together: the past coinciding with the present. This can also become confusing at times when past and present, reality and tale are woven tightly together. Most memoralbe are the two sisters:Olivia and Kwan. Visualizing, through Tan's words, their developing relationship is a wonderful experience. Also the process of acculturation that each sister goes through, one in America and one on a trip back to China, is an interesting comparison that Tan makes. This is a novel that reminds us to discover our heritage and know our background. This is a novel that displays the impact that siblings have on one another.
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