Read the following excerpt from Amy Tan's story, "Two

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Read the following excerpt from Amy Tan's story, "Two Kinds." What feature of Postmodernism does this excerpt represent? "We didn't immediately pick the right kind of prodigy. At first my mother thought I could be a Chinese Shirley Temple. We'd watch Shirley's old movies on TV as though they were training films. My mother would poke my arm and say, 'Ni kan. You watch. And I would see Shirley tapping her feet, or singing a sailor song, or pursing her lips into a very round O while saying "Oh, my goodness." Ni kan," my mother said, as Shirley's eyes flooded with tears. "You already know how. Don't need talent for crying!" Utopian setting used to comment on contemporary life Blending of elements from two cultures Decreasing contact with the actual, physical world Truth is absolute and can be discovered through observation