The Opposite of Fate Review

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Amy Tan is an Asian American writer. She had born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California, United State. She had born into Chinese immigrant family. Her father is John Tan, an electrical engineer and Baptist minister and her mother is Daisy Du. Tan is middle children and the only daughter among Daisy and John Tan’s three children.
After her father and her big brother pass away in same year, Tan’s mother brings Tan and her little brother, John.jr move to Switzerland. Amy finished her senior high school in Switzerland. After graduating from her senior high school, Amy Tan taking English and Linguistic major in Berkeley University and get her Bachelors Degrees and she get her Master Degrees from San Jose University. Amy Tan is specialized in fiction story, however in this book, she not writes such of fiction story like usual.
The Opposite of Fate seems like Amy Tan autobiography instead of fiction novel, which Tan usually write. It tells about Tan experience in her life. She talks about her personal life, her family and her friends. Tan also revealed her feeling during she write her first book, which become one of the best seller in the world, “The Joy Luck Club”. In this book, Tan trying to share her joy and sorrow in her life.
On this book, Tan use first person point of view. He used “I” and “me” as narrator. Maybe as Tan’s expect, her choice to use first person point of view make the reader more understand her feeling. With her first narrator point of view choices, Tan success to grasp her reader and bring them into her story. It is very helpful to lead the reader into deeper understanding so that the reader can really understand about Tan feeling.
On this book, she also writes her thinking about literary work. In one of title in this book Amy Tan describe her disappointment about literary works judging. According her, many literary criticisms in America has marginal point of view to judge some works. She show her disagreement about them who pretending know much about the contains of works more than the author itself.
In summary, The Opposite of Fate is Tan work which different from others work that she ever wrote. This book tell about Tan experience which will be the main based of her works. This book very helpful to more comprehend Tan works because in this book Tan also reveal why she make a story and what her true intention.