What is the central idea of "future tense" by Robert Lipsyte?

The central idea teaches that people should not let other people's thought about them influence their decisions.

Explanation:

Future Tense is a story by Robert Lipsyte about a young boy named Gary who was worried about his writing assignment.

He let his imagination go wild and write about his teachers being aliens. His teacher asks for a rewrite and told him not to do science fiction but Gary refuses.

Because of this Gary was taken to the principals office where he discovers that the principal is the alien.

The central idea teaches that people should not let other people's thought about them influence their decisions. Gary did not let his teachers discourage him from writing his story which eventually made him find out that aliens really exist.

explanatithe story "two kinds" , revolves around a strict relationship between a mother and daughter. the mother tries very hard to make sure her daughter jing mei , is successful in life and lives up to her full potential. the story explores alot of different themes. though , there is one theme that really stands out. you cant force someone to be something that their not.

jing mei's mother was an immagrant from china. she moved to the united states to give her daughter , jing mei , a better and successful life for her. and being raised in china with their strict rules and striving to be perfect took a toll on her and her daughters relationship. she pressures her daughter to be great and perfect all the time but it gets really hard for her to live up to her mothers standards. her mother believes that jing mei can be a child prodigy and prepares her to be and act like one. furthermore , the story ends with jing mei getting everything off her chest and seeing the dissappointment in her mothers eyes as she finds out her daughter has not lived up to her full potential. and her mother has finally gained an understanding of her daughter.

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the autor of the text is bringing the point that one achievment of the president john f. kennedy was a success and this caused the next president to use a similar idea. the purposefor the use of the quotation in the text is to support the idea that peace corps was a result of the president's call. in this case, the quotation is presented as part of the writing and does not stand on its own.

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