To stop scaring her because she will start crying
Answer: Using figurative speeches and maintaning curiousity of readers.
The author is J. B. Priestley
Answer:
pianist
Explanation:
Two Kinds is a short story written by <em>Amy Tan </em>about a mother and her obsession with proving that her daughter Jing Mei is a prodigy and makes her undergo several acts she's seen prodigious kids perform but without success. She eventually makes her take piano lessons from a partially deaf instructor of which she doesn't learn and performs badly.