This paper
examines the life, career and literature of best-selling Chinese-American author Amy Tan. The author focuses specifically
on her novel "The Hundred Secret Senses", and
examines the history of Chinese-American
immigrants, the discrimination they were subjected to, and the pressures of assimilation into American culture. The paper also looks at the pull between Chinese tradition and American way of life, and how Tan struggles with this issue in her writing.