In "Two Kinds," what was purpose of Jing-mei's mother in offering to give her the piano on her 30th birthday?Jing-mei thought of it as a peace...

I think if we look at the story carefully we can see that
it actually is a peace offering and a final acceptance on the part of the mother that
her daughter has chosen her own way and she cannot pressurise her any more to be
something that she doesn't want to. Note how when Jing-Mei's mother tells her that she
can pick up the piano again quickly, she says these words to Jing-Mei without
emotion:

"You
just not trying," said my mother. And she was neither angry or sad. She said it as if to
announce a fact that could never be disproved. "Take it," she
said.

The absence of emotion
is a key factor that supports Jing-Mei's interpretation of this offering as a "sign of
forgiveness, a tremendous burden removed." Finally, her mother has accepted her on her
own terms rather than constantly wishing and forcing her to be who she wasn't. The fact
that Jing-Mei regards the piano as a "shiny trophy" indicates that she sees that she has
been victorious in winning the conflict against her mother.