Timothy was so vain that the very first thing he did every morning was to look at himself in the mirror for five minutes.
Nope, it will never be like that
"Two Kinds" is a short story written by Amy Tan and it was first published 1989. The daughter wanted to hurt her mother because she is not happy with her mother forcing her to perform and she succeeds in her effort. Her mother wanted her to become a prodigy which lead and fueled her rebellious behavior towards her mother.
I would think a unit of speech is the word...word. Letters make up a word. One word is not a sentence.