Relationships Between Mothers and Daughters in Tans The Joy Luck Club

Relationships Between M early(a)s and Daughters in erythema solares The Joy great deal Club at present the woman was old. And she had a daughter who grew up speaking only face and sw all toldowing more Coca-Cola than sorrow. For a long time now the woman had valued to give her daughter the single swan plume and tell her, This feather may look worthless, but it comes from afar and carries with it all my good intentions. And she waited, category after year, for the day she could tell her daughter this in perfect the Statesn English (Tan 3).The Ameri toilette culture focuses more on the individual. Typical Americans forever and a day want to be independent. Traditionally, they never appreciate anything that they have, are selfish, and ignorant to other cultures. On the other hand, the Chinese culture has many strong beliefs concerning the family. Chinese women value their parents, especially their engenders. It is expected that their daughters also do the same. Women from Asia v alue family. Family is all important. Husband, children, parents, relatives come first. Husband and children never take second place to her life history (China Bride). The Joy Luck Club emphasizes family values by explaining how each suffer, Suyuan Woo, An-Mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Ying-ying St. Clair, came to America so that their daughters could have better lives and everything that they didnt have. Because the daughters in The Joy Luck Club were born in America, they wanted to be more Americanized than to agnise their true Chinese culture. In particular, Waverly Jong was less successful than her mother, Lindo, in conclusion her true identity. Lindo honors family and self. Waverly has a hard time finding her true identity. She builds a wall between her and her mother and tries to be he... ... when she lets her mother in. Waverly lets her mother in when they are at the salon. Lindo tells her daughter near her childhood and how she ended up in America. She tells Waverly that sh e named her after the street they lived on so that when she grew up and left, that she would take a piece of her with her. Waverly finally understands her mother. Her mother has been waiting for Waverly to let her in, to accept her Chinese heritage so that she can accept Waverlys Chinese-American future (49).Works CitedCarey, Gary. Cliff notes on Amy Tans The Joy Luck Club. Lincoln, Nebraska. Cliff Notes. 1994. The China Bride. 23 shew 2000. http//www.chinabride.com/gen/whyasia.html Chinese American Women in The United States. Liu, Spring. 1997. http//www.ics.uci.edu/tdo/ea/chineseWomen.html Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. raw(a) York. Ivy Books.1989.