The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club

1. Communication

   • difference in communication
     • Mothers can speak Chinese, but only a little English
     • Daughters don't know how to speak Chinese, but can speak fluent English
   • Lack of Communication
     • When Lindo gives Waverly silent treatment

2. Cultural Differences

   • Mothers were born and raised in China, the Chinese way
   • Daughters were born in America raised in a modern environment
     • Waverly has a white fiance, which her mother at first does not agree on
     • "To act like you? So important. Go to fancy barber with torn-up jeans".
       • This tells us that Lindo does not really like the modern environment her daughter is living in right now
   • The mothers try their best to raise there children in a more modern way
     • This pushes the daughters further away from there mothers
       • Which can also mean they don't understand each other that well

3. Mothers only wanting best for daughters

   • Mothers are trying to help guide their daughters, so they won't make the same mistakes they did in China
     • The daughters feel like they are being bossy and interfering in there life
     • June thinks her mother's thoughts are that she could become anything that her mother wanted her to be
       • In reality her mother never expect her to do this, she was just wanting the best for her daguher
       • You want me to be someone I'm not! I'll never be the kind of daughter that you want me to be!
         • June thinks that her mother wants her to be something shes not
         • But her mother never wanted that, she was just wanting her daughter to have the best opportunities in life
     • Lindo is very pick and is always picking out things that could have been better when is comes to Wavelry
       • Waverly hates, when her mother is always picking out her mistakes instead of seeing how much she has accomplished, but her mother is just wanting the best for her daughter
       • I'm never going to play chess again! You can't make me. You can torture me all you want, I still won't.....did you hear what I said??!!! - Waverly
         • Waverly didn't like how her mother showed her off, because she felt like she was just a trophy to her mother so she wanted to quit.
         • This conflict arouse because of a misunderstanding between Waverly and her mother because her mother was very proud of her and wanted to show everyone how much she appreciated, but her daughter felt a different way