Comparing Joy Luck Club And The Kitchen God's Wife
English 10 Section 8
Ms. Gallivan
16 May 2014
You Are Your Own Mommy Some 80 to 90 percent of women report good relationships with their mothers—though they wish it were better. The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God 's Wife, two realistic fiction novels written by Amy Tan, display the distress that Chinese mothers face with their first generation American daughters. The Joy Luck Club reveals the desires among four mother-and-daughter pairs while also revealing their differences and conflicts. The mothers desire is to raise their children according to the Chinese beliefs and traditions, whereas the daughters want to live their own life according to the American way, despising Chinese habits and traditions. The Kitchen God 's Wife also …show more content…
So shame be with mother?... “It 's not that, its just so obvious. It 's just so embarrassing”. (Tan, The Joy Luck Club 101) Waverly Jong attempts to defy her mother because she misunderstands Lindo 's pride in her achievements. Waverly wants chess to be her own accomplishment and also part of her own separate identity. While Waverly is seeking chess to be her own achievement, she is also seeking for individualism because she misunderstands her mother constantly. Lindo always monitors her and makes sure she is practicing, which Waverly mistakens as a sign that Lindo is taking credit for her skills. Lindo responds to this outbreak of her daughter, “ 'We not concerning this girl. ' 'This girl not have concerning for us” ' (Tan, The Joy Luck Club 103). Lindo 's reaction reveals that she did not actually want to take credit for Waverly 's talents. Obviously, Lindo is filled with pride for her daughter with the possibility of expressing knowledge and ability is something that she as a suppressed wife was not able to do in China. Lindo just wants Waverly to use “invisible strength” like her and still maintain her Chinese heritage. Not only does this individualism apply to just Waverly, but all “[t]he daughters in Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club indicate tremendous difficulties of individuation” (Mohanram). Waverly’s American attitude is the thing that separates her from Lindo the most. Waverly uses the invisible strength to find her passion just like Lindo, but Lindo does not actually want to get credit for that because she taught Waverly about “invisible
Ms. Gallivan
16 May 2014
You Are Your Own Mommy Some 80 to 90 percent of women report good relationships with their mothers—though they wish it were better. The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God 's Wife, two realistic fiction novels written by Amy Tan, display the distress that Chinese mothers face with their first generation American daughters. The Joy Luck Club reveals the desires among four mother-and-daughter pairs while also revealing their differences and conflicts. The mothers desire is to raise their children according to the Chinese beliefs and traditions, whereas the daughters want to live their own life according to the American way, despising Chinese habits and traditions. The Kitchen God 's Wife also …show more content…
So shame be with mother?... “It 's not that, its just so obvious. It 's just so embarrassing”. (Tan, The Joy Luck Club 101) Waverly Jong attempts to defy her mother because she misunderstands Lindo 's pride in her achievements. Waverly wants chess to be her own accomplishment and also part of her own separate identity. While Waverly is seeking chess to be her own achievement, she is also seeking for individualism because she misunderstands her mother constantly. Lindo always monitors her and makes sure she is practicing, which Waverly mistakens as a sign that Lindo is taking credit for her skills. Lindo responds to this outbreak of her daughter, “ 'We not concerning this girl. ' 'This girl not have concerning for us” ' (Tan, The Joy Luck Club 103). Lindo 's reaction reveals that she did not actually want to take credit for Waverly 's talents. Obviously, Lindo is filled with pride for her daughter with the possibility of expressing knowledge and ability is something that she as a suppressed wife was not able to do in China. Lindo just wants Waverly to use “invisible strength” like her and still maintain her Chinese heritage. Not only does this individualism apply to just Waverly, but all “[t]he daughters in Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club indicate tremendous difficulties of individuation” (Mohanram). Waverly’s American attitude is the thing that separates her from Lindo the most. Waverly uses the invisible strength to find her passion just like Lindo, but Lindo does not actually want to get credit for that because she taught Waverly about “invisible