Comparing Battle Hymn Of Tiger Mom And Amy Tan's The Joy Luck
Relationships produce many outcomes in life. Whether it is a positive or negative outcome in one's life is up to the people involved in the relationship. One relationship in particular could influence an individual’s life forever. The mother-daughter relationship affects the life of two individuals. Most mother-daughter relationships poses some sort of tension in the eye of the daughter, while most mothers feel they are doing all they can to relieve the tension within the relationship. In Battle Hymn of Tiger Mom by Amy Chua and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the tone within each excerpt portrays two different styles of parenting demonstrated by the mothers.
In Battle Hymn of Tiger Mom by Amy Chua, Lula and her mother have a relationship …show more content…
She does not have the mindset of trying to fix the relationship between her and her daughter. The daughter, in this case ,Amy Tan, feels like her mother pressures her into something she does not want. The daughter cries, “You want me to be something that I’m not” (Tan 141-142). Tan tries to tell her mother she does not want to act like the traditional Chinese obedient daughter. In contrast, the mother feels there is only one way. Her daughter must act like the traditional obedient daughter. Her mother counteracts, “Only one kind of daughter can live in this house. Obedient daughter ”(Tan 141-142). The mother gives her daughter no other option. This creates even more tension between the mother and daughter. The mother does nothing to try and compile with her daughter’s commands. Tan exemplifies the tone of hopelessness and bitterness with her mother. To conclude, this relationship contains no characteristics of a successful mother-daughter relationship. Therefore, the tension between the two will forever be evident and the relationship might never be resolved.
The tone within Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom by Amy Chua and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, demonstrates two adverse mother daughter relationships. One mother tries to resolve the relationship with their daughter to exterminate the tension with her daughter. Separately, the other
In Battle Hymn of Tiger Mom by Amy Chua, Lula and her mother have a relationship …show more content…
She does not have the mindset of trying to fix the relationship between her and her daughter. The daughter, in this case ,Amy Tan, feels like her mother pressures her into something she does not want. The daughter cries, “You want me to be something that I’m not” (Tan 141-142). Tan tries to tell her mother she does not want to act like the traditional Chinese obedient daughter. In contrast, the mother feels there is only one way. Her daughter must act like the traditional obedient daughter. Her mother counteracts, “Only one kind of daughter can live in this house. Obedient daughter ”(Tan 141-142). The mother gives her daughter no other option. This creates even more tension between the mother and daughter. The mother does nothing to try and compile with her daughter’s commands. Tan exemplifies the tone of hopelessness and bitterness with her mother. To conclude, this relationship contains no characteristics of a successful mother-daughter relationship. Therefore, the tension between the two will forever be evident and the relationship might never be resolved.
The tone within Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom by Amy Chua and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, demonstrates two adverse mother daughter relationships. One mother tries to resolve the relationship with their daughter to exterminate the tension with her daughter. Separately, the other