Chess prodigy

The role of chess as a setting in the story presents an analogy with Waverly‘s life. She uses her new knowledge of “weaknesses and advantages” (1426) to goad her mother into allowing her to compete for the first time. She continues to press her advantage, getting the bedroom to herself and berating her mother for watching her practice. In the chess game of life, however, Waverly underestimates her opponent (daltonkr4). In the final

Chinese American girl named Jing-mei is forced by her mother to become a child prodigy by playing the piano which she refuses. At her piano recital, she plays every key wrong and when she gets home for more piano lessons, she breaks down and says she wishes she could be one of the little girls her mother left in China. “Rules of the Game” is about a young Chinese girl named Waverly who discovers she has an amazing talent for chess but her mother never thinks her victories are good enough. After her mother

In 1949, four Chinese women, immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat food, talk, and seemingly most importantly, play mahjong. These meetings soon become a tradition, and they called themselves The Joy Luck Club. All four women birthed American daughters, and deal with the struggles of motherhood, hardships, broken love, and a loss of their roots. Each woman speaks of her life, as unpleasant as each story may truly be.They soon figure themselves out; where they belong, and what they stand

Joy Luck Compare/Contrast Essay Many People have had the unfortunate experience of having to either be exiled from their homes, choose to leave their homes for their own safety, immigrating to a new country, or loosing family while on the journey leaving home to survive. Poems and short stores that I have read share alike and different themes to the book Joy Luck Club. All of these stories and poems are about many luckless people that have had to endure while under these tough circumstances.

daughters face when growing up in two cultures.  This book reveals that most of the time mothers really do know best. In "Rules of the Game" we see a mother daughter conflict.  Waverly's mother is always showing her off because she is a national chess champion.  Waverly takes this as being exploited by her own mother because she was raised in a society with more American influence than Chinese.  In a Chinese society a woman's social standing is measured by

in Two Kinds by Amy Tan. In this short story, a young girl, named Jing-Mei Woo, conflicts with her immigrant Chinese mother, Mrs. Woo, when she continues to fail to become a prodigy. Eventually, Jing-Mei realizes that her Chinese mother’s expectations restrict her from being her true-self and refuses to fit her mother’s prodigy ideology anymore. However, Mrs. Woo’s motivation for her daughter are, in part, due to the culture that she originated from. Throughout the plot, the Chinese culture fosters

“Your mother is in your bones” (Tan 40). This theme is present throughout the novel, The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan. The novel consists of four stories of mothers and daughters and their relationship. Each family came from different backgrounds but still share the commonality of Chinese culture. Each mother stayed true to their beliefs while each daughter allowed themselves to embrace their American lives. The conflicting ideas between generations made their relationships more powerful and brought

be anything you wanted to be in America.” This simple statement made by June from the story quite successfully summarizes her mother’s idea of the opportunities available in America. For June, her mother decided this meant she would become a child prodigy. Excited for all that can be

become something greater than what Lindo was when she grew up. This selfish desire led Lindo to brag about her daughter's accomplishments in chess at such a young age of 9. Waverly, on the other hand, only wanted to have fun and play chess since she genuinely liked the game, and got sick of her mother hounding everyone if they knew about Waverly, the chess prodigy. After a while, Waverly snapped and ran away from her

I woke up to the rumbling engine of the car outside. It was, in fact, my mother. It was also the morning of school. My mother had to head to her first job of the day and drop both my sister and me off at school. My mother worked three jobs; at the beginning we were all immigrants. She worked day and night to provide a brighter future for her life. Through the pure observation, it showed the components of being an American. Through time, generations adapt to their needs differently, and what defines