The Joy Luck Club

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Lindo says “[it] is [not] [easy] to start and stop” (171). Waverly does not obey her mother. She never plays chess anymore. Waverly believes Lindo’s ideas and teachings only apply to Chinese culture.

An-mei Hsu neglects Popo’s advice for her. An-mei grows up with the idea that “her mother [is] a ghost” (42) and that saying her name is equivalent to “[spitting] on [her] fathers grave” (43). Popo, An-mei’s grandmother, teaches her these ideas. An-mei never grows up with a real mother. Popo tells An-mei “[not] [to] follow [her] [mother]” (218), she says that An-mei will “[be] [influenced] [by] evil” (218). An-mei ignores Popo. She follows her mother, only to watch her be raped and commit suicide. An-mei does not believe Popo’s advice is very logical.

The daughters ignorance toward their mothers causes total miscommunication within the families. Amy Tan uses various examples of miscommunication and fighting within the families. Unclear feelings between mother and daughter ...

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