The rivalry of Waverly Jong and June Woo depict success and worth in the novel by showing that not everyone that has been set up for success will succeed. Waverly Jong and June Woo were both expected have an amazing well nourished life and by doing that they would both need some type of special skill to get them far in life. Waverly Jong’s skill just so happened to be chess whilst June Woo’s expected skill did not apply to her leading her not to succeed. Both cultures have somewhat the same concept of happiness. All kids are pushed to achieve that happiness somehow, someway . The idea of happiness for both cultures was to be successful and I believe that idea dominated this novel.The rivalry of both American and Asian culture shows that success
