What does it mean to be a woman? A wife? A daughter? A mother? Being a woman you are expected to take on a lot of responsibilities. In The Joy Luck Club, written by Amy Tan you will notice many different examples where the daughters in JLC are expected to undertake more responsibilities should as having the role of a woman, independence, and the mothers demanding more from their daughters.
#2 “A boy can run and chase butterflies because that is in his nature.[...] But a girl should stand still.” Found on page 72. Amah tells Ying-Ying to be unflustered. This quote conveys the roles of girls differ from boys. Growing up, the daughters are expected to follow orders without question. As women they must cook, clean, and all types of housework or chores only women are obliged to do. Quoted on page 56, “Teach her how to wash rice properly so that the water runs clear. Her husband cannot eat muddy rice.” Lindo has to learn how wash rice. This quote shows another example how women are expected to cook and displays that cooking is a women’s job. The mothers teach their daughters to be disciplined so they could be suitable women and fit their ‘role’.
#3 When the …show more content…
In Half and Half, Rose is very uncertain about what she wants when Ted stops making decisions. Later on in the book in Without Wood, Rose and her husband undergo a divorce. She explains a different version of how she feels to her friends like how frustrated she is, the good she sees coming out of the divorce, and revenge. Rose is seen Without Wood because she She also, is hesitant on signing the divorce papers and moving out but later discovers she wants to keep the house. Rose realizes that It is a struggle for the daughters to make their own decisions. Most of the daughters are indecisive because they have always had their decisions cut out for them.Because they are expected to make more of their own decisions it becomes a
#2 “A boy can run and chase butterflies because that is in his nature.[...] But a girl should stand still.” Found on page 72. Amah tells Ying-Ying to be unflustered. This quote conveys the roles of girls differ from boys. Growing up, the daughters are expected to follow orders without question. As women they must cook, clean, and all types of housework or chores only women are obliged to do. Quoted on page 56, “Teach her how to wash rice properly so that the water runs clear. Her husband cannot eat muddy rice.” Lindo has to learn how wash rice. This quote shows another example how women are expected to cook and displays that cooking is a women’s job. The mothers teach their daughters to be disciplined so they could be suitable women and fit their ‘role’.
#3 When the …show more content…
In Half and Half, Rose is very uncertain about what she wants when Ted stops making decisions. Later on in the book in Without Wood, Rose and her husband undergo a divorce. She explains a different version of how she feels to her friends like how frustrated she is, the good she sees coming out of the divorce, and revenge. Rose is seen Without Wood because she She also, is hesitant on signing the divorce papers and moving out but later discovers she wants to keep the house. Rose realizes that It is a struggle for the daughters to make their own decisions. Most of the daughters are indecisive because they have always had their decisions cut out for them.Because they are expected to make more of their own decisions it becomes a