In Amy Tan's book “The Joy Luck Club” mothers and daughters are very different but the same in many ways. All of the mothers were born in China and the daughters born in American. Lindo Jong and Waverly Jong are mother and daugher that are both Chinese and American. Lindo Jong was a strong, smart women. Her parents forced her into a horrible marriage. Lindo was treated as if she was a slave by her new mother-in-law. She had high self esteem and knew she could not be changed. After that she realized her thoughts were strong as well. Lindo used her strengths to take advantage of all the opportunities that came. Using her strengths she got out of her first marriage and still giving her parents their wishes. Lindo wanted her daughter to have
