In “The Joy Luck Club” Waverly’s story opens with her mother’s, Lindo, upbringing. It is understood that she did not have a choice when it came to marriage as she was engaged by the age of two. The hardships that Lindo had to face very early on, gives a pathway on how she nurtures Waverly. By understanding Lindo first, you can only then understand Lindo and Waverly’s story together.
Reverting to Lindo’s story, it starts off as her mother figuratively hands her over to Mrs. Huang as she does not want to continue to grow an emotional attachment to her because she will soon leave anyways. By the age of 15, through the hands of a matchmaker, Lindo is married off to Mrs. Huang’s awkward son who pays her little attention. Mrs. Huang then grows frustrated by the lack of fertility which she takes out on Lindo, not understanding that the decision is mutual. Four years later, a chance to change her fate arrives. She overhears a servant tell her lover she …show more content…
She’s a divorcee to a Chinese man, with a daughter from her previous marriage. Engaged to a Caucasian man, Rich, she invites him to dinner with her family. Nervous of her mother’s reaction to a non-traditional marriage, she grows irritable at him. At the dinner, Rich embarrasses Waverly when he disrespects the Chinese table dinner. Furthermore, he insults her mother’s food by marinating her dish in sauce. On the ride home, she informs him that she is mortified which encourages him to learn Chinese table manners. The next day she pits her frustrations of worry on her mother who then informs her that she likes Rich. It is then discovered that it was her own self-consciousness that brought on her irritability. She was worried that because Rich isn’t Chinese, people would believe that she was being strayed away from her culture. Finally understanding that her mom gives her blessing to the marital joining, Lindo and Waverly’s strained relationship is
Reverting to Lindo’s story, it starts off as her mother figuratively hands her over to Mrs. Huang as she does not want to continue to grow an emotional attachment to her because she will soon leave anyways. By the age of 15, through the hands of a matchmaker, Lindo is married off to Mrs. Huang’s awkward son who pays her little attention. Mrs. Huang then grows frustrated by the lack of fertility which she takes out on Lindo, not understanding that the decision is mutual. Four years later, a chance to change her fate arrives. She overhears a servant tell her lover she …show more content…
She’s a divorcee to a Chinese man, with a daughter from her previous marriage. Engaged to a Caucasian man, Rich, she invites him to dinner with her family. Nervous of her mother’s reaction to a non-traditional marriage, she grows irritable at him. At the dinner, Rich embarrasses Waverly when he disrespects the Chinese table dinner. Furthermore, he insults her mother’s food by marinating her dish in sauce. On the ride home, she informs him that she is mortified which encourages him to learn Chinese table manners. The next day she pits her frustrations of worry on her mother who then informs her that she likes Rich. It is then discovered that it was her own self-consciousness that brought on her irritability. She was worried that because Rich isn’t Chinese, people would believe that she was being strayed away from her culture. Finally understanding that her mom gives her blessing to the marital joining, Lindo and Waverly’s strained relationship is