The Chinese zodiac signs occupy twelve animal signs, and every year relates to an animal. The signs have diverse meanings, personality traits, and fortune. Waverly Jong is a Chinese American character that made an appearance in the novel, “The Joy Luck Club”, written by Amy Tan. She knows how to disguise her strategies and thoughts. Waverly is single-handed, has “invisible strength", and sharp-witted. Though in the novel, she was born on March 17, 1951, in the year of the rabbit. Her Chinese zodiac sign is most compatible with the year of the rat.
The year of the rat has a powerful characteristic that is able to learn anything. Which in this case, Waverly, became a child chess prodigy at the age of nine. "By my ninth birthday, I was a national chess champion." (Tan 97). When Waverly was seven-years-old, her older brother received a secondhand chess set. She watched her two older brothers, and she discovered her interest in chess. At first, Waverly did not understand the rules for playing chess. However, she studied the rules from books, from the Chinatown Library. Afterward, she learned "new secrets" from an elder named Lau Po, and became a better chess player. She started to enter in local tournaments, and shortly enough, she became …show more content…
Waverly is headstrong. Her mother always loves to "show her off" on how Waverly wins tournaments, and she aversions it. Until finally Waverly confronted to her mother that she needs to stop. Though when Waverly is ten-years-old, she is determined to get back at her mother. She decides to quit chess for a couple of days and wait for her mother to apologize. Still, her mother did not budge, and Waverly failed to attend a tournament. After a variety of incidents happened and later Waverly lost in chess tournaments. To conclude she stopped playing altogether at the age of fourteen. Waverly accomplished to become a child chess prodigy, but due to her stubbornness, she lost her
The year of the rat has a powerful characteristic that is able to learn anything. Which in this case, Waverly, became a child chess prodigy at the age of nine. "By my ninth birthday, I was a national chess champion." (Tan 97). When Waverly was seven-years-old, her older brother received a secondhand chess set. She watched her two older brothers, and she discovered her interest in chess. At first, Waverly did not understand the rules for playing chess. However, she studied the rules from books, from the Chinatown Library. Afterward, she learned "new secrets" from an elder named Lau Po, and became a better chess player. She started to enter in local tournaments, and shortly enough, she became …show more content…
Waverly is headstrong. Her mother always loves to "show her off" on how Waverly wins tournaments, and she aversions it. Until finally Waverly confronted to her mother that she needs to stop. Though when Waverly is ten-years-old, she is determined to get back at her mother. She decides to quit chess for a couple of days and wait for her mother to apologize. Still, her mother did not budge, and Waverly failed to attend a tournament. After a variety of incidents happened and later Waverly lost in chess tournaments. To conclude she stopped playing altogether at the age of fourteen. Waverly accomplished to become a child chess prodigy, but due to her stubbornness, she lost her