Both parenting and surroundings affect one’s culture. Cultural appreciation and preservation is tremendously important and no matter how forgotten culture may become, it may be found again. The mothers in the book are disappointed in the way that their daughters led their American lives, much like Tan’s mother was when she learned that she(Tan) changed her undergrad from Pre-Med to English. The mothers in The Joy Luck Club passed on their Chinese cultures in order for their daughters to better their lives. The mothers are disappointed in their daughters for not embracing the Chinese culture while the daughters aren’t open to the cultures their mothers are teaching. They all eventually learn to appreciate the culture given to them. Experiences that the mothers went through in China do not have to be re-lived by the daughters, but rather remembered and taught to the future generation for cultural
Both parenting and surroundings affect one’s culture. Cultural appreciation and preservation is tremendously important and no matter how forgotten culture may become, it may be found again. The mothers in the book are disappointed in the way that their daughters led their American lives, much like Tan’s mother was when she learned that she(Tan) changed her undergrad from Pre-Med to English. The mothers in The Joy Luck Club passed on their Chinese cultures in order for their daughters to better their lives. The mothers are disappointed in their daughters for not embracing the Chinese culture while the daughters aren’t open to the cultures their mothers are teaching. They all eventually learn to appreciate the culture given to them. Experiences that the mothers went through in China do not have to be re-lived by the daughters, but rather remembered and taught to the future generation for cultural