Lindos

some of the mothers face. One mother, Lindo Jong, is a member of the Joy Luck Club who personally experiences the most oppression as a woman in China, while her daughter Waverly is not oppressed. According to most dictionaries, oppression means receiving prolonged treatment or control that is unjust and cruel. More specifically, women in China faced far…

Eventually, they resolve that conflict. For example, the relationship between Lindo Jong and Waverly Jong has some conflicts that go along with it. They suffer from cultural differences, like how Waverly is Americanized and doesn’t want to pitch in to Chinese cultures. They suffer from pride and confidence. Like how Lindo shows off how great Waverly is at chess. They also suffer from “invisible strength.”…

Mother/Daughter Comparison: Lindo and Waverly Jong Mother and daughter, Lindo and Waverly Jong of Amy Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club,” have greatly differing perspectives and outlooks on many situations. The pair have greatly different background stories and ultimately points of view especially in terms of marriage and in their values. Lindo Jong having experienced a traumatic arranged marriage in her early adulthood and being very critical in nature, she does not seemingly approve of Waverly’s…

a renowned chess prodigy and champion, the way her mother acted bothered Waverly over time. Waverly accompanied Lindo to the supermarket. Lindo was indirectly flaunting her “face”, or image, but acting humble. This is seen in traditional Chinese confucianism coming from the elder generation. Waverly disliked her mother’s showing off and fake attitude but when she pointed this out, Lindo misinterpreted. “‘ I wish you wouldn 't do that, telling everybody I’m your daughter,’...’Aiii-ya. So shame be…

Lindo wanted her children to have the best combination: “American circumstances and Chinese character”. (Tan 254) To Lindo, having her children living under American circumstances was more favorable since “nobody says [people] have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives [them]” in America. (Tan 254). In contrast, instead of having American character, Lindo believed that Waverly should keep her Chinese character, a character…

The struggles of power in a parent to child relationship can end in demise between the two. Often, parents will assume the position of authority by demanding that their children follow by their rules of life and no other. It could force the child to ignore their own optimistic ideals and grow older to develop their own since of mind; yet hide it because they know their parents won’t approve. Or, in some other cases, they rebel at a younger age and the parents refuse to comply with their child’s…

she excels at. After winning a tournament, she receives a trophy and a plastic chess set. “As [Lindo, Waverly’s mother] wiped down each piece with a soft cloth, she said, ‘Next time win more, lose less.’” (Tan 97). While she is cleaning the gift that Waverly received, Lindo tells her daughter her expectations of Waverly to lose fewer pieces, but Lindo does not take into account Waverly’s opinion on it. Lindo exhibits her proud and competitive side, which influences Waverly in a way that makes…

she is called the “Great American Hope” (97). Her mother Lindo is very proud of her daughter’s achievement in chess and she wants everyone to know that this chess genius is her daughter. She takes Waverly to visit many shops without buying anything, only so that she can tell people that “This is my daughter Wave-ly Jong” (99). Waverly is irritated by these actions and she thinks that Lindo is using her achievements to show off. She says to Lindo: “Why do you have to use me to show off? If you…

In The Red Candle, Lindo was born in a village where marriages were arranged at a very young age. When she was only two, she was destined to marry Tyan-Yu, something she still didn’t understand. When a flood came, her poor family had to move elsewhere, causing her to have to leave her family earlier than expected. This song would play as young Lindo was with her mother at the outskirts of the Huangs’ house, the place where she had been forced to live the rest of her life. Although I have used…

atrocities that she faced, as well as her journey to self-discovery. Tan’s use of cultures that are worlds apart, geographically, debunks the popular belief that the reason Lindo and Waverly appear disconnected to one another is generational differences, but instead it is because of a cultural divide caused by a difference in location. Lindo and her mother connect through the geography they share—namely the Fen River. Ben Xu discusses the impact that location has on cultural identity in his…