Yet Waverly is not entirely self-centered: she loves her daughter, Shoshana, unconditionally. After their lunch, she took Lindo to her apartment, hoping to let her know there that she and Rich are getting married. Waverly realized then that she had erected a wall between herself and her mother. Waverly is pulled apart by her contradictory emotions and perceptions. On the boat, her mother met Second Wife and Wu Tsing. Yet when she senses that her mother does not approve of Rich, her own opinion of him sours. Waverly thinks it would be disastrous yet wonderful if her mother would go with them. She lost her feeling of supreme confidence. Yet, because Waverly did not brief Rich about her mother's habits, it almost seems as if Waverly was waiting for him to fail. She was convinced that much of the change had to do with the fact that her mother had stopped believing in her. Unlike June and others, Rich sees and loves the real Waverly. Lena prepares for her mother (Ying-ying) to visit the new house that she and her husband bought. Now that their marriage is falling apart, Lena finds it hard to remember why she fell in love with Harold. In the same way, Rich has no way of knowing that Mrs. Jong, by tradition, criticizes her own cooking as a way of eliciting compliments. On the surface, "Rules of the Game" applies to the rules of chess, which Waverly masters with astonishing skill. Mrs. Jong seemed unconcerned, yet she tenderly nursed Waverly through her bout with chicken pox. The end of Chapter 10 is particularly important in terms of the idea of translation. Chapter 13, An-mei Hsu, Magpies Notes from The Joy Luck Club He is kind and honest and direct, and he makes her feel loved just for being herself. As said by Lindo before, the daughters of the Joy Luck Club do not think through their actions, and therefore dont anticipate the extent of their consequences. There are two ways to evaluate this question. Here Tan plays on the power of language to simultaneously separate and unite people; without symbols, there is scarce communication, yet translation can complicate and limit communication. Find related themes, quotes, symbols, characters, and more. We're sorry, SparkNotes Plus isn't available in your country. The queen can move any unobstructed distance in any direction. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. Lena is embarrassed to tell her mother this, so she tells her the list is of things they share. creating and saving your own notes as you read. Nevertheless, Ying-ying asks of the table's fall and by extension, the marriage's--"why you not stop it?" They talk and Waverly finally sees that her mother does indeed love her. Second, Waverly feels like Lindo is trying to take credit for Waverly's accomplishment. Topic Tracking: China/America 6Topic Tracking: Mothers and Daughters 6, Chapter 1, Jing-Mei Woo, The Joy Luck Club, Chapter 4, Ying-ying St. Clair, The Moon Lady, Chapter 5, Waverly Jong, Rules of the Game, Chapter 6, Lena St. Clair, The Voice from the Wall, Chapter 7, Rose Hsu Jordan, Half and Half, Chapter 10, Waverly Jong, Four Directions, Chapter 11, Rose Hsu Jordan, Without Wood, Book 4, Queen Mother of the Western Skies, Chapter 14, Ying-ying St. Clair, Waiting Between the Trees, Chapter 16, Jing-mei Woo, A Pair of Tickets. Because of Waverly's dependence, her mother still has the power to change Waverly's perception of reality. An-mei presses the servant to tell her how her mother became Wu Tsing's Fourth Wife. When Waverly's friend Marlene suggests that Waverly and Rich elope, Waverly explains that she eloped with her first husband, and the marriage was a disaster. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. Candle, & The Moon Lady, The Twenty-six Malignant Gates: Introduction, Rules Feathers from a Thousand Li Away: "Scar," "The Red Candle," & "The Moon Lady".
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