This passage explains the origin of Cholly’s parenting style, or rather, his lack thereof. It was interesting to consider the similarities between this passage and those from The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. That book focuses on how several mothers raised their daughters. Frequently, the mothers’ childhoods had large impacts on how they raised their children. In particular, many mothers who had grown up in China wanted their daughters to maintain Chinese traditions. This resulted in several conflicts as the daughters sometimes tried to push back against their mothers’ teachings. In Cholly’s example, Cholly does not try to push any teachings upon his children because he was never given any when he was a child. Unlike the mothers from The Joy Luck