Compare And Contrast Rules Of The Game And Those Winter Sundays

In both pieces of literature read, the chapter “Rules of the Game,” from the book “Joy Luck Club,” Amy Tan and in the poem “Those Winter Sundays,” Robert Hayden, both have a major shift and a theme that changes the narrator’s perspective. In the chapter from “Rules of the Game,” Amy Tan the shift comes right after Waverly runs away. The theme of that chapter is that parents want their children to be successful even if the child does not want to be. As opposed to the poem, “Those Winter Sundays,” Robert Hayden, the shift comes when the narrator realizes that his father has been doing everything with absolutely no help from the son. In that poem the theme is that children should be more appreciative of the chores/tasks that their parents are

The theme is proven in the story when her mom wanted her to be more successful. Her mom was telling her to lose less pieces to win the game, and she was arguing back saying, “‘Ma, it's not how many pieces you lose,’ I said. ‘Sometimes you need to lose pieces to get ahead.’” Waverly thinks she knows more about chess than her mom, because Lindo thinks that “you have to lose some, to win some,” based on the dialogue used in the chapter. Waverly has now tried to take her moms advice to win the game of chess by more pieces. She has now tried to lose less pieces than before. In the chapter, her mom said, “‘Lost eight piece this time. Last time was eleven. What I tell you? Better off lose less!’” Waverly is taking her mom’s advice because at first she was losing a lot of pieces and was barely winning, and now she is still winning, just with more security. Waverly has taken her mother’s advice even though she was annoyed by her mom telling her what to do and how to win even though she was already always

The theme is proven in the poem when the narrator is realizing that he does nothing to help out his father around the house. His dad was polishing his shoes, “And polished my good shoes as well.” The narrator now just thought about how his dad is polishing his shoes, after he just built a whole fire by himself, and he thought about how he was doing nothing. The narrator has now thought about what his father has been doing for him for all of these years, while he just sits around and chills. In the poem, the narrator thought, “Of love’s austere and lonely offices?” The narrator has now gone through a major shift and has now understood the fact that his dad has been doing so much work for everybody in the family, and they have done nothing to help him. The narrator will know that he will need to help his dad with chores and tasks around the house. The narrator will hopefully polish his own shoes and help his dad with the fire, in the future now that he knows what not to