Gender Roles In Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club

As Children become adults, they become more appreciative of their parents. In The Joy Luck Club, the attitudes of four daughters toward their mothers change as the girls mature and come to realize that their mothers aren’t so different after all. All four of the Joy Luck mothers need their daughters to understand them, and what they have gone through for their girls.The daughters, as they grow to be adults, become more appreciative of their mothers. Their attitudes change over time to create an understanding and respect that hadn’t been there before. The mothers try to achieve this highest level of understanding in every way possible but between linguistic barriers and different views on the modern American lifestyle their storytelling can only take them so far.
Overall, the mothers appreciate the opportunities that America has to offer for their daughters. What they don’t approve of is the attitude and demeanor that is portrayed by the typical American citizen. They see

The daughters were all born in the U.S., while their mothers are Chinese immigrants who barely speak english whatsoever. Due to this, in all four cases, communication barriers exist between the mothers and the daughters’ love interests and overall livelihood, resulting in several strained relationships. The daughters don’t even put forth an effort to comprehend their mothers’ traditional Chinese culture, and it is clear that the mothers often find themselves baffled and confused by their daughters’ mindset and modern American lifestyles. The barriers that exist between the mothers and the daughters are often due to their inability to communicate with one another. The daughters think their mothers are uneducated because of their fractured English, while the mothers are impatient with their daughters who don’t understand the cultural aspects of their chinese