Gender Roles In Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club

The Novel “The Joy Luck Club” written by Amy Tan, is a story about how Chinese women were treated in China, and what lessons they learned about themselves and others. Due to the many cultural difference in China, these mothers have much experience with the way women were treated and have gained much wisdom as they grow older, and as the story goes the elderly mothers help their daughters with problems relating to marriage as they tell their stories and experiences that they went through in China both as a child and adult, so they can help their daughters make better decisions for themselves.
` When the daughters of Lindo Jong and An-Mei were kids, their mothers were best friends and also great competitors, so they had used their children as their chess pieces in their game. An-Mei’s daughter was named Rose, and she was an excellent piano player. Lindo’s daughter was named Waverly, and she was an excellent chess champion. Rose and Waverly also

When she was little she lived with relatives and her grandmother until her disowned mother had returned and took her in. Sadly enough, her mother is still being disrespected by her past husband and wives, and she is even raped by a man that took the child as his own. She eventually kills herself with opium and her regretful family members take care of An-Mei as their own. When An-Mei’s Daughter Rose gets married with a man named Ted because of his respect for her forthrightness and protectiveness of her, even against her own mother, they marry and have a daughter. Later however, Rose becomes so obsessed with “What would he want” that he forgets what it was like to be dating her and be enjoying time with her. Rose’s mother tells her that you must know the importance of knowing your worth unlike her mother had, and to not be so submissive and worship others more than you do yourself. Rose confronts her husband and they work towards a solution, and they later are back to