In “The Rules of the Game”, by Amy Tan, the central idea of the story is that people react to pressure in different way. This is shown when Waverly’s mother says, “Aii-ya! Stupid girl” (pg 5) This shows that people react to pressure in different ways by when Waverly tells her mother that, “Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don’t you you learn to play chess” (pg5)? Waverly’s mother reacted to what her daughter said to her by saying that she was a stupid girl. This is also shown when Waverly runs away from her mother at the market place. “I raced down the street dashing between people, not looking back as my mother screamed shrilly, Meimei!, Meimei” (pg5)! This also shows how someone could react to pressure.