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Rules Of The Game By Amy Tan Selfish Quotes

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Everyone will have problems if they are selfish. In the story, “Rules of the Game,” by Amy Tan, Waverly learns how to play chess. She learned how to play chess from her brothers and got really good. She got good enough to where her mom wanted Waverly to focus on chess and only chess. However, Waverly let this get to her head and became more selfish. Waverly’s selfish caused conflict between her family and herself.
One conflict that she is having is how she fights with her brothers. One example from the story is, “Why does she get to play and we do all the work.” complained Vincent. ¨Is the new American rules,¨ said my mother. ¨Meimei play, squeeze all her brains out for win chess. You play, worth squeeze towel.¨ (120)
This proves my topic sentence because instead of her doing her own chores, now her brothers are doing her chores as well as their own. This …show more content…

Her mom went back to the kitchen and started to make loud noises with pots and pans. When the noise stopped, Waverly could see out of the corner of her eye that her mom was standing in the doorway. Her mom made a hmph sound that came out of her tight throat.
When Waverly's mom was bragging about how Waverly is her daughter, Waverly asked her to stop. “I wish you wouldn't do that, telling everyone I'm your daughter,” Waverly said under her breath. ¨Aiii-ya. So shame be with mother?¨ She grasped Waverly´s hand tighter and glared at her. ¨It´s not that, it's just so obvious. It´s just so embarrassing.¨ Waverly said. (122)
Waverly is getting tired of her mom telling everyone that Waverly is her daughter. She is getting tired of her mom saying this because she doesn't want to get good at chess for the fame, she wants to play chess for fun and because she is good at it. She is getting annoyed with her mom and is mad at her for doing

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