Waverly's Relationship In The Rules Of The Game

When your parents have been raised from a different county they typically tend to argue with you because they have different beliefs or values. This is similar to Waverley and her mother’s relationship in the story “The Rules of the Game”. In this story, Waverly's mother was raised in China where different circumstances were presented from the ones Waverley deals with. In the beginning, her relationship with her mother is like any other relationship. Her mother shows off her pride to almost everyone, but Waverly dislikes her and vows never to play chess again. Waverly, the main character realizes that it is hard to quit and start over again and as a result, she learns the hard way.

Years before when you were raised from ages one to seven you typically learn your parent's beliefs and values and how they were raised as you were. This led Waverly to have an average relationship with her mother. Waverley had three-five full meals a day and also had a caring family with two siblings. Waverly was also never overly loving her mother but showed no signs of hate or dislike either. This shows us that Waverley had a loving and happy

Waverly's mother began to bask in the glory of something that she initially denied to her daughter. She eventually took this too far and it got out of hand. Waverly began to win many battles of chess as her mother would immerse herself in the fame and even makeup ways to help her daughter succeed like for example “The Art of Invisible Strength” by Waverly's mother. Waverly would then be forced to go to the supermarket by her mother just so that she can show off. This shows that Waverly's mother loves to be in the center of attention. This caused Waverly to finally speak up about her mother feeding of her talent because American ideals made her see it as just her mother showing off and not the Chinese way of being