“An A-?!?!? Why isn’t it an A+?!? You have to do better or will just end up being an underachiver!!” This is the usual comments many people like me hear from their mothers and fathers. The daughters in the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan go through this kind of treatment to. This book shows many mother daughter relationships. The main characters consist of Lindo, Waverly, An-Mei, Suyuan, and Jing-Mei, also known …showed first 75 words of 1026 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1026 total…thoughts determine their statue, and the mother will go to extremes to be accepted in the high flown Chinese community. Many times mothers want to show off their daughters accomplishments, and in doing so embarrass and anger the child without knowing so. Mothers should be aware of the child’s thoughts and feelings. They should not just run about and brag about their daughter’s accomplishments just to gain points for their own social status.