In Waverly Jong's story, Rules of the Game, she complains that her mother brags about her great talent of chess. Why do you think Lindo brags about Waverly's talent so much?
Also, in the first story, The Joy Luck Club, the people at the square, mah jong table were also said to have been bragging about their children and their success. These women never once said anything about their children's faults or bad decisions, but only focused on their good points and accompliments as if they were trying to "beat" the other child's accomplishments. Why do you think they bragged? Is it the same reason why Lindo brags about Waverly? What do you think?
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Well, I think that all asian mothers want to show off the good things about their children. It's all about who is better. I know a couple of people that just sits there and brag about their children all day. It shows superiority, which makes them feel good because they don't get any of that from their husbands or anyone else, other than their own kind, women. That is probably why Lindo brags about Waverly because at first, she did not even want her to play chess until she became a chess prodigy. It is all about how much better they are. Other than that, if their children are successful, they are the reasons to make them that way because they raised their children. Parents do not usually want to talk about the bad decisions their children have made because for one thing, it shows how dumb their child is and how they are not good enough to a society of "perfect" people. Reputation is such a big deal to most Asian families that if they were to expose the bad things in their family, it would be contaminated with bad luck I guess. Truthfully, I don't think these women should be comparing their daughters like that, they should be talking about themselves because it's just as showing off when they talk about their children.
I agree with everything you've said but I also think that perhaps the women in the Joy Luck Club boist about their children to focus on the good qualities and good things at hand. Coming to America, not knowing people other than their husbands, not knowing their surrounding and being treat unfairly must have been very hard on them. Being in a new place is scary and their lives weren't all that great when they immigrated here. I think they brag to also make themselves feel better in America. It's probably done to focus on some of the good things instead of always living in hard times.
I think every mother are like that, maybe some more than others. I can relate to this because often times my mother would say how her friends’ sons or daughters are doing so great in school, or how they’re so obedience to their parents and all. I would often get annoyed at her, because the way she said it made me feel like she doesn’t think I’m good enough. All mothers brag about their children. I think one of the reason is because that’s how they express their love or happiness that they have in them. When you’re happy about something, obviously you want to talk about that all the time, but sometimes it just feels like it’s too much.
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