The cultural conflict is depicted by Waverly being named after her family’s address “Waverly place “ and thus their claims to the United States. In this story: Waverly has to hold her tongue(i.e.remain silent to win self control)to get candies as the reward and these forbidden candies are representation of the condition by social and physical elements.Waverly’s mother has taught her about the”….art of invisible strength it was a strategy for winning arguments,respect from others”(1423)and also about the wind which represented the ancestral wisdom,inner strength and represented courage it also represented one’s conscience which is important for chinese people.The cultural identity is depicted by Waverly’s mother’s dignity of being a chinese ,by her mentality that chinese culture is better than american.”Chinese people do business,do medicine,do paintiry.We do torture.Best torture”(1425).Waverly’s mother educated her children to exercise silence and power over their true emotions.She taught them to appreciate unwanted gifts as the second hand chess set.Īccording the differences in gender according to chinese culture.Waverly recieves a petite nicknames as such”meimei”which is chinese for little sister whereas hewr brother’s have deep and vibrant sobriquet as such winston and vincent.Waverly’s mother took pride in her daughter of being the national chess champion and asserting that chinese people do everything better. I have decided to analyse the short story rules of games by Amy Tan.This critical essay is informative and its sole purpose sole is to emphasize author’s literary work.Development of central ideas cultural conflict and identity moreover the continuous psychological bettle between daughter and mother are the main stages of this essay.
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