Cultural Differences Reflected by Parenting in the Joy Luck Club

Abstract

In the Joy Luck Club, the differences of backgrounds, such as culture and customs, occupying a large part, where communication under different cultural backgrounds between the generations generates a lot of collision. This essay tries comparing the old and new parenting methods and their impacts on the two generation in order to find out the cultural beliefs and views hidden behind the methods. These cultural differences reflected lies in not only generation gaps but also two totally different cultures of China and American.