Recently, I have read the book named "The Joy Luck Club", and also watched the movie. It is so moving and  I am eager to share my feeling with you.

“The Joy Luck Club” is a masterpiece by a famous Chinese American writer, Amy tan. In the novel, author describes vividly sixteen interwoven stories of four Chinese-immigrant women and their American-born daughters. Because of the cultural difference, many conflicts have appeared which prevent the normal communications and understanding between mothers and daughters. However, thanks to the sincere and deep mother’s love, the mothers and daughters finally understand each other.

As far as I’m concerned, the maternal love is the main plot in “the Joy Luck Club”; it facilitates a better understanding between mothers and daughters and symbolizes Chinese culture at the same time. Besides, it acts as a bridge of a hybrid of Chinese and American cultures.

Although the four Chinese mothers have lives in America, their minds are still traditional and their thoughts are deeply rooted in Chinese culture. Consequently, they place high hopes on their daughters and want to change them into obedient children. For example, Suyuan hopes that Jingmei will be a famous pianist. She can’t afford a piano, but she finds a retired teacher for her daughter at the cost of working as a housecleaner. Another member in the joy luck club Lindo, she wants her daughter Waverly to win as many champions as possible in chess games. She is always accompanying with Waverly which Waverly practices her chess skills, although she knows little about chess playing.

In Chinese traditional culture, parents hope children can lead a happy life. Mothers never hesitate to help daughters when they have marriage problems. In Joy Luck Club, concerning with the daughter’s marriage problems, Chinese mothers all do in the Chinese way. Yingying is confused by Lena’s going-Dutch living style with her American husband. Yingying encourages Lena to take action to get rid of this imbalanced life position between her and her husband. Yingying tells Lena that she deserves a better man to love her. Lena finds out that her mother loves her better because her mother still remembers she never eats ice-cream.

By experiencing failure, daughters gradually understand their mothers. Although some obsolete opinions occurring in mothers’ minds which are irrelevant with the American living styles, daughters can sense mothers’ sincere love through the assistances they have received from mothers. Mothers have been and will always be the strong backing behind daughters. The mutual understanding not only arouses the revival of love to mothers in daughters’ hearts, but helps the daughters recognizes and accepts Chinese culture.

To sum up, despite the conflicts and misunderstandings, the incontrovertible maternal love eventually bridges the chasms and obstacles. It is harmonious for the American daughters accept the Chinese love and culture.