The Joy Luck Club Essay

 
Ulises Moreno
3rd period
JLC essay

 The novel often focuses attention on how the mothers instruct their daughters and influence their decisions. Things would be very different if instead the daughters influenced there mothers decisions. Throught the novel the mothers teach their daughters to obey and to achieve perfectionism . For example when Lindo expected Waverely to excel in chess or when Suyuan wanted Jing Mei to become an expert pianist or when the mothers expected theirs daughters to marry the right man . If the daughters influened their mothers decisions then there mothers would learn that everone is different and that it's okay to make mistakes . The daughters make several bad decisions throught the novel like when Rose didn't take care of Bing which led to his death, or when Lena's marriage wasn't  going to well. Also all of the daughter's marriage ended up being a disaster. The mothers would learn from their daughters that it's okay to make mistakes and that no one is perfect.