Explore the ways in which Amy Tan portrays mother-daughter relationships. You may focus on one family to illustrate central themes in the novel. In the ‘Joy Luck Club’, Amy Tan explores the central themes in the novel. The central themes in this novel are the lack of communication between the mothers and daughters, cultural differences (between China and America), mothers’ critical (attitudes and expectations for daughters) and finally the change in relationships, (increased understandings). Throughout …showed first 75 words of 1282 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1282 total…says, ‘Really, I am not asking’, though she really means the opposite. Waverly knows it would be a disaster, but agrees so Lindo and Rich can get to know each other better. Also she wants to regain all those lost years with her mother. Here their relationships progresses and they begin to understand each other. In conclusion you can say that al these themes are related and this is what all the stories evolve around