The Conflicts between Parents and Children in The Joy Luck Club 英语专业毕业论文.doc

Abstract Through reading Amy Tan’s best selling novel The Joy Luck Club, the author finds that the four mothers and four daughters always misunderstand each other because of the differences in Sino-American culture, which reminds the author to think the family generation conflicts both in China and America. The moral value of authority in Chinese traditional culture has always influenced people’s mind and life while the slogan of democracy and equality has been put forward for a long time. In today’s real life, unequal position between parents and children still exists. However, young generation is being affected by equal rights in western countries, the conflicts between the traditional value of authority and the value of equal rights make young generation fall into the awkward position. This thesis not only analyses the conflicts between mother and daughter in The joy luck club but also the conflicts between parents and children in real life with its aim to find the reasons for these conflicts. Finally, the author hopes that in the near future people can really find some effective methods to solve these conflicts. Key words: conflict; misunderstanding; communication; cultural difference Content Introduction 3 II. The Conflicts between Parents and Children in The Joy Luck Club 4 2.1. Brief Introduction of The Joy Luck Club. 4 2.2 Conflicts of Mothers and Daughters in The Joy Luck Club. 5 III. The Conflict in The Joy Luck Club Caused by the Idea of Authority and Equal Rights 8 3.1 Authority in china 9 3.1.1 Origin of Authority Moral Values in China. 9 3.1.2 Autocratical Treat in The Joy Luck Club. 9 3.2 Equal rights in America 10 3.2.1 The origin of the equal thought. 10 3.2.2 The Sense of Equal Rights in the Western Culture reflected in The Joy Luck Club. 11 IV. Conflicts in Real life in China between Parents and Children 12 4.1 The Awkward Position of Young Generation because of Cultural Integration. 12 4.2 New Problems on Children Born in 1990s and Their Parents