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Since you assigned us the Joy Luck Club to read, I downloaded an e-book and skimmed through it from time to time. Given my limited knowledge and full schedule, it’s ashamed that I couldn’t catch a glimpse of the deep culture values being presented in the book. However, I loved this book so much that I wanted to express some of my feelings and I have promised to myself I would read it word for word in the near future. The stories told about the mother-daughter relationships, including fighting, understanding and their love eventually. Each of the four Chinese women has her own view of the world based on her experiences in China and wants to share that vision with her daughter. The daughters try to understand and appreciate their mothers pasts, adapt to the American way of life, and win their mothers acceptance. Mothers want Americanized children but expect them to think like Chinese. I found it particularly difficult as an adolescent. As they grow up, they and their mothers struggle to understand one another. They never completely resolve their differences; their American upbringing has caused a barrier between them. Jing-Mei has never fully understood her mother and seems directionless in life. During Junes childhood, her mother used to tell her that she could be anything she wants; however, she particularly wanted her daughter to be gifted, a child star who amazes the world. Waverly is an independent-minded and intelligent woman, but is annoyed by her mothers constant criticism. Well into her adult life, she finds herself restrained by her subconscious fear of letting her mother down. These remind me my relationship with my mother. I once had the countermove with whatever my mother forced me to do. Gibran once said, “Your children are not your children, they come through you but not from you .And though they are with you they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You