Mother-Daughter Relationships From The Joy Luck Club

The relationships between mother and daughter brought up in the film, "The Joy Luck Club" are very conflictive. They reflect a great deal of the way in which mothers act towards their daughters and viceversa. The film shows a very realistic view of the mother and daughter relationships in our modern world; which are very traditional in many ways. All mothers would like their daughters to get the best out of life. Suyuan, Lindo, Ying …

…a certain extent, that our mothers get involved in our lives to guide us. They need to be there for us to give us advice, love and support. Mothers have to forget about many of the traditional ways of educating their daughters; they have to understand that they cannot control our lives. They need to be less overprotective with us and let us grow up knowing how to manage life the way they taught us.