Mothers can speak Chinese, but only a little English
Daughters don't know how to speak Chinese, but
can speak fluent English
Lack of Communication
When Lindo gives Waverly silent treatment
Cultural Differences
Mothers were born and raised in China,
the Chinese way
Daughters were born in America raised in a
modern environment
Waverly has a white fiance, which her mother at
first does not agree on
"To act like you? So important. Go to
fancy barber with torn-up jeans".
This tells us that Lindo does not really like the modern environment
her daughter is living in right now
The mothers try their best to raise there children in a more
modern way
This pushes the daughters further away from there mothers
Which can also mean they don't understand each other that well
Mothers only wanting best for daughters
Mothers are trying to help guide their daughters, so they
won't make the same mistakes they did in China
The daughters feel like they are being bossy and interfering in there life
June thinks her mother's thoughts are that she could
become anything that her mother wanted her to be
In reality her mother never expect her to do this, she was just wanting
the best for her daguher
You want me to be someone I'm not! I'll never be the
kind of daughter that you want me to be!
June thinks that her mother wants her to be something shes not
But her mother never wanted that, she was just wanting her daughter
to have the best opportunities in life
Lindo is very pick and is always picking out things that could have
been better when is comes to Wavelry
Waverly hates, when her mother is always picking out her mistakes
instead of seeing how much she has accomplished, but her mother is just
wanting the best for her daughter
I'm never going to play chess again! You can't make me. You can torture me all
you want, I still won't.....did you hear what I said??!!! - Waverly
Waverly didn't like how her mother showed her off, because she felt like she
was just a trophy to her mother so she wanted to quit.
This conflict arouse because of a misunderstanding between Waverly and her mother
because her mother was very proud of her and wanted to show everyone how much
she appreciated, but her daughter felt a different way