Waverly & Lindo

Waverly

How it Effects

Relationship

Waverly Jong

"Rules of the Game"

Four Directions

Rules of the Game

"Four Directions"

• Lindo taught her the art of invisible strength
• First Chinese Baptist Church hosts Christmas party
• Captivated by the chess game
• Meets Lau Po
• Gradually started to beat opponents at the playground
• At first tournament, mother gave Waverly, chang for good luck.
• Dismissed from chores, while all attention focused on chess
• Won all games, in all divisions in numerous of tournaments
• Neighborhood praised Waverly by showcasing her winnings
• By age 9, Waverly was a chess champion.
• Mentioned in Life magazine
• Mother uses Waverly for self-pride during Saturday market days

• Waverly feared telling her mom she was going to marry Rich
• Mom criticized Waverly's lifestyle
• Waverly keeps on thinking about her past with Chess competitions
• Lindo noticed every possible flaw of Rich

• "I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength. It was a strategy for winning...chess games"
• after Waverly's first game she won, her mom told her it was better to "loose less"
• Lindo always told people Waverly's success was just luck

• Waverly tries to tell mother about marrying boyfriend, Rich
• 1st attempt: invites mother over to their house to show that he has moved in
• Her mother ignores signs and criticizes how Waverly lives and the coat Rich bought her
• 2nd attempt: Waverly plans to tell her mother at mother's house over dinner
• Rich thinks it went well but Waverly knows it went horribly and begins to see the flaws in Rich through her mothers criticisms
• She goes to her mother to tell her she is marrying Rich
• Mother responds by telling her she already knows

Lindo Jong

Double Face

The Red Candle

• Waverly took Lindo to her hair stylist, Mr. Rory, to get styled for Waverly and Rich’s upcoming wedding.
• Lindo started working in a fortune cookie factory when she first came to America. There she meets An-mei Hsu who introduced her to husband Tin Jong.
• Lindo wasn’t attracted to Tin Jong because he was Cantonese, but they communicated through fortunes in fortune cookies and broken English. Eventually they fell in love, were married, and had Wilson, Vincent, and Waverly.
• Lindo wanted her children to have all the advantages of America, while keeping their Chinese traditions and character.
• Both Lindo and Waverly have crooked noses; a symbol of being devious and two faced: being American and Chinese.

• Lindo is put into an arranged marriage when she is 2 years old
• A flood hits her home and since she is of age, she is forced to move in with her future in laws
• Her mother-in-law treats her like a slave and she is expected to tend to her future husbands every need
• On her wedding day, she promises to never forget who she really is
• Her mother-in-law is asking for grandchildren but Lindo's husband refuses to sleep with her
• She becomes a submissive wife on the outside while devising a plan to leave her doomed marriage
• She executes her plan by using clues she has gathered in the home and through her time in the house
• She says she has received a premonition from her husband's dead grandfather showing signs of their doomed marriage
• She is allowed to leave the marriage and is given enough money to move to America

Information on

Waverly

What Works

• they both devise ways to get what they want
• Waverly knows how to respect her mother

What Doesn't

• Named after street; Waverly Place
• Also goes by MeiMei, Chinese for "Little Sister"
• Youngest, only daughter
• Very independent and strong willed except towards her mother
• Longs for her mothers approval
• Married twice, first husband cheated on her
• Has a daughter named Shoshana

• They have a different understanding of each other
• Different ways of expressing care/love

Bibliography

Social Issue: Interracial Marriage

Statistics:

Joy Luck Club:

Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. New York: Putnam's, 1989. Print.

Rathus, Spencer A. "Holt, Rinehart and Winston." Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 30 June 2005. Web. 16 May 2014.

Robinson, B. A. "Part 1:Conflict over Inter-racial Marriage in the U.S.: Miscegenation Laws. Supreme Court Ruling of 1967." The Battle over Inter-racial Marriage in the U.S. Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, 8 May 2014. Web. 20 May 2014.

• 8.4% of marriages are interracial
• 1 in 12 married couples are interracial couples
• Asian/white interracial newlyweds have higher combined income (estimated 70,000 yearly) than any other pairing
• 41% chance of separation/divorce

• Lindo's rich Chinese heritage vs. Waverly's Chinese and Western mixed influence led to different beliefs of an ideal marriage
• Waverly greatly considers her mom's opinions of Rich
• Culture problems / generation gap
• Disapproval from friends / family