How Does Lindo Jong Mature In The Joy Luck Club

Childhood is the foundation of who we become when we have grown. In Amy Tan’s novel “The Joy Luck Club”, we can see the transition from being immature to journey to adulthood in the lives of four mothers and their daughters. These women all make sacrifices in order to survive and One of them is betrothed to a wealthier, more important family for the honor of her own family. Because of her loyalty to her own family, she endures much emotional and psychological suffering and in turn becomes a stronger woman. Not stronger in body, but stronger in character. This woman is Lindo Jong; a woman who is gifted with cleverness, being controlling and loving.
In the beginning of the book, Lindo described to us how she first came to recognize her inner invisible strength in her narrative “The Red Candle”. When Lindo stares into the mirror on her wedding day, she feels something different about

“I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these two things do not mix? I taught [my daughter] how American circumstances work…She learned these things, but I couldn’t teach her about Chinese character . . .” (Tan 254) In this passage from “Double Face,” She fears that the Chinese identity has come to constitute only a small part of Waverly’s exterior, while the American identity dominates her interior self. Lindo tries to control Waverly and make her become the prodigy that she is destined to become. She wants her daughter to have all the best in the world even if the cost is being misunderstood by Waverly. When Waverly quits playing chess, Lindo ignores her and pours cold water on her daughter’s idea when Waverly tries to pick chess up. Lindo likes to keep everything under her control, so she can build her daughter a perfect personality and a perfect