Rules of the Game Essay People should know to think before they speak before something bad happens. There are still a number of people who don't think about what to say. Well, It turns out those people are the kind of people that cause others to get hurt emotionally. In the beginning of the story Waverly used to really think about what she would say to her mother who can get easily aggravated, but later on Waverly slowly stops thinking about it and just says what she wants. This causes more conflict and makes Waverly probably regret not thinking about what she says to manipulate her mother. Therefore, people must think before they speak or someone they love will get hurt emotionally. In the beginning of the story of “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan's, Waverly thinks carefully before speaking to her mom about her feelings. For example she says in the text, “this American rules, every time people come out from foreign country, must know rules. You not know, judge say, too bad, go back. They not telling you why so you can use their way, go forward. Don't know why, you find out yourself. But they knowing all the time. Better you take it, find out why yourself.” This proves that the mother earlier in the text says how the American rules can do whatever they won't and Americans never tell your ules. Later on, Waverly remembers her mother's …show more content…
Waverly may express herself which one may think it causes someone close to get hurt emotionally. One could not deny that there is evidence from the text. While this may be true, there is definitely more evidence showing its cause she isn't thinking straight. For example if Waverly thought out a way to express herself then her mom would have understood… Instead of saying something under her breath she could have thought it straight. As a result people have to know how to think before they say something stupid that can hurt someone they
Amy Tan and Sandra Cisneros are both excellent writers. Their stories are really interesting and entertaining, especially for college students and for individuals who are just looking for something to read. After reading several papers to do this paper on, I chose two that really spoke to me and were definitely worth the read. These two stories are Amy Tan’s “Rules of The Game”’ and Sandra Cisneros, “Only Daughter”. I choose to analyze these two stories in their socio-economic setting in terms of the notions of success, and compare and contrast how the main characters deal with these conflicts in their lives. Through comparing and contrasting Tan’s “Rules of The Game” and Cisneros’ “Only Daughter”, it is evident that their
These include the abolishment of her chores, the transference of her brothers into the noisier bedroom, and the privilege of not finishing her meals. Through her parents' allowances, Waverly enhances her skills as a chess player and enables them to vicariously win through her. "The Rules of the Game" ends with a final conflict between Waverly and her mother. The quarrel begins when Waverly and her mother are shopping in the marketplace and her mother incessantly brags about Waverly's prowess as a chess player to strangers. Waverly mutters "I wish you wouldn't [tell] everybody that I'm your daughter" instead devising a clever method of conceding to her mother (507).
The Mother is very critical of the strategy that Waverly uses to defeat her opponents. When Waverly
Sometimes people don’t listen. The text provided from The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, I found that one of the central ideas is that the older brother, Tony is rying to change Wes not to be like him, but he is not doing a great job tellim him. IN the third paragraph it states, “Before Wes could even finish his sentence, Tony cocked back his arm, and punched him dead in the face”. Instead having a talk with him and explaining why what he is doing could get him in big trouble, he punches him and solves the probelm physically and not verbally. As the mom thinks Wes is telling the truth. As paragraph four Mary said, “Well thats what he told me and I believed him”. Between the three characters, I can already see the author usd charactrization
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Waverly's family is below the poverty level. They live in a flat above a pastry shop in Chinatown, and the Christmas presents she received are from people just giving old possessions away. The chess set that her two brothers receives is even missing two pieces. Waverly's mother first shows her overbearing pride when she tells the brothers to throw the chessboard away because it is just a pity gift that some Americans just want to throw away. "She not want it. We not want it,' she said, tossing her head stiffly to the side with a tight proud smile" (161). The mother is just ignorant sometimes. She is ignorant because she has to show others she has dignity and pride. Waverly's mother needs to do this because deep down she actually has none at all. Many times when people do not have something, they pretend that they really do possess a lot of something. Waverly's mother is so ashamed about her lack of pride and dignity, she uses her position of power to portray to her children that she did. She uses her children to make her feel better about herself. Waverly's mother is ashamed of how she lived a life of poverty and, the absence of purpose and success in her life. The worst parts about this are her lack of remorse and the despicable abuse of power within her own household. Waverly's mother unveils this aspect of her character throughout Waverly' journey to become a chess master.
The Rules is quite possibly one of the greatest marketing ploys to have ever been created and has developed into in its own words "a creature unlike any other." By successfully exploiting the classic notion of "happily ever after," Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider have created a mega brand that has sold millions of dollars of nonsensical teachings to unsuspecting women for more than a decade. I call these teachings nonsensical not because they aren't effective, but because of, among other things, Fein and Schneider's lack of authority, a number of glaring contradictions, inappropriate use of cause and effect, and an overall lack of evidence to support their arguments.
Throughout this book inner thinking played a major role. Inner thinking explains the theme because if someone has a secret they have to first convince themselves that they're innocent before they convince someone else. Sometimes if someone tries to convince them self too much it could drive them crazy, the guilt would take over, we would not be able to think right, and we might even start blacking out and forgetting that we’ve done things before. “‘ I alone know…’’THE MURDERER’S NAME IS BEATRICE TAYLOR…’” (175). Miss Brent was alone in her room as she wrote that.