Abstract As we all know, there are great differences between Chinese and American cultures, so cultural conflicts are unavoidable. The Joy Luck Club is a movie based on the novel written by Amy Tan, a famous Chinese American writer. In the movie, the conflicts between mothers and daughters happened very frequently. The Chinese mothers in The Joy Luck Club were born and grew up in China，therefore Chinese culture is deeply rooted in their mind. Despite they decided to move to America in their early life, they continue to stick to the culture of their homeland. In contrast, their daughters were born and brought up in America. They are profoundly affected by American culture. They are habituated to the thoughts, moral values, traditional customs and living style of America. The difference between two cultures behind the mothers and the daughters are the causes of the conflicts.62470

Keywords: The Joy Luck Club; mother-daughter relationship; cultural differences; conflicts

摘要众所周知，中美文化存在着巨大的差异性，文化冲突不可避免。喜福会这部电影是依据美国华侨女作家谭恩美的同名小说改编的。电影中的四位中国移民母亲在中国出生和长大，中国文化深深地植根于她们心中。她们的初期生活与来美国后的生活有着天壤之别，她们深受祖国传统文化的影响。相比较，女儿们在美国出生和长大，她们深受美国文化的影响，她们的思维方式，价值观和生活方式都是美国式的，中美两种文化的差异正是造成母女冲突的主要根源。

毕业论文关键词：《喜福会》；母女关系；文化差异；冲突

Contents

1. Introduction1

2. Literature Review1

3. Conflicts between Mothers and Daughters in The Joy Luck Club.2

3.1 Different Opinions about Friends.2

3.2 Different Food Cultures.3

3.3 Different Ways to Educate People4

3.4 Different Views about Marriage5

4. The Causes of the Conflicts...5

4.1 The Language Barrier..6

4.2 The Educational Philosophy. 6

4.3 The Understanding of Maternal Love..7

5. The Integration of American and Chinese Cultures.7

5.1The Family Affection.7

5.2 The Multicultural Awareness．8

5.3 China’s Strong Promotion of Sino-US Cultural Integration..9

6. Conclusion..10

Works Cited.11

1. Introduction 

Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club is a masterpiece of Chinese American literature. Since this book was published, the mother-daughter relationship has been the focus of the study. There are many conflicts between them because they represent different cultures. 

The story is about four different pairs of mother and daughter who respectively describe their life from their own angle. The mothers are all those people who escaped from China to America in the war period; the daughters are born and grew up in America. Although the daughters’ appearances are alike with their mother very much, they seem to struggle with their mother from the beginning of the story. Talking with mothers in fragile Chinese, they have no idea what their mothers want to express. When the mothers began to use the same stammer English to explain and communicate with them, they only receive their laughter and argument in public. The mothers occasionally blurted out words, which will be regarded as unwarranted and malicious speculation. The mothers all wish that their daughters can speak decent English and integrate into American society, but they don’t want them to lose the Chinese nature. The mothers can see the future of marriage is not happy and the life will not be perfect from a little freckle in the future son-in-law’s face  All these small events are unreasonable for the daughters. Finally the daughters understand the way that the mother tried to protect them. Unfortunately, when they had a better understanding of their mother from the other mother's mouth and their father’s mouth, the mothers has been old, or even died for a long time. Some haunting questions are always mysterious.源:自*吹冰`%论,文'网·www.chuibin.com/