在June去中国与她失散的双胞胎姐姐相聚之前，她的父亲交给她一个信封。是她已过世的母亲Suyuan留给她的，里面是一根羽毛。这羽毛代表了Suyuan对她的希望，爱与永不放弃。她带着这羽毛回到中国，与姐姐们一共分享它的意义。

　　认真读完一本著作后，你有什么体会呢？此时需要认真思考读后感如何写了哦。你想知道读后感怎么写吗？下面是我整理的喜福会读后感范文（精选4篇），欢迎大家借鉴与参考，希望对大家有所帮助。

　　喜福会读后感1

　　大一上学期，我读了一本名叫喜福会的英文书。这本书讲述了四对母女的命运和生活。四名深受打击的中国女性在与美国人的第二次婚姻后，在国内经历了艰辛，前往美国生下了自己的女儿。碰巧，这四个女人也成为了多年的朋友，他们的友谊非常深厚。文章开始真正切入主体，当母亲谈起早年的悲惨命运、不公平的婚姻和封建对女儿的压迫时，生动地展现了整个现代中国社会。

　　整部小说从静美母亲的死亡开始，到静美访问中国，看望她的母亲在多年前日本进攻中国时被迫抛弃的双胞胎姐妹。更重要的是，四个母亲和四个女儿的故事在主题上有相对的联系，她们之间的爱和母亲对女儿的希望。

　　也许这本书给我印象最深的是母亲们的故事。比如Linda对自己有强烈的欲望，用自己的智慧去获得自由;例如，梅目睹了母亲的命运，有强烈的愿望控制自己的命运。这种不向命运屈服的性格，或者更直接地说，不向男人屈服的性格，最终从她的女儿露丝那里继承了下来。祖孙三代也代表了从屈服、觉醒到反抗的三个阶段。母亲们的故事比女儿们的更离奇、更特别、更发人深省。

　　就我个人而言，通过整部小说，母亲和女儿之间的冲突，实质上是东西方文化之间的冲突。母亲代表着古典、传统的中国文化，而女儿则象征着公正、自由、开放和现代的美国一体，这是两种相互矛盾的元素。然而，通过整部小说，更容易发现，他们终于可以相互理解，和谐相处。

　　喜福会读后感2

　　看的是中文版的，因为微信读书上正好在推荐。一开始打开的时候其实并没联想到喜福会就是我从很小的时候就久仰大名的The Joy Luck Club。这本书翻译的很不错，很能感觉出作者文笔的美，流畅到我一开始以为作者只是美国籍但是用中文写书。看到大约五分之一的时候查了一下才意识到原来就是那本我从初中的时候就一直听说但是从未看过的"名著"。

　　我个人五年级的时候就跟父母去了澳洲，之后自己去英国读大学，今年刚刚毕业，经历跟书中主角有相似之处。也说不清为什么（其实原因可能跟书里的主角们有类似之处），青春期的时候虽然一直是个爱看书的文艺青年，却一直相对抗拒这种中国背景的亲情相关的书。

　　那时候看过美国总统讲述自己跟父母的关系和身份认同的自传，澳洲土著人融入所谓现代社会的故事等等，却对这些离自己更近的东西更敬而远之。隐隐约约总是会觉得这些比较“主流”或者在西方比较容易红的书跟自己的个人经历总会不同，看完觉得某种程度上也确实如此。毕竟我父母属于那种身世清白比较单纯的出来赚钱的，既不是世家，也很难说是收到过什么迫害或者太明显的不公平。外公外婆和爷爷奶奶也都可以算那个时代相对开明的人，起码比较支持他们读书和自由恋爱/选择结婚对象。

　　另外一直觉得我和父母的关系已经比身边很多背景相似的朋友看上去好多了，毕竟我父母有时候还是愿意讲理的，也不曾每天逼我练钢琴或者天天研究我的考试分数到底比我邻居家的小孩多了或者少了几分。这段时间因为种种跟本书无关所以不需要表的原因跟父母的关系前所未有的紧张, 渐渐发现自己既然是个人类就难以免俗，才开始慢慢接触这个类型的书籍和电影。

　　最大的发现就是虽然时代有变化，我家人的人生也没有故事里主角（主要是老一辈的那些）那么跌宕起伏，个人也并不是身在美国而是在土澳，很多相似的传统还是可以从细节里看到的。

　　首先母女关系真的是件比较神奇的事情的事情，做母亲的有时候好像似乎非常了解你让你觉得都有点儿邪门儿了，有时候又似乎完全不了解你。书中的母亲可以从一个家具的风格或者一件皮衣判断女儿会不会离婚，可以从一个钢琴比赛判断女儿或者一次赌气不参加比赛判断女儿会不会成为人中龙凤。

　　书中做女儿的往往相对不了解自己的母亲，细究起来似乎阻力太多了，语言本身，文化的不同，青春叛逆期，工作和择偶。可能大家总是觉得你是你我是我我们不一样，直到有一天自己撞到南墙了才发现不管是中国墙美国墙还是澳洲土墙原来都这么疼并且撞的姿势跟父母惊人类似。这时候只能要不然相信玄学，要不然就得学点基因学人类学或者心理学压压惊了（我选了相对容易入门的心理学）。

　　另外对吴菁妹这个平凡却具有她母亲眼里的“最高品质”和那个名字我忘记了的国际象棋女之间的对比比较有印象。母亲拿女儿去跟别人家的孩子比较这件事情，有时候会让我们分不清楚她到底是爱子女的人希望他们变更优秀，虚荣地爱女子地“成功”，亦或者是希望借着子女证明自己本身优秀。所谓天才又是什么呢，也许我们每个人都对某种东西比较有天赋或者有些人就是所谓的全才。书里说想法分两种，一种是与生俱来一种是他人种下的。环境（父母提供的家庭环境和大环境本身）更影响一个人到底能跟自己的所谓天赋有什么样的对话。我这些年自己地观察是很多时候中国父母更愿意相信一步错步步错，人生好像是个有很多岔口旋转楼梯，一步踏错就掉下来，分叉口一步选错从此就没有回来的可能性。个人更愿意相信有时候退一步世界反而更大，走岔路会碰到意想不到的风景，很多路都难分对错，有好的社会和家真错了也有回来的可能性。

　　说说我眼中这本书的缺点。首先有点美中不足的是书中的男性角色大都面目模糊，个人觉得没有什么让人特别印象深刻的。另外个人不太喜欢这种结构，可能更有文学价值但是记名字恐惧症表示经常忘了到底是谁跟谁, 懒病上身有时候会不记得谁跟谁是母女也懒得翻看。看完的第一感觉就是除了吴菁妹和母亲的故事其他人我要不然对母亲的故事比较有印象要不然对女儿的故事比较有印象，反而有点难以领悟把这两个人写成一对母女到底意义何在。

　　一开始吴母死后的那场喜福会的人物描写个人认为很好，通过吴母的话和会中几位阿姨的表现，短短几句话就勾勒出几个性格鲜明的人，但是后期的个人故事里有时候可能因为篇幅的关系我很难看出来某些人的.经历跟他们之后的人格到底有什么关系（比如中秋夜月亮娘娘的那个故事，有种画风突然变玄幻了的感觉）。最后其实书里面牵扯到的主题比较多且杂（亲情，战争，传统婚姻文化，玄学）所以感觉有些问题上太不深入，个人觉得少几个主题或者书再长一点效果会更好。

　　最后，可能并不是所有的东西都可以有个唯一正确的解释，有时候还是拥抱一下玄学吧。

　　喜福会读后感3

　　母女间的关系是怎样的？ 从一条脐带被剪短的时刻开始，她们就已经是两个独立的个体了。相同的是血脉亲情，不同的是感情给予。母亲永远多的是理由将之束缚，教导灌输女儿如何成长，然而母亲的经验也是来自于上一辈，亦或是自己跌撞总结出来的经验。

　　中国式家庭中的人很容易受到原生家庭的影响，企图摆脱某种负累。潜意识里逃离，现世里又尊崇着这种安全的规矩，矛盾的心理时时影响着双方彼此。 《喜福会》名取自四个家庭中四位母亲常常聚会的名称，东南西北位，打麻将输了的人承担举办下次的聚会。或恍惚间顿悟逃离，或改嫁美国人，在某一流离的阶段，她们有着相同的经历，移民美国，后生飘荡在外。 她们用自己的方式对待生活，或称之为抵抗生活，一味的也用这种方式来教导女儿。

　　曲折的人生经历，一辈子分离、懊悔诸多情绪都是不能诉出于口，有种我自清醒的孤独感。 母亲笨拙的用英文来解释一些事情，谁都听不明白，只是一番嘲笑，久而久之，沉默才是最好的相处方式。这是中国人骨子里的特性，有拗又倔。母亲冷眼瞧着女儿起高楼，宴宾客。女儿反抗被管制着的生活，母女间相处的气氛冷漠、尴尬。

　　谭恩美在《喜福会》一书中明明白白洞悉那移民一代对上一辈、母亲辈、女儿辈这三代间的影响。若是中间隔着千万里，不能相互理解，留存的都是抗争与冷漠。明显隔绝了沟壑，依旧有联系的纽带，寄情于幽幽相思。

　　喜福会读后感4

　　碎片化阅读时代，读文章那样的“快餐”读惯了，觉得读一本小说的时间不过是集中或分散的问题。比如，我读一本中文小说的正常速度大约是3-5万字/时，这本不到18万字的《喜福会》应该最多6小时可以刷完，如果切成碎片阅读时间，每天大约看1个小时，一周时间足以看完，这是理性量化计算。

　　但事实上，这本书却让我拖拖拉拉读了半年。我有点低估这本书的抗分散阅读性，这是一部越读越惊喜的小说。于是，花了六个月时间，才算给这本书的阅读划上句号，也许是，也许不是。

　　四对母女，16个故事，7个视角，相互关联，却又各自独立。于是，阅读每个独立又关联的故事，人物内心、背景故事、对白以及现时空推进，都让人感到庞杂而且错乱。

　　第一遍，16个故事读下来，觉得乱，因为实在没有常规的人物或者情节线索，只能硬生生把自己代入每一个人物的视角，来了解其内心和过往。

　　喜福会里的四位母亲年纪相近，经常让人会分不清哪个曾经当过童养媳，哪个年轻时流过产，哪个经历战争创伤家破人亡，哪个曾随母改嫁。

　　第二遍，感觉好像前一遍白读了，仍分不清谁是谁，谁说什么，觉得这种交织的人物关系太琐碎，抓不到关键人物或者叙事重点，让人很有挫败且混沌的感觉，索性半途又搁置数月。

　　第三遍，受近期俞飞鸿访谈的启发，想起来多年前她拍过这部戏，小说改编的同名电影，编剧亦是作者。于是找来电影看一遍，用声画形象建立人物关系。

　　电影受时长限制，只能大刀阔斧砍掉不少细节，保留剧情架构与人物关系，但能做到80%的呈现。重要的是导演梳理出一条吴菁妹（ June）因母去世要去中国寻姐姐的线索，一步步揭开喜福会的由来，每个母亲的身世与女儿的裂痕，以及两代人的和解。

　　总算顺畅些了，不像原著感觉作者对每个人物都平均用力，且视角和线索看起来错综复杂。

　　第四遍再回看小说，打乱原著给出的顺序，按每个人物的故事来梳理线索，一边读，一边在白纸上画人物关系图，加性格、背景、经历关键字，终于，厘清了喜福会这四对母女的脉络。（长出一口气，其实要花一点笨功夫，读起来并不困难）

　　四位母亲来自中国不同地区，然而她们漂洋过海定居美国后的生活大致相近，她们对于下一代的要求和期许又因血脉里的中国基因，而极其相似。

　　她们发起喜福会，是为了分享幸福，忘却伤痛，那是一种女人的信仰，也是对故国的思念。但每当喜福会家庭相聚，有的并不只是其乐融融，母亲们习惯性攀比自己儿女，互相之间夸耀之余，回头又进一步要求孩子要“学习好”、“棋艺高“、“嫁的好”给自己长脸，典型的东方式家教。

　　她们在异国扎根，有家有儿女，但内心仍孤寂，语言文化上的那种，因为缺少共鸣。于是喜福会这样一个类似同乡会的组织，便成了第一代移民抱团取暖的最优栖息地。

　　而在美国出生长大的四个女儿，却受到典型的“美式文化+华人家庭”双重教育，有优势，她们比起单一文化家庭成长起来的孩子，更具双重视角，但内心也常常挣扎，该用哪种方式处理问题。

　　女儿们的内心和思维从小到大都处于东西方两种文化价值的矛盾之中，这些矛盾渐渐在她们与母亲的相处中浮现，甚至影响到她们的爱情和婚姻。

　　她们对大洋彼岸的那个中国感到陌生，一切有关华人的传统和习惯都是来自母亲的遗传或熏陶，很多中国式的表达或者思维，她们知道，接受，但并不真的理解，内心也并不一定认同母亲。

　　女儿们不得不在母亲的灌输之下，努力做成母亲想要的样子，但那并不是她们自己想要的，无论是弹琴、下棋、读书还是嫁人，第二代移民都与母亲有着极大的观念冲突。

　　作者谭恩美用多个视角和时空交错的特殊叙事结构，拉出了两代人的跨文化鸿沟和代际隔阂。每位母亲的经历都能投射出彼岸中国的影像，大到时代和文化背景，小到华人家庭观念与爱的诠释。而每个移民二代的女儿，又都不得不在东西夹生的环境下，痛苦地传承与突破，寻找平衡，挣脱自我。

　　就目前读过的所有移民文学作品来讲，《喜福会》之经典，无出其右。

电影讲的是两代人，或者确切地说，四对母女的生活。妈妈A是童养媳，14岁时嫁给一个小男孩，天天被婆婆责骂没有生孙子下来，于是她想了个办法，说祖宗认为他们的婚姻会给这家人带来灾祸，于是她总算换来自由，后来去到美国。女儿A小时候是国际象棋天才，由于妈妈经常炫耀她的成绩，心生反感，跟母亲大吵，拒绝再下棋，等到想下棋的时候，发现天赋已经不再跟随她。长大后，母女俩一直处处矛盾，女儿想取悦母亲，但屡屡失败，直到她再婚，带来一个洋女婿，洋相百出，以为母亲会反对，结果却意外发现母亲很喜欢她的丈夫。两代人的隔阂从此打破。妈妈B年轻的时候嫁给了一个浪荡子，绝望之际亲手溺死了自己的儿子。离婚后来到美国，又再婚。但常常会陷入对过去生活的痛苦回忆之中。女儿B嫁给了一个赚钱很多的男人，但是这个男人把家里的所有开支都平分，送了一只猫给她做礼物，但是猫粮由女人来掏钱买，男人把家里装饰成铁灰色，厨房里贴着账单，连冰激凌都是两人一起付账，尽管女人不吃冰激凌。妈妈来到女儿家，看到如此情形，问女儿为什么要跟这个男人结婚，到底要什么？离开这个男人，会有别人珍惜她。女儿幡然醒悟。妈妈C的妈妈新寡不久嫁给一个富豪家做姨太太，从此被家人唾弃。但C从来不痛恨妈妈，直到有一天妈妈把她接到新家，她目睹了妈妈的地位，应该说无地位可言，妈妈用自杀来教育C坚强，珍惜自己的价值。C成了新家里让人不敢轻视的人。C到美国后也生了女儿，女儿嫁入豪门，但是为了迎合夫家的地位和交际，渐渐失去自我，婚姻也面临危机。C把自己母亲的故事告诉女儿，女儿赫然认识到自己的价值，因为正是自己的与众不同吸引了出生豪门的丈夫，她找到了自我，也赢回了丈夫。妈妈D在战争时期逃难的途中由于身患赤痢，不得不遗弃了一对双胞胎女儿。到美国后又生了一个女儿，关于她们的故事很零散，只是在电影里穿针引线，妈妈D逝世后，女儿D回到中国，找到了双胞胎姐姐，电影结束。“喜福会”是四个老太太平时打麻将聚会的Party名称。这部电影里四对母女的不同故事可以说是表现了代沟，以及世事沧桑是如何填平代沟的。也可以看出不同性格的女人的不同命运，妈妈A倔强不服输，因此能冲破不幸的婚姻，也因此和女儿难以融洽相处；妈妈B单纯因而婚姻痛苦，所以能提醒女儿思考自己的婚姻是为了什么；妈妈C勇敢坚韧独立，所以她知道女儿迷失的是自己的本真；妈妈D坚忍善良，代表了典型的中国女性形象。这样看来，电影主要讲的还是老太太们的命运。这么多故事是在喜福会的一次聚会上穿插讲述的，因此尽管这么多人物的命运跌宕起伏，整个电影的调子还是温馨温暖的，女人们穿着中式的旗袍或者裙子，乌发如云，耳环、项链、手镯或金或玉，说的是英文，吃的有螃蟹，也有蛋糕。中西混杂，新旧混杂。妈妈们还是中国的妈妈们，女儿们则几乎完全美国化了，她们的观念是美国的，她们甚至听不懂中文，她们是American Girls。但是这并不妨碍母亲们用她们的观念来教育和感化她们。尽管电影的很多细节和情节设置非常好莱坞化，然而在美国的这两代中国女人的生活和命运就像风筝一样，飞得再高再美，始终有一根线牵着，这根线就是根，中国的根。所以，在好莱坞和中国传统观念、英语英语和中国面孔、中国装扮的冲突和交融下，《喜福会》还是一部蛮好看的电影。

　　当看完一本著作后，相信大家都增长了不少见闻，此时需要认真地做好记录，写写读后感了。可是读后感怎么写才合适呢？下面是我整理的《喜福会》英文读后感，欢迎大家分享。

　　《喜福会》英文读后感 篇1

　　Reading the novel is not the first time of my knowing The Joy Luck Club . When I watched the film , the meaning of the title , the theme of the novel , the reason for the arrangement of stories from four mothers and their daughters and other important things were all unknown to me . But I knew that was my type for it is about feelings between mothers and daughters , and especially chinese speaking Eglish .

　　Amy Tan , a Chinese American writer , is the author of the book in which she explors the mother-daughter relationships . Originally , the relationships between mother and daughter seem to be quite complex in a family but in Amy Tan"s work , it is perfectly typical for its portrayal of conflicts between the traditional Chinese mothers speaking shabby English and the open wholly Americanized daughters who just wear a Chinese face but speak fluent English . I never think it is richly dramatical , and instead these kinds of conflicts , in fact , truly ecists in many Chinese immigrants" family . The novel is written impressively and deeply especially , I think , in understanding of mothers" love for their daughters for reasons that the previous experience of her with her mother provided the basis for her novel . It is said that the exprience of anthor is similar to that of Jingmei woo . Maybe , the novel implies the deep and complex feelings of auther for her mother and her closest relatives in China .

　　It gives me a greatly deep impression that the book is begun with Feathers From a Thousand LI Away . It penetrates the mothers" hope and love for their daughters through a swan"s feather . Through the old woman"s words In America I will have a daughter just like me. But over there nobody will say her worth is measured by the loudness of her husband"s belch. Over there nobody will look down on her, because I will make her speak only perfect American English. And over there she will always be too full to swallow any sorrow! She will know my meaning, because I will give her this swana creature that became more than what was hoped for. and the mothers" former tragic sufferings , we will find that all the mothers are in hope of their daughters never suffering from their sufferings . And the mothers waited, year after year, for the day , they could tell their daughters it is their hope through a feather of the swan in perfect American English . At first , it is a little difficult to understand the reason for these words . However , through the whole novel , in fact , you will find the old woman represents the four mothers , the feather of swan embodies the hope of mothers for their daughters . These sentences show implicitly the feelings of author and her understandings for mothers . In fact , in the Joy Luck Club , the feather indeed is gained by Jingmei Woo . And from the beginning to the end ,the feather has been existing .

　　Only if one high-quality novel , like a perfect verse , needs you spending much time reading once more , you will understand something . I thought that the novel is loosely plotted and is in disorder . But the fact verifies that I am wrong . Through the whole story , the novel begins with the death of Jingmei"s mother and ends in Jingmei visiting China to see the twin-half sisters whom her mother had been forced to abandon when the Japanese attacked China many years ago . What"s more , in detail , the stories of four mothers and four daughters have relative connections in theme about love between them and the mothers" hope for their daughters . And the theme shows the comflicts and harmonization between different cultures .Then I think why the author titled the novel Joy Luck Club . I am puzzled by it and the purpose of writer . The name of club made mention of by Jingmei"s mother . And the author directly titling the novel the name of their meeting implies her feelings for her mother . I can guess that the title originated from a kind of hope or belief . According to mothers" former sufferings , they were not happy . Even at the present , all of them hides the previous tragic experiences . Maybe , the club is a place where they can pretend to be happy or avoid the past memory or worries or even the shock of culture .

　　Reading the novel is as we are reading our life and then think our past , present and futere . Especially , the conflict between Waverly Jang and her mother impresses me most . Waverly is a woman who is quite independent-mined and intelligent , but her mother"s constant criticism is terribly annoying . She once had a gift for international chess.however , when she realized her mother taking advantage of her achievement and talent to show off in public , especially to the strangers , she felt terribly ashamed and annoyed . She shouted to you can not make me . From then on , her mother felt cold at Waverly and were particularabout her favorite things . In fact , I think Waverly felt sacred subconsciously at letting her mother down and something that she did was aimed at flattering her mother . When waverly brought her boyfriend , Rich , to her families , her mother just smiled but she still was particular about Rich"s appearance , having many spots on his face . Description about the conflicts of manners between Chinese tradition and American notions has given me a greatly deep impression and quite interesting . These words of And then he had helped himself to big portions of the shrimp and snow peas , not realizing he should have taken only a polite spoonful, until everybody had had a morsel . vividly express the American character of being casual which counts as discourtesy in China . The part of Rich criticizing her mother"s cooking is quite funny and impressive . Our Chinese habit of making disparaging remarks seems to be extremely common . Being modest and avoiding showing off are parts of Chinese traditional manners . Her mother complaining about This dish not salty enough , no flavor , in fact , was a cue to eat some and proclaim it it the best she had ever made . But the Rich did not understand . From the following description of her mother being horrified , I judged that her mother was bly objective against Rich and even their marriage . Waverly also had such an opinion . But I am wrong and from their conversation I understand something more important . Mother is the only one that understands their daughters or sons in the world.And none of the mothers do not love their children . And the heaty conversattion can make a b bridge between the different generation or even the peonple from the different cultures . I find that if you would not like to tell your hearty words out , others are not able to know what you are and what you think . People each have different opinions about the same things . Waverly had thought that her mother disapproved of her marriage and hated her Rich . However , her mother"s meaningful words surprised Waverly and even me . Just be particular about who I really care for and love. It occured to me that whoever we hurt is always who we really love for reasons that others would not care for our complaint . Yes , who will care for those who you do not love ? The answer is known by us fron the beginning to the end . It is the love for Waverly that her mother has been showing her . Waverly , a wholly Americanized girl , never trully knew her mother and was ignorant of the love for her . Indeed , the language and the culture did make a great difference in the exchange of feelings , which is a terribly high barrier between Waverly and her mother , also between other three mothers and their daughters . But love and understandings , finally will prevail over others .

　　Personally , through the whole novel , the conflict between mothers and daughters , virtually , is that of the cultures between the East and the West . Mothers represent the classic, traditional Chinese culture but the daughters are the symbol of just , free , open and modern American one , which are two kinds of contradictory elements . However , through the whole novel , it is easier to find that finally they can understand each other and be in harmony . When Jing-Mei saw her twin-half sisters , she was surprised at this kind of familiarity . And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood. After all these years, it can finally be let go. shows that Jing-Mei understood her mother"s stubbornness and love and was struck by mother"s greatness . The resolution of the contradiction shows that the cultures of the East and the West can be in harmony with each other .

　　《喜福会》英文读后感 篇2

　　The first time I saw the title of the film, the Joy Luck Club, I thought that it would be a film filed with joy, luck and happiness. However, out of my expectation, in the film, I saw many unpleasant thingsconflicts, hardship, disappointment, sorrow, hurt, torture etc. Of course there were some moving parts, and fortunately, it was a happy ending. Anyway, I enjoyed it very much. It made me have a penetrating thinking.

　　The Joy Luck Club tells about the conflicts between Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-raised daughters and their struggling to understand each other. The film shows us these topics: the misunderstanding of love between the mothers and the daughters, the clash between the generations and cultures, and the struggle for the women to fight for equity. Now I am going to show you my understanding of them, emphasizing on the first topic.

　　In many cases, we and those we love are easy to hurt each other because of the misunderstanding of love, the conflicts in generations and culture background, or unconsciousness.

　　Take Jingmei and her mother Suyuan as an example. When Suyuan demands the little Jingmei to play piano, Jingmei shouts to her mother, You can’t make me! Even Jingmei cried that she wish she isn’t Suyuan’s daughter and Suyuan isn’t her mother, and that she wishes she were the dead like the babies Suyuan abandoned in China. The sad expression on Suyuan’s face indicates that she is hurt deeply by her daughter’s innocent words.

　　This reminds me of my similar experience. Once I hurt my mother as Jingmei did. I didn’t mean to hurt her, but those wounding words just slip out of my mouth unconsciously. Often, we hate that why our parents don’t know my feelings, why they like to make us be something and totally unaware that what their children are. While the parents don’t know why all their sacrifices to the children can’t be paid off, even incite hatred. Actually, this is the generation gap that causes the misunderstanding. We don’t know the hardship our parents underwent before. They can’t understand what we are thinking. So misunderstandings appear.

　　Maybe as a child, Jingmei cannot comprehend what her remarks mean to Suyuan, and just want to show her grudge. But another main reason is the different backgrounds of Suyuan and Jingmei bare. Chinese parents always like to put all their hopes on the next generation for they are the generation full with hardship and pain. All they do just want the children to be better, but they ignore that whether their children can accept or not, not along a child born in America, influenced by the American’s individual freedom and knowing little about Chinese culture. The generation gap and culture conflict cause the misunderstanding of the mother and the daughter.

　　The other example is Waverly and her mother Lindo. Waverly tries her best to please Lindo in everything. Whether her mother approves or not becomes the master of all her choice. Even Waverly marries a Chinese man because Lindo likes Chinese, while she doesn’t love. Waverly doesn’t understand why Lindo disapprove or criticize whatever she has done. On the other side, Lindo thinks that her daughter is ashamed of her, which is her continual internal injury after Waverly’s winning that chess contest, when Waverly shouted to Lindo if Lindo wanted to show off, won the chest by herself. Every time, Lindo’s disagreement with or indifference to Waverly directly results from the thought that Waverly feels it shameful to be her daughter. Both of them deeply love each other, but in the meantime, they hostile and hurt one another. This is the way them get along with each other. Fortunately, they clear up their misunderstandings and discover themselves by communicating.

　　I am deeply moved by this scene:

　　Waverly Jong says to Lindo, sobbing,You don"t know, you don"t know the power you have over me. One word from you, one look, and I"m four years old again, crying myself to sleep, because nothing I do can ever, ever please you. And after a short period of silence, Lindo smiles to Waverly with tears in her eyes, Now, you make me happy. Then they laugh heartily, teary-eyed with happiness.

　　Seeing the old Lindo bursts out laughing, like a child, and Waverly laughs joyfully, I sincerely feel delighted for them. Love needs communicating, understanding, and tolerance, which is what I learn from them.

　　Along with above mentioned, the struggle for the women to fight for equity is also brought to the surface. For instance, Ying-ying encourages her daughter Lena to escape an unhappy marriage, not repeating the same mistakes she made in her first marriage. And An-mei tells her daughter Rose to learn to shout at the unfair fate, and express her own will because Rose has lost herself in her marriage. These two cases reveal that the women begin to release themselves from the restrains of being oppressed by the men and the old-fashioned thoughts as well as some Chinese traditional characters. Eventually, the women find their true value and win their own happiness.

　　View from the whole film, the title, the Joy Luck Club may just be the old generation’s hope of better life for the next generation. On the whole, this is a movie made specifically for women. It is worth our appreciation.