【正文】 when the family members faced fierce petition, the mother would ask the whole family to unite as one to fight and win. In order to create a good environment for her daughter Waverly so that she could concentrate on the chess contest, Lindo tried to do everything to her advantage: her two brothers should assume her responsibility。t you learn to play chess? (The Joy Luck Club ) From her plaint, we can see different forms of social anization count a lot in the culture conflicts. On the contrary, the Americans are indifferent to the concept of extended family, and they respect personal independence, personal development and individual success. Besides, they spoke highly of material forts. When children grow up, they automatically leave Conflict and Blending between American Daughters and Their Chinese Mothers 9 their parents to assume their responsibilities and obligations. Relatively speaking, they would like to be alone. Different Natural Conditions In The Joy Luck Club, the pursuit and expression of love between mother and daughter have strong connection with the different natural and geographical environment. Different natural and geographical conditions would shape a different culture. Although China has a vast territory, the quantity per capita of agriculture and mineral reserves cannot match the United States at all. In longterm struggle for survival, Chinese people believe that making a living is the only way to keep them alive. On the contrary, the Americans casted off the burden of living very long ago, so they could pay more attention to the spiritual enrichment. This difference is reflected on one hand in the expression of maternal love, and on the other hand, the different attitudes towards material. American mothers and children are accustomed to hug and kiss, while the Chinese mothers show their love by firmly continuing to give their steamed dumplings, cooked duck, steamed crabs... However, what the daughters need is spiritual and emotional munication. Those daughters grow up in the United States, they hope, just like the other children。s all there, still looking mostly new under yellowed Conflict and Blending between American Daughters and Their Chinese Mothers 10 plastic... only the scroll length calendar, free from the Bank of Canton, changes every year. (The Joy Luck Club ) This section describes the immigrant living environment of Anmei. In JingMei39。s meanings and I seemed to hear less than what was said, while my mother heard more (The Joy Luck Club p. 27). June looks for meaning in what is stated and does not understand that her mother omits important information because she assumes her daughter knows it and can infer it。s too bad to eat. We Chinese people understand that actually she was encouraging the guests to have a taste, and then praise her cooking skills. But Rich says: You know, all it needs is a little soy sauce (The Joy Luck Club ). Then he poured a riverful of the salty black staff on the platter, which made her mothe。s husband is another typical example. Although this is not a direct conflict between mother and daughter, still as an Americanized person, the daughter also had experienced the similar kind of conflicts. Conflict and Blending between American Daughters and Their Chinese Mothers 11 When Waverly invited her new boyfriend Rich, an American, to dinner, mother Lindo prepared a big dinner, including her favorite steamed pork and preserved vegetable dish. As the Chinese cook39。d like to discuss the conflict between the Chinesestyle modesty and the . style of straightforwardness, which we can attribute to the high and low context culture. High context culture and the contrasting low context culture are terms presented by the anthropologist Edward T. Hall in his 1976 book Beyond Culture. It refers to a culture39。s home like this: I have not been to the Hsu39。This is Waverly Gong, my daughter. The chess champion winner. These imply strong family links of China. On the contrary, in American culture, individualism is regarded as a symbol of freedom and equality. Waverly defied her mother39。 Second, it emphasizes the family unity against the enemy39。s interference in the free love. Secondly, she had accepted the Western way of life and cohabited with two boys. Thirdly, she asked her parents to respect her private life, calling her is a must before visiting her house. Conflicts between Ying Ying Gu and Lena St. Clair The main conflicts between Ying Ying Gu and her daughter Lena St. Clair is her misunderstanding of Chinese people. On the one hand, she knew little about her mother, and looked down upon her with Conflict and Blending between American Daughters and Their Chinese Mothers 7 the prejudice that all of the Chinese are impoverished. For example, in a store, her mother was shouted rudely by others, which made Lena very embarrassed, and she lied to her mother who could not speek English: Chinese people were not allowed to shop there ( The Joy Luck Club ). On the other hand, she was afraid of Chinese superstition. Her mother once told her that her greatgrandfather punished a person and suffered retaliation for his deed. Since then, China in her mind had bee a pretty savage place, and she even asked her mother: “Did they slice off his skin first? Did they use a cleaver to chop up his bones? Did he scream and feel all one thousand cuts (The Joy Luck Club )? Her mother was very angry with her misunderstanding of her greatgrandfather. The conflicts varied among four pairs of mothers and daughters. Suyuan Woo expected too much for her daughter, which imposed breathless pressure on her. Anmei Hsu tried to teach her daughter to be more