【正文】 .........................8 The Differences Between Chinese Traditional Family Concept and American Individualism...............................................................................9 China’s Modest Comity and American Foursquare People ....................10 Different Ways of Language Expression … .....................................................11 Different Uses of Address Terms......................................................................12 Chapter 3 Compatibility Between Chinese and American Culture.......................14 Chapter 4 Exploring the Methods of the Harmonious Coexistence of SinoUS Culture from The Joy Luck Club… …… … ................................................16 Enhance Political and Cultural Exchanges ..................................................16 To Show Understanding of and Respect for Foreign Cultures.........................17 To Seek Common Points While Reserving Differences ..................................19 Chapter 5 Conclusion.................................................................................................20 黑龍江外國語學(xué)院 2020 屆畢業(yè)論文 iv Bibliography................................................................................................................21 Acknowledgements.....................................................................................................22 黑龍江外國語學(xué)院 2020 屆畢業(yè)論文 1 An Analysis of the Cultural Differences Between China and the West from The Joy Luck Club Chapter 1 Introduction Brief Introduction to the Author Amy Tan (Chinese: 譚恩美 。American culture, exploring the methods of the harmonious coexistence of SinoUS culture from The Joy Luck Club, conclusion. In addition, the paper argues that motherdaughter conflict presented the different culture between China and American in the movie. More importantly, after a series of misunderstandings, the two generations are in harmony which means cultural patibility between China and America. It brings hope that contradiction or oppositions in our lives between past and present, between generation and between cultures can possibly be well reconciled. 黑龍江外國語學(xué)院 2020 屆畢業(yè)論文 3 Chapter 2 The Differences Between American and Chinese Cultures Presented in the Movie The Chinese Culture in the Movie In the movie, we can see that the four motherimmigrants hold The Joy Luck Club every week. All their best friends and related people will attend. They cook Chinese food, wear Chinese traditional clothes. Especially, they prefer to play mahjong. It undoubtedly provides a place for the others to get in retrospect. In my oppinion, I think that playing mahjong reflects the character of a person and the culture of a nation. In the movie The Joy Luck Club, we can see four vivid characters at the mahjong table. Jingmei (the leading acterss) plays mahjong with three eldly women, the expression and behavior of Auntie Lindo, she is aggressive and mighty as we see after the movie telling the stories between she and her daughter. Analysing the character of Auntie Lindo, culture of the mahjong can present. When playing mahjong, every person prefers to suppress the others, making every endeavor to win. If something indicates he will lose, he will destroy all the games to make everyone lose. But people are enjoying strifing openly and secretly. Such a game mirrors most of Chinese characters： passive, defensive, selfish. Instead, as we know, pokers are more popular in America. So it is hard to be accepted by the Americaborn girls. Different Views of Love and Marriage Maternal Love in the Joy Luck Club Every mother loves her child or children. Although the Joy Luck Club mothers are very strict with their daughters, they still love their daughters. And the maternal love 黑龍江外國語學(xué)院 2020 屆畢業(yè)論文 4 the four mothers impart to their daughters is just a typical Chinese one. The maternal love of Chinese mothers is not as direct as that of American mothers. Chinese mothers do not kiss and hug their daughters and say “I love you” to them like their American counterparts. Mothers all love their daughters in a Chinese way. First, just as the woman in the preface of the Feathers From A Thousand Li Away cooes to her swan, In America I will have a daughter just like me. But over there nobody will be measured by the loudness of her husband’s belch. Over there nobody will be 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 swan—a creature that became more than what was hoped for. the Joy Luck Club mothers put high expectations upon their daughters. They hope their daughters will bee successful. They begin to plan for their daughters’ future since they are children. They don’t care whether their daughters like the plan or not, because in traditional Chinese culture, sons and daughters must obey their parents, and they cannot rebel against the parents. If they do this, it is filial impiety, and they will be criticized by the family members and the neighbors and the society. Second, the Joy Luck Club mothers criticize their daughters much more instead of praising them more like the American mothers. In their eyes, if they want their children to have power and skills so that they can survive in the fiercely petitive society, they have to be strict with their offspring. For the Joy Luck Club mothers, in order to make sure that their daughters are powerful enough in the future, they are very strict with their daughters and criticize them much instead of praising them. When Yingying thinks that Lena can go to school by herself, she urges again and again: “You mus