Abstract: The Joy Luck Club is the masterpiece of Amy Tan,a Chinese American woman writer.In the novel,she tells the story of four groups of mothers and daughters.Because the four mothers are Chinese immigrants and their daughters were born and raised in the United States,there are contradictions between them.She describes their conflicts to show us different cultural traditions.All four mothers have their own worldviews and this is based on the life experience of the Chinese people.They want to tell their experiences to their daughters one by one,and try to resolve the cultural differences and conflicts between them and their daughters by expressing their love for daughters.

Through the analysis of life styles of the four groups of mother and daughter,this paper shows the differences between Eastern and Western cultures to readers ,and also reflects the incompatibility between Eastern and Western cultures by expounding the contradictions and conflicts between mother and daughter.Finally,the mutual understanding between mother and daughter fully reflects great of maternal love and the integration of Eastern and Western cultures.This article focuses on how Chinese immigrants and their descendants view the differences between Chinese traditional culture and American culture, and how to solve contradictions, so as to improve people's understanding of Chinese and Western cultures, correctly treat differences, absorb the essence, and learn from each other’s advantages and disadvantages.

 Key words:  Mother-daughter relationship；Chinese and American cultures；

Differences；Integration.

Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

Chapter 1  Introduction-1

1.1  Brief Introduction about Amy Tan-1

1.2  Brief Introduction about the Stories of Four Pairs of Mothers and Daughters-1

1.2.1  The Story of Mother Su and Daughter Jun-1

1.2.2  The Story of Mother Duo Lin and Her Daughter Willie-2

1.2.3  The Story of Mother Ying Ying and Her Daughter Lena-3

1.2.4  The Story of Mother An-mei and Her Daughter Rose-3

1.3  Brief Introduction about the Thesis-4

Chapter 2  The Differences between Chinese and Western Culture in the Film-5

2.1  Views of Marriage in the Joy Luck Club-5

2.2  Different Values-6

2.3  Different Ways of Language Expressions-7

Chapter 3  The Reasons of the Differences Between Chinese and Western Cultures in the Film-9

3.1  Different Aims of Education-9

3.2  Different Ways of Education-9

Chapter 4   The Integration of Chinese and Western Culture-11

4.1  Daughters’ Understanding of Themselves and Their Mothers-11

4.2  Mothers’ Acceptance of American Culture-11

Conclusion-12

References-13

Acknowledgements-15