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worldwide immigration
• An unprecedented development happened in America during the 20th century.
• The rapid development on economy
→worldwide immigration
The Joy Luck Club
Background
Setting （1989）
• The age of globalization + the multicultural American society; • Globalization many chances + cultural challenges to China.
• This passage reflects the conflicts between two generations, the different cultures and backgrounds. It shows the sharp difference of individualism and collectivism. • What’s more, it reminds us to be aware of the gentle care of senior generations.
worldwide immigration
• losing the relation to their native culture.
The second and third generation immigrants don’t keep their family tree anymore. They feel that their history is gradually fading away .
Our opinions
we can demonstrates that in the age of globalization a balance should be kept among different cultures, and a right attitude towards cultural conflicts should be taken, and that the native culture should not be thrown away when learning from others, and instead, it should be transmitted to others.
The Conflicts Between American and Chinese Cultures
Different cultural backgrounds
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The Chinese traditional concepts such as filial obedience, criticismenveloped expression of love are all diLeabharlann Baiduferent from the American concepts such as the individualism, freedom, self-esteem and direct expression.