喜福会读后感

Since you assigned us the Joy Luck Club to read, I downloaded an e-book and skimmed through it from time to time. Given my limited knowledge and full schedule, it’s ashamed that I couldn’t catch a glimpse of the deep culture values being presented in the book. However, I loved this book so much that I wanted to express some of my feelings and I have promised to myself I would read it word for word in the near future.

The stories told about the mother-daughter relationships, including fighting, understanding and their love eventually. Each of the four Chinese women has her own view of the world based on her experiences in China and wants to share that vision with her daughter. The daughters try to understand and appreciate their mothers' pasts, adapt to the American way of life, and win their mothers' acceptance.

Mothers want Americanized children but expect them to think like Chinese. I found it particularly difficult as an adolescent. As they grow up, they and their mothers struggle to understand one another. They never completely resolve their differences; their American upbringing has caused a barrier between them.

Jing-Mei has never fully understood her mother and seems directionless in life. During June's childhood, her mother used to tell her that she could be anything she wants; however, she particularly wanted her daughter to be gifted, a child star who amazes the world.

Waverly is an independent-minded and intelligent woman, but is annoyed by her mother's constant criticism. Well into her adult life, she finds herself restrained by her subconscious fear of letting her mother down.

These remind me my relationship with my mother. I once had the countermove with whatever my mother forced me to do. Gibran once said, “Your children are not your children, they come through you but not from you .And though they are with you they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their soul, for their souls dwells in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.” In the movie, little Waverly shouted at her mother, “you can’t make me, I’m not your slave, this isn’t in china!” I found I had the same thoughts with her and quarrel with my mom. Now I realized mothers always show their loves just in this way and we shouldn’t blame on them.

While the generational differences were like those experienced by other mothers and daughters, the cultural distinctions added another dimension. From here I learn how daughter and mother can get along better as well as concerns about culture different.

Rose is somewhat passive and is a bit of a perfectionist. After being divorced with her husband, Rose finds her voice and tells him that

he can't just throw her out of his life. She wants to hire a good lawyer and fight for possession of the house, which she eventually wins;

From a young age, Ying-Ying is told by her wealthy and conservative family that Chinese girls should be meek and gentle. She begins to develop a passive personality and repress her feelings as she grows up; Ying-Ying is horrified when she realizes that Lena has inherited or emulated her passive behaviors and trapped herself in a loveless marriage with a controlling husband. She finally resolves to call upon the more assertive qualities of her Tiger nature, to appeal to those qualities in Lena. She will tell Lena her story in the hope that she will be able to break free from the same passivity that ruined most of her young life back in China.

There is another interesting phenomenon that makes me think for a while. As is the Chinese cook’s custom Waverly’s mother insults her own cooking only with the dishes she serves with special pride. In the movie, she told Rich, “This dish not salty enough, no flavor, it is too bad to eat, but please.” Rich didn’t understand the cue that Chinese people always using these languages to proclaim it is the best dish they’d ever made. He criticized her cooking and didn’t even know what he had done. This is just because Waverly forgot to mention it is Chinese tradition. It is a typical phenomenon of the clash between western culture and Chinese culture.

At the end of the book, there is a sentence deeply touched me “Once you are born Chinese, you cannot help feeling and thinking Chinese. Someday you will see it is in your blood, waiting to be let go.” surely indeed, as Chinese, we should appreciate the spirit of Chinese cultural tolerance and understanding of other culture; As English majors, we should appreciate cultural exchanges and communications with all nations. However, it is undeniable that, wherever we go, whomever we meet, we are Chinese, and it can never be changed. I am proud of being a Chinese. It is my duty to respect my own culture, and I’ll grasp every opportunity to let foreigners gain a better understanding of our culture. By the way, I’d like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for you. Everything in your class is just perfect! I count myself fortunate indeed to have such a generous charming teacher!

With thanks again and may you a Happy New Year!

Lovingly yours Wendy

 

第二篇:喜福会读后感-

Fighting For What We Females Want

I have seen the film named The Joy Luck Club when I was a middle school student. But then I didn’t deeply think about what the film reflect. Until recently, in the advise of my teacher, I read the novel. It takes me some nights to accomplish. And now I am greatly touched and shocked by the novel. The novel contents so many things that it is impossible to express all of them in a few lines of words. The gap between the generation, behavior and attitude of women, and the difference between tradition and modern are all the themes the author try to deliver to readers. And there is no doubt she has been successful for expressing.

Female consciousness change along time is vividly described in the novel. As mentioned in it, Yingying encourages her daughter Lena to escape an unhappy marriage, not repeating the same mistakes she made in her first marriage. Things are just like that in modern times we females should hold our own destiny and struggle for the women to fight for equity. And the fighting should begin with the consciousness of self-worth that we are not the weaker ones and equal. Only holding this positive attitude, can women liberate themselves in the true sense.

Almost every of we females will be a mother later in our life, how to educate children seems so crucial. Too stricting in their childhood may lead to harm and sorrow. So steering her to find the hobbies and realize herself in her inner heart and let her know what is her really wanting. When it comes to this, I think about all mothers. They are so difficult. They fight for their own destiny as well as for their daughters. Now I would like to express my respect to them, all mothers around the world. For we females, there is still a long uneven way to go .however, there is no doubt the future is bright.

Then, at last, I quote the words of the novel to encourage all mothers and daughters, “I know who I am, and I promise that I will never give up.”

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