The first time I saw the title of the film, the Joy Luck Club, I thought that it would be a film filed f my mouth unconsciously. Often, we hate that why our parents don’ t know my feelings, why they like to make us be something and totally unaware that what their children are. While the parents don’ t know why all their sacrifices to the children can ’ t be paid off, even incite hatred. Actually, this is the generation gap that causes the misunderstanding. We don ’ t know the hardship our parents underwent before. They can’ t understand what we are thinking. So misunderstandings appear. Maybe as a child, Jingmei cannot comprehend what her remarks mean to Suyuan, and just want to show her grudge. But another main reason is the different backgrounds of Suyuan and Jingmei bare. Chinese parents always like to put all their hopes on the next generation for they are the generation full with hardship and pain. All they do just want the children to be better, but they ignore that whether their children can accept or not, not along a child born in America, influenced by the American’s individual freedom and knowing little about Chinese culture. The generation gap and culture conflict cause the misunderstan
