We live in a mobile and global world with the development of technology. America nevertheless continues to be the symbol of the land of freedom and opportunity. Arriving in America, Chinese immigrants from an old, traditional, structured world struggle to find balance in a new, modern, dynamic world. In order to achieve the American dream, the first generation of immigrants must learn the language, acquire an education, and assimilate into the dominant culture. They courageously leave the past behind them, except what they carry in their memory. Thus, immigrants often experience shock and resistance to the new global culture. This is especially true for the second generation of Chinese Americans who resist and are ashamed of their heritage. Amy Tan in The Joy Luck Club dramatizes this conflict that arises between the first and second generations through sixteen stories of four mothers and four daughters born in the United States. Tan succeeds in showing the strength of the mother-daughter bond between China and America despite the cultural and linguistic differences between Chinese mothers and Chinese-American daughters through the immigration narrative. Chinese culture is based on Confucius, whose teachings are more practical and ethical. than religious. Confucius' virtues include righteousness, decorum, integrity, and filial piety toward parents, living and dead. Its teachings also emphasize obedience to the father figure, the husband and the eldest son after the death of the husband. Thus, the role of women is one of subordination to men. In a family, the male figure retains absolute power over family affairs. Whereas in America, gender does not have the same impact on cultural commerce...... middle of paper ...... but also to its homeland, China. She fulfills her mother's dream of coming home when she says "I'm going to China" (Tan 307). Works Cited Liu Wu-Chi. “A Brief History of Confucian Philosophy” Hyperion Press, 1955. Edwards, Jami. Reverend from "The Joy Luck Club", by Amy Tan. The Book Report, Inc. 1999. Shear, Walter. “Generational differences and the diaspora.” Critique Spring 1993: 193-199. Internet. August 28, 2015. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00111619.1993.9933826 Standley, Anne P. “Maxine Hong Kingston.” Notable Asian Americans. Ed. Helen Zia and Susan B. Gall. New York: Gale Research Inc., 1995: 164-6. Tan, Amy. The Joy Chance Club. Vintage contemporaries. New York: A division of Random House, Inc. 1993. Xu, Ben. “Memory and the ethnic self: reading Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club.” Melus. V19. Spring 1994: 3-18.