Chinese and Americans are very different, right? The Chinese believe that the family is more important than the Individual. Americans don't conform to the family, but do we not all try to fit into a social group or other group? Are we really that different from the Chinese?

In traditional Chinese culture, women are subservient to men, ancestors are worshipped, and baby males are precious while baby girls are a burden. These ideals were true of people living in their native country, China. Some of these values or views came with immigrants who immigrated to the United States. In traditional Chinese culture most marriages are arranged; the groom's family usually buys the bride. Women are taught to stay in the kitchen and to obey and take commands from the husband. In the movie The Joy Luck Club, Aunt Lindo is sold to a family when she is only four years old: when she goes to the family, she is fifteen. Upon arrival she finds her husband is still a child around eleven years old, and he makes her sleep on the floor. This example illustrates the view that family is more important than the individual. Also women are discouraged from pursuing an education or career, by b

One thing that I see in American society is the fact almost everyone conforms to some social group. Therefore, we hide from really truly being ourselves by belonging to a certain group. For example stoners, they wear baggie jeans and old thrift shop shirts. Jocks have their letter jackets and tight jeans, and the freaks that wear just about anything that is strange. One unifying theme in all of these groups and all other groups is that the whole group follows these trends. How many times do you see people dressed like a freak hanging out with someone wearing a letter jacket, you don't it just doesn't happen. Do Americans know what true happiness is if they are always conforming to a group and/or being afraid to be an individual. I do not think that you can be truly happy if you are always sacrificing your individuality to fit in with a group. I feel that most people find that it is easier to go along with the group, then stand of their own, because they don't want to be alone, no one does.

eing taught to obey their husbands and raise a family. They are taught to do housework and raise children not to have a career. Another aspect of Chinese culture is when a child is successful at something that reflects highly on the family. This is illustrated in The Joy Luck Club when Waverly, Lindo's Daughter, is an extremely talented chess player and her mother brags to all her friends that her daughter is brilliant. However, this does put a lot of stress and strain on a child and eventually caused Waverly to quit playing chess. Success in the children makes the family looked upon highly in the community, and that is very important to the Chinese. One defining thing about the Chinese is that they confo

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