" You are trying too hard," he said. " I can't do it. How am I supposed to please him when he had to write 70% of my speech." I kept repeating this thought to myself until he finally spoke. " Don't think that you are trying to convince thousands of people to give money the homeless." He paused, looking for the right words. Then my brother continued. " Look I am the only one in the room, so just think of that tomorrow. I know you can do. Just believe. And hey, that girl you like, Camilia, she will be there too. Doing this will impress her and her your love of helping people. Stop being shy, be you." With that confidence speech my brother gave, and the blushing part about Camilia, I started up again, more confident this time. I was calm and my brother started clapping. We both knew people would be clapping tomorrow.
Answer:
The characters reflect these beliefs by trying to defend their own cultural identities, without trying to understand each other's identities.
Explanation:
In "The Joy Luck Club" we get to see the concept of "generational decline" when daughters refuse to participate and to understand the cultural heritage that their Chinese mothers try to subject them to. The daughters see the Chinese cultural heritage as a way of meddling in their lives and as a way of trying to misrepresent their identity as Americans. On the other hand, mothers have a Chinese cultural identity and believe that regulating that identity is disrespectful, since daughters are part of that identity as well.
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