1. The core of Waverly's Mother's advice was to flow with the wind rather than disrupt others by aggressively stating what you wanted. This advice was intended to encourage her daughter to think strategically to get what she desired rather than just declaring what she wanted and expecting to receive it.
Waverly used the art of "invisible strength" in her life by imagining what was in the box at the community Christmas celebration; even though Waverly could not see what was in the package, she intuited its value by assessing other features of the thing. Another child, on the other hand, got a present he did not want and made his discontent known. Waverly obtained a coveted present because of their differing methods, and the boy was hit. This shows the strength of her mother's counsel since she employed covert, unseen tactics to get the present she desired, and she obtained it; nevertheless, the boy was open and visible about what he received being displeasing, and he suffered punishment as a result.
What did Waverly do wrong in dealing with her mother and how might she have better applied the lesson of "invisible strength" that Mrs. Jong taught her?
Waverly was dissatisfied with her mother's desire on showing her off throughout town, and she expressed this in a manner that left it unclear if she was embarrassed by the attention or ashamed to be associated with her mother. Therefore, her mother mistook Waverly's annoyance at the attention as shame at being publicly identified with her. Instead of openly expressing her displeasure to her mother, she may have said that others in town were starting to refer to the two of them as "showoffs." This highlights the basis of Waverly's anger, which is the shame of being shown off, and provides her mother with a reputational reason to stop showing off her daughter. Because humility is a desirable quality that her mother likes to portray, she would stop from showing her daughter in restoring the idea that she is modest.
Make a new conclusion to "Rules of the Game" that explains and displays your thoughts.
When we got home after shopping, I felt more uncomfortable with each store we went into. When I eventually decided to tell a white lie, my mother had begun to put away the groceries.
"Ma, the kids at school are calling me a showoff, they say their parents think we believe we're something special."
My mother waved her hand and kept putting away the little groceries we had purchased. She pretended she did not care at the time, but what I said must have gotten through to her since she did not show me off anymore when we went out.
2. Waverly has a dream in which she is playing chess with her mother's angered self after she runs away from her mother and goes home to her mother's silent treatment: This dream version of her mother exclaims, "the strongest wind cannot be seen," as her chess pieces move on Waverly's without regard for strategy or chess rules. Waverly is at the mercy of her mother's moods and wounded pride in this scene, as seen by her mother's rage and reference to the wind before her harsh defeat of Waverly's chess pieces. No method could get Waverly out from under her mother's control since she is her kid and so obligated to her. As previously stated, Waverly's Mother's advice to Waverly refers to work with the circumstances that are given to you rather than fight against them to have your way. As a result, the wind signifies the situation, and the circumstance that gives Waverly's Mother power over her is the fact that they are mother and daughter, and she must make her mother pleased or face the repercussions. Finally, the wind depicts the situation—the mother-daughter bond that gives Waverly's Mother power over Waverly no matter what she does.
