Mother-daughter relationships in Asian American culture are represented often as not just a clash between generations but also a clash of cultures. In The Joy Luck Club and Everything Everywhere All At Once, the Chinese immigrant mothers find themselves at odds with their American born and Americanized daughters. As covered in the course, the mothers must make sense of Chinese and American cultures as women, mothers, and wives. For your essay, construct an argument for how Joy/Jobu Tupaki misinterprets a key aspect of Evelyn’s identity. How does this misinterpretation play out in the film and does Joy/Jobu Tupaki ever figure out her misinterpretation of Evelyn’s life and experiences?
