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This story proves that people from different culture act differently from other cultures.
Generally speaking, the people around us are from different cultures, their parents or grandparents might act and talk like what their country are used to act and talk.
This theme reminds me of my grandparents since they are living with us right now. They talk to me in their native tongue everyday, because that is what they do in their mainland, and that they are bringing their culture into America, you can probably say that they are proud of their culture. They cook their culture's food for us and they basically do everything in their way - they have to do everything their way for some reason.
Another example is when I read the book 'To Kill a Mocking Bird', where the setting in the book is down south and their culture was different from the North. They had racism going on down their and the north did not have a big problem with that, that just shows how people are different not only from other countries, but people can be different when they are in the same country.
People in generally are competitive at things that they do. For example, Waverly is competitive in chess when she plays against her opponents because she wants to win. Also when I play all of my sports I am very competitive because I always want to win the games we play in. Before each race I always prepare mentally just like Waverly when she was studying the chess board.
One of the themes in the story is conflicts between mother and daughters. I can connect to this because in the story Anastasias Chosen Career there was a conflict between Anastasia and her mother. Anastasia had to do a report on her chosen career, she decided to be a bookstore owner. In order for her to be a bookstore owner she had to earn enough self confidence and poise. She did this by going to a modeling school in Boston. At first Anastasia's mom wouldn’t let her go. After a lot of arguing between Anastasia and her mom, she finally said yes and let her go to Boston for the modeling school. This connects to the short story because there is a conflict with Waverly and her mom. One of the conflicts was that Waverly’s mom was bragging to everyone about her and Waverly didn’t like it so she told her to stop. Her mom thought she was saying that she was ashamed to be her daughter but she wasn’t she just didn’t want her mom to keep bragging about her. Another conflict she had was her mom was trying to live in the Chinese world but Waverly was trying to live in the American world. the two worlds were completely different so it was hard for them to relate to each other.
The story “Rules of the Game” shows it’s not if you win or lose its how you play the game. When Waverly went to the park to play chess with the man, she always lost, but with her losses she learned new moves. This is stated in the following quote, “I lost many games… but over the weeks… I added new secrets.” That was a physical meaning of the theme. A mental meaning of the theme is the clashes between Waverly and her mom. When Waverly ran away, her mom got very mad. Waverly came home and her mom said, “We not concerning this girl. This girl not have concerning for us.” Waverly’s mom just shut her out, and her mom won that fight. Later Waverly was thinking of the fight and what she should do. She states, “Her black men advanced across the plane... my white pieces screamed as they scurried and fell off the board one by one…her men drew closer to my edge... I close my eyes and pondered my next move.” This book connects with a chess movie I had seen in eighth grade, and in it the kids were learning chess. These kids went into tournaments and kept losing, but after a while they started to win. This is because they learned from their losses and mistakes.
What this story says about people in general is that people are proud of who they are and who they are. One example of this is how Waverly’s mother cooks traditional Chinese meals every night even though they don’t live in China, they lived in China town. A quote to support this example is, “In the early morning, when the alley was still quiet, I could smell fragrant red beans as they were usually cooked down to a pasty sweetness,” (page 18). Another example is how the mother speaks so proudly of China and how they are better than ever one else. “This American rules, every time people come out from Foreign country, must know rules. You not know, judge say, Too bad, go back. They not telling you why so you can use their way go forward. They say, Don’t know why, you find out yourself. But they knowing all the time. Better you take it, find out yourself.” This story reminds me of the song “Proud to be an American” (page 20). This is because like Waverly’s mother the song is about being proud of where you’re from and who you are. In both examples they believe in who they are and not ashamed about it. This is why I think that this story say that people are proud to be who they are and where they are from, in general.
The one thing that I think that this story says about people is competition. There is a lot of competition in this story. For example, whenever Waverly has a game she is always wanting to win because she is a very competitive girl. This kind of reminds me when I was 11 years old and on a baksetball team, I would always want to win and go home wtih the trophy. What Waverly does before the match, she studys the board. I'm similar to because we both practice before we have the big match, like I shoot hoops and run laps to get me warmed up. One theme I think connects to this story is problems with moms and daughters. For example, one of the problems there were that Waverly didn't like, was that her mom was using Waverly's victories so she can brag to all her friends that my daughter wins in chess. I can easily relate to this story when I was watching a show called Wiz of Waverly Place. One of the episodes were about that Alex had drawn a painting and she got an award for it. Her mom then started bragging about her awards. This is similar to Waverly's problem because both Alex's and Waverly's moms were bragging about their daughter's victories so both of them were kind of using their own daughters.
The one thing that I think that this story says about people is competition. There is a lot of competition in this story. For example, whenever Waverly has a game, she is always wanting to win because she is a very competitive girl. This kind of reminds me when I was 11 years old, and on a baksetball team, I would always want to win and go home wtih the trophy. What Waverly does before the match, she studys the board. I'm similar to Waverly because we both practice before we have the big match, like I shoot hoops and run laps to get me warmed up. One theme I think connects to this story is problems with moms and daughters. For example, one of the problems there were that Waverly didn't like, was that her mom was using Waverly's victories so she can brag to all her friends that my daughter wins in chess. I can easily relate to this story when I was watching a show called Wiz of Waverly Place. One of the episodes were about that Alex had drawn a painting and she got an award for it. Her mom then started bragging about her awards. This is similar to Waverly's problem because, both Alex's and Waverly's moms were bragging about their daughter's victories and both of them were kind of using their own daughters for their own good.
This story proves that people are competitive and want things their way. An example of this that Waverly plays chess to win, she lost some games but she would learn from her mistakes. From learning from her mistakes she would be a stronger opponent in her further matches. An example of people wanting things their way is when Waverly would be practicing by herself she would complain a lot. An example of this is that she got her own room because having her brothers around was too distracting and she couldn’t concentrate. I can connect to the competitive side of Waverly Jong. I can connect to this because I am a very competitive person in everything I do. Before my games I concentrate, think about mistakes I have made and how I can improve them. Like Waverly studying the board, thinking of new strategies and moves to lead to her opponents demise.
A theme in “Rules of the Game” is that there is conflict between children and their parents. One conflict in this story between Waverly and her mother is that Waverly does not like how her mother shows her off to everyone. She felt embarrassed. After leaving a store where her mother introduced her daughter Waverly said, “It’s not that, it’s just so obvious. It’s just so embarrassing.” Her mother replied with, “Embarrass you be my daughter?” Waverly said, “Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don’t you learn to play chess.” Then she ran away from her mother at the busy market place. She later returned, her mother was infuriated with her daughter. A connection to this can be found in BluFord High Blood is Thicker. It is a connection because one of the is being over looked as a thug but he is just rapping. His father thinks that it will get his son nowhere in life and that he should work at the family furniture store. The boy and his cousin were caught fighting and the rapping cousin was blamed and grounded. The boy snuck out of the house to go perform with his cousion following him. They returned to the house together and the boy was not kicked out of the home even though he was threatened to be. This is just like the short story because the child and the parents have conflict, both to the point that the children will be running away or sneaking out.
In the story “Rules of the Game,” it shows that people in general are competitive and life is like a game. In this story, life is like a game between Waverly and her mother because they are both competing to overpower each other.
I can relate the theme of this book to my own life because Waverly and her mother argue and my dad and I argue sometimes. For example, in the story when Waverly starts to win a lot of the chess tournaments, her mother starts expecting more wins from her and starts to show her off. I can relate to Waverly’s situation because my dad expects me to win all my soccer games and he tells people how good I am. I understand how Waverly felt because it is very annoying to have someone have high expectations of you.
This story says many different things about people in general. One thing is shows about people is that everyone has a breaking point. For example when Waverly’s mother keeps bragging about how good her daughter is at chess she finally breaks down. Waverly yells at her mother, bumps into someone and knocked all her stuff over and then just ran away. Although we know she is a very respectful little girl she shows to us that after too much she just cant take it anymore. Another thing this story tells about people is that some brag too much even if they have nothing to brag about. This is shown by Waverly’s mother in the story when she is living through her child for attention. She walks around the market with Waverly telling everyone about her great success thinking she will be respected because of her daughter but really she is just embarrassing herself and Waverly. This story really proves that everyone is different in their actions and some people are liked or disliked because of this.
This story says that sometimes people like to show off too much and other people don’t like it, especially if it is about them. Some people are just too cocky. This is like when Waverly and her mom are walking on the street and her mom is shouting to everyone this is my daughter Waverly the chess champion. This aggravates Waverly because she knows she is good at chess but she thinks her mom is taking all of her credit. She has worked too hard to let her mother do that. Also she doesn’t like to brag about it. It also says that sometimes people have bad behavior if they are spoiled. Like when Waverly loses her chores and she gets her own room just because she has to practice her chess. She doesn’t have to do anything anymore. The only thing that she is required to do is to go grocery shopping with her mother. All these privileges change her into a brat. She stops listening, and she even runs away from her mother. So this short story says that sometimes people are too cocky and get to full of themselves. Also if you are to spoiled it could turn you into a bad person.
What this story “Rules of he Game” says about people in general is that you should be proud of who you are and not be ashamed. This story says this because Waverly’s mother is very proud of who she is and always tells Waverly to never be ashamed of who she is and to always be proud. In the story Waverly’s mother even says “Is shame you fall down nobody push you.” This means that it is a shame if nobody has pushed you and you still fall down. This represents how Waverly’s mother feels about being standing up for yourself and being proud of who you are.
In the story “rules of the game,” you get to see what the story shows about people in general. Waverly, the main character of the story changes from beginning to end. In the beginning of the story she is a little girl who follows her mom’s orders and behaves perfectly. One day for Christmas she receives a chess set that brings her to fame and fun. As her mom watches her win more and more she starts to show off her daughter and lets her daughter get away with doing her chores, leaving her brothers to do them. In a way the theme of the story relates to my own life. When I bring home a good report card or make my mom/dad proud in someway I usually don’t have to do my chores and my parents like to brag to their friends. Like Waverly I also do get annoyed but unlike Waverly im happy to see my mom or dad happy.
What this story, "Rules Of The Game", says in general is that people want their way. I can connect to the theme of this story because i have a brother and he always wants his way and i always want my way and we often fight and have games, just like Waverly and her mother did. For example sometimes i wouldnt be concerned with my brother because he always wanted his way like Waverly's mother when she said, "If you dont want to be concerned with us, we dont want to be concerned with you". This theme says that people, in general are very selfish and rarely want to do other peoples way. That is, in my opinion, the theme of the story.
This story shows many things about life and people in general. Waverly has a mother who has a lot pride in her culture and like to be proud. After becoming so great in chess, things start to crumble. Her mother is so proud that she starts living through Waverly and brags to people about her accomplishments. Waverly finds this a bit annoying and embarassing. This reminds me of High School Musical. Troy was a basketball champ. His father was the coach of the team and really wanted his son to get a great scholarship from basketball. But Troy fell in love with singing, but his father disapproved and was very disappointed. The story, Rules of the Game, also shows that people are competitive, not just in sports, but also mentally. Waverly was playing in chess matches, but the greatest battle was between her and her mother. She had to think carefully in how to beat her mother so that she didn't get trapped and eventually lose. At the last moment, her mother was victorious. This happens a lot in the lives of families. Children tend to think of their parents as opponents. And to beat them would be a tremendous feat.
This story says many things about people. One of the things it says is that people are different. Weather it be culturally or individually. Another thing it says is that people like to feel proud. In this case, Waverly's mother wanted to feel proud through her daughters accomplisments. However, Waverly didn't like that her mother was showng her off like she did. This shows that people are different in many cases.
This story proves that people from different cultures experience the same family troubles. In the story “Rules of the Game” Waverly an asian six year old girl who lives in china town, California finds a passion for chess. When she realizes she is a prodigy of the game she begins to compete. Waverly begins to win more and more tournaments and receive more trophies until the point where she is know throughout china town. As she wins more her mother begins to show her off and treat her differently because she is a phenomenon and showed humbleness to their culture. Soon Waverly’s mother starts showing her off to everyone. Waverly starts getting annoyed with this and was pushed over the edge and decided to call her mother out.
I can connect that to the time when my brother was offered a full baseball scholarship to a division 1 college. My dad would tell everyone “My son is going to school on a baseball scholarship what is your kid doing.” Soon after my brother was considered cocky and not fun to be around so kids wouldn’t want to hang out with him to the point where he can home one day and had an argument with my dad about how he should stop because kids are treating him different.
These stories are similar because they both show that family issues are the same no matter if you are from china or the US. My brother and Waverly experienced problems with people and family treating them differently because of what they have accomplished when they should not show their kids off just let their kids make a name for themselves.
The story Rules of the Game says that generally people will fight and because they don’t understand each other. Or as the idiom goes “A watched pot never boils”. Referring to the story, it seems like the mother is always watching Waverly and Waverly doesn’t like it. The pot will never really boil if you keep watching over it. I’ve a similar relating to Waverly’s when I was in fourth grade and my father would keep watch over us. It was really suffocating and usually my sister and I would get stressed. Reading about Waverly, I thought about it in the same way as my experience. How they differ is through which our parents wanted to watch over us about. For Waverly it was chess and for me it was my overall health and studies. Waverly’s mother was proud of Waverly and I don’t blame her for watching the pot. It seems that Waverly didn’t really want it that way and only wanted to play for fun.
I think this story shows that when people want something sometimes don’t notice how selfish they get in trying to get it Waverly and her mom both got their minds set on things they wanted. Waverly wanted to be better at chess. She went to extremes like when she read all the books on playing and studied the game. She was getting so dedicated in learning and playing the game her brothers became uninterested. Waverly was still learning and spent practically all her time with the game even before she was more professional. When she was able to play with the man in the park she got better, learned more tricks and skills and didn’t want do anything else but play chess. Closer to the end of the story her obsession for the game and the battiness she started to get became a problem for the family. Waverly’s mom also was set on a goal. She wanted her daughter to be a champion. She gave her own room, she gave Waverly’s chores to her brothers and didn’t even make her make eat if she didn’t want to. She wanted her to be better than everyone else. When waverly did become known for what she was doing I think her mom got too proud. At the end of the story the mom was bragging about Waverly got upset when her mom was showing her off and taking credit for the work she did. They did not speak for the rest of the story. This shows how people get so involved in something that they dont notice what they’ve done. It reminds me of a book. The main characters mom had done outrageous things to her like locking her in her room, screaming at her for hanging out with her friends, and not letting her take the school bus. Her intentions were not to keep her from having a life. She thought she was protecting her, but really she was making her daughter miserable. Both In the story and the book they did things wrong without noticing because they were thinking about something else.
In the story “Rules of the Game” you can tell it shows a lot about people and how greedy they can get. In the story Waverly the main character, discovers chess after her family; her two brothers and her mom are at a church hall for Christmas. The siblings each chose one gift. Waverly got life saver candy, her brother Winston got a put together replica of the World War II submarine and her other brother Vincent got a chess set. Over Christmas week, Waverly watched her brother play chess and competed to win her candy. Waverly loves playing chess and is always practicing more moves. One day I man in the park told Waverly’s mom that she should enter in local chess tournament s and she does. Over time Waverly defeats kids one by one become a child prodigy and is featured in life magazine. A quote that proves this is “By my ninth birthday I was a national chess champion … but I was touted as the great American hope, a child prodigy and a girl to boot.” (21) After a while she notices that her mom likes to show her off, “My mother would walk proudly with me, visiting many shops, buying very little. “This is my daughter Waverly Jong.” She said to whoever looked her way.” (22) Waverly hates when her mother does that so she confronts her mother by saying “I wish you wouldn’t do that, telling everyone I'm your daughter.” (22)
The theme of the story would be people get annoyed when someone else is taking the credit for the work they’ve done. In the story Waverly’s mother loves to show off her daughter which is similar to me in my own life. When I come home from school with a good report card I love proving to my parents I can get good grades. My parents hang it up on the fridge and always say that they are proud of me and I appreciate that. One day when my parents had friends over they immediately showed the good grades at first I didn’t care but they kept going on and on almost seeming like they took the credit and I got mad. I never did say anything but I think my facial expressions told them to stop and they did. After that it never happened again. When I relate to the story the only diffrence is I chose not to say anything like Waverly did, and it never was a big deal.
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