Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mom Character Analysis

Since the beginning of time mothers have always supported their children. Some mothers have different ways of support. In the novel ,Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom, Amy Chua’s tone for supporting her daughter is positive but also a little ironic. Amy Tan’s mother, in the novel The Joy Luck Club, has a different tone and comes across quite vicious and negative and even abusive. Two mothers with one goal, but try to reach their goals very differently. In the excerpt “The Violin” Amy Chua talks about trying to help her daughter excell at the Violin. Amy Chua tries to help her daughter relax but does the opposite, “RELAX! I scream at home”(Chua 47-48). She tells her daughter to relax but screams it at her, contradicting herself. She is trying