Waverly In Amy Tan's The Rules Of The Game

“The Rules of the Game” is based on a little girl name is Waverly Jong, who lives in Chinatown, San Francisco with her mother and her brothers. Waverly is a skillful Chess Player, which she had the chance to participate and win a tournament. After winning the tournament, she notices that playing chess is just exactly the same as making decision of life, she knew that if she moves the wrong piece she will have consequences and if she move the right piece she will gain something from it. () As everyone knows that chess player has to think six steps ahead before he or she makes their move, but waverly was not expecting the consequences after she didn’t listen and decided to sprint away from her. Reading the chapter “Rules of the Game” from Amy
In the Joy Luck Club Waverly mother said “We not concerning this girl. This girl not have concerning for us”.(Tan 51)Waverly thought she would get away with it but she ended up losing all her privileges. Waverly went up to her room and lay on her bed and notice that the window was open with a piece of chess moved. “Waverly also stated “I closed my eyes and pondered my next move.” [Tans 101]. This means that after she suffer the consequences her mother taught her a valuable lesson and after that she started thinking about how is she's going to fix
After rushing away from her mother Waverly finally realizes that her what she did was wrong. After what happened on that day Waverly now will think six steps ahead before she moves any piece. She didn't realize that her mother was teaching her a lesson without her knowing. So mistakes can be made but it cannot be erased until someone does something different. Rules of the game can be read through a psychological lens which the reader can see Waverly mistake. After reading the rules of the game people can conclude that Waverly didn't think six steps ahead before