the joy luck club

the purpose of Amy Tan introduction to the second section of the book is that it was explaining or foreshadowing what will occur in the next two stories , "rules of the game" and " the voice from the wall". the introduction talks about a book , the 26 malignant gates,that speaks about the 26 bad things that can happen. the intro is the mother speaking to her daughter not to ride her bike. "it is a book , the 26 malligant gates , all the bad things that can happen to you outside the protection of your house"(87).

In the end of the introduction page , the daughter does not listen to what her mother told her not to do. the little girl got on her bike and before reaching to the Conner she falls. this goes to show that everyone should listen to thier parents in order to stay away from danger.

this foreshadows what happens in the next chapter of the joy luck club, "the rules of the game". the little girl did not listen to her mother and then she ran away for a while. when she returned the entire family was ignoring her and they did not eat the feast with her.

this to me is rather harsh. if i was that girl and i had run away and then came back and the family was still being jerks i would have more than likely ran away again and this time have not come back. its almost as if they want the girl to run away and to not return. i guess the family would feel bad then.