The short stories- "rules of the game" by Amy Tan and "sweet sixteen and never been kissed" by Ioda Munn, both have similarities and differences. The similarities are that the main characters in both theses short stories have to deal with conflict within their family. The differences are that how they deal with the different types of conflict within their family. There are many aspects, in which people could like or dislike the main characters.
In the short story- "rules of the game" by Amy Tan, the main character is Waverly Jong (known also as "Meimei" meaning little sister). Waverly is seven according to the American way but eight by the Chinese calendar. She lives in San Francisco's China Town above a Chinese bakery in a two bedroom flat. Waverly is sharp and hard working- this is because she learnt how to play chess from scratch, but her brother Vincent was the first one to start her off by explaining the rules but she didn't get them at that time so she went to the......
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