In "Double Face" of The Joy Luck Club, Lindo Jong recounts her journey coming into America as she sits in Waverly's hairstylist, Mr. Rory's, chair, preparing for Waverly's second wedding. The symbolism surrounding Waverly and her mother's conversation through the salon mirror subtly imply an underlying theme of a lack of communication.
Waverly and her mother seem to be talking in different worlds as both daughter mother struggle to understand each other's culture. For example, Lindo tells Waverly that the people in China "already know that [she] is an outsider," which confuses Waverly, because the Americanized Waverly cannot understand Lindo's Chinese metaphors. Afterwards, as Waverly and her mother meet for coffee, Waverly remarks to Lindo that she "is her own person", only to have Lindo question herself about "when [she has] given [Waverly] up;" due to Lindo's lack of understanding of "Americanisms", Waverly's comment confuses Lindo. Later, Waverly and Lindo speak through the......
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