the bad relationship between them and their daughter. Each mother and each daughter in this novel has different perception about mother and family which is
unshared too. Amy Tan’s novels are very rich of cultural conflicts. She presents a very
wonderful bound between family relationship and culture. The explanation above shows how The Bonesetter’s Daughter and The Joy Luck Club contain so many
problems of mother-daughter relationships. Amy Tan beautifully presents the conflicts in the relationship and also presents the readers real examples of family’s
problem. In analyzing these novels, I focus on the effects of cultural conflicts on the mother-daughter relationships in Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter and
The Joy Luck Club.
B. Problem Formulation
In doing this research, I have one problem formulation as follow, What are the effects of cultural conflicts on the mother-daughter relationships in
Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter and The Joy Luck Club ?
C. Objective of the Study
In doing this research, I have one objective. The objective of this research is to reveal the effects of cultural conflicts on the mother-daughter relationships in
Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter and The Joy Luck Club.
D. Benefits of the Study
There are some benefits we can acquire from this research. They are divided into two parts as follows.
a. The benefits for the education field
Hopefully, the result of this research can give benefits to senior high school and college students and those teaching literature. For students in
Senior High School and college, they will have deeper understanding in novels, especially in Amy Tan’s works. They can learn from a unique
culture and gain some new knowledge. Meanwhile, for lecturer, these two novels could be one reference to be used in some courses, like in Reading
Course, Introduction to Literature and also in Prose. By using novels,
lecturers can encourage their students to develop their reading habit. These novels broaden not only our knowledge, but also our imagination and
understanding toward different cultures. Besides, it also can be a variation to make lectures more interesting. For both lecturer and students, they can
appreciate literary study as something valuable.
b. The benefits to readers in general
There are two benefits to people in the society. First, they can get better understanding of mother-daughter relationship. Hopefully, through this
research, we can gain more insights into problematic relationships between a mother and her daughter from different cultural perspectives. Second, we
can also learn the value of mother in one’s life. No matter how strict she is, she always tries to give her best to her children as she loves them.
E. Definitions of the Terms
