The messages from Tan's Joy Luck Club and Cisneros'"Only Daughter" are both similar and different. These two stories have to connect with our unit which is Dreams and Aspirations. The main character from both of these stories eventually succeeded but in their own ways.In Joy Luck Club the character succeeded by failing but in "Only Daughter" the character succeeded by success. We all want to be accepted by someone and we eventually succeed in different ways. These two characters just want to be accepted by their parents who are pressuring them to achieve the "American Dream".

In Joy Luck Club the story is about a Chinese-American who mother want her to become a prodigy. The girl mother has high expectations for her daughter who she