Compare And Contrast Rules Of The Game And Route 1 North

In the story, “Rules of The Game,” by Amy Tan and the poem, “Route 1 North, Philadelphia to Highland Park,” by Hayes Davis, both authors develop the common theme “the impacts of parents on their children,” Tan does it by showing how Lindo make Waverly think showing emotions is weak and Davis does it by showing the narrator’s memories of his father and how later in the poem how the father died and the effect it had on the narrator. In the story, “Rules of The Game,” Amy Tan, the author, develops the common theme “the impacts of parents on their children.” Lindo impacts Waverly by making her seem weak if she shows emotions. Tan shows this by writing, “At home she [Lindo] said, “Wise guy, he not go against wind. In Chinese we say, Come from South, blow with wind-poom!-North will follow. Strongest wind cannot be seen.” Waverly’s mother, Lindo, is saying that if she shows emotions then she won’t get what she wants in life. She has to show that she is strong at all times. Amy Tan goes on to write, “The next week I bit back my tongue [...] When my mother finished her shopping, …show more content…

Davis shows this by writing, “[y]our father’s hand covers your gearshift-perched/right, his mouth curling before opening, “Good job.” The narrator’s father is showing the narrator how to drive and this could be one of his favorite memories. The narrator wants to remember things about his father. Davis goes on to write, “[a]nd when the therapist asks, ten years later, [...] how you imagined him/feeling when you pictured handing over/the grandchild he will never know - you remember/that he never held praise too tightly.” Davis uses this evidence to show the theme by showing the reader how the narrator misses his father and the memories he [narrator] has of his