Question

In the short story “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan, what game is used to symbolize the conflict between mother and daughter?

Answer 1

Amy Tan, in her world famous short story titled “Rules of the Game”, quite masterfully, draws an analogy between the game of chess and the conflict existing between the characters of mother and daughter. Chess is the game that symbolizes the underlying conflict between the mother and her daughter Waverly.

Answer 2

Chess is the game which was used to symbolize the conflict between mother and daughter in the story "rules of the game" by amy tan.

Chess is all about the art of invisible game where the players use their strategies to win against each other.

In the story, Waverly’s mother and Waverly used the same strategy and mind game to deal with the conflicts in the family and win against each other.