The introduction to the second section of Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club foreshadows resistance between family. In the introduction, a mother tells her daughter not to ride her bike outside of her vision. The girl complains bitterly to her mother about that; the mother explains the twenty-seven malignant gates and say how bad things can happen to her outside of the house. The daughter in turn, ignores her mother, and falls the second she lands on her bike.
In "Rules of the Game," and "Voice From the Wall," resistance is shown between mother and daughter. In the first chapter, Waverly feels resentment towards her mother because she constantly braggs about her chess playing skills. Waverly did not understand her mother's pride in her skill. Instead, she only saw her mother bragging. In the second chapter, Lena manipulates her mother's speech when being forced to act as a translator. This in turn leads to her mother's messages being manipulated into new meanings.
In both chapters, both daughters face resentment or anger towards their mothers. They are both confused as to why events in their life are occurring. This all ties in with the introduction to part two because when the daughters do not follow the book about the twenty-seven malignant gates, their lives are affected for the worst.
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