An Analysis of the Reasons of Family Education Differences in China and America from The Joy Luck Club and The Pursuit of Happyness

Family education, as an important part of educational business, has potential influence on children's growth during the process of family interaction. Whether it succeeds or not has totally different effects on a person's whole life. Well-qualified people are needed in today's world;however, cultivating talents starts from family education. Since China and America differs a lot in cultural tradition, notion and consciousness, social customs as well as life styles, family education is also different between the two countries. As a result, there are many films that can reflect educational differences. This paper will take The Joy Luck Club and The Pursuit of Happiness as examples to analyse family education between China and America. The Joy Luck Club shows typical Chinese way of education in which mothers always have great expectations on daughters. The Pursuit of Happiness describes how a father gets along with his son when they are in trouble. Comparing the two different family education, we can find many problems in Chinese way of education.