Answer:
The characters reflect these beliefs by trying to defend their own cultural identities, without trying to understand each other's identities.
Explanation:
In "The Joy Luck Club" we get to see the concept of "generational decline" when daughters refuse to participate and to understand the cultural heritage that their Chinese mothers try to subject them to. The daughters see the Chinese cultural heritage as a way of meddling in their lives and as a way of trying to misrepresent their identity as Americans. On the other hand, mothers have a Chinese cultural identity and believe that regulating that identity is disrespectful, since daughters are part of that identity as well.
