What social and ethical beliefs does Amy Tan seem to hold?i need help on this The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Having most of her narrative told from the mothers' points
of view, it is evident that Amy Tan values the mother/daughter relationship and holds
strong mothers in high regard.  In her novel, The Joy Luck Club,
the mothers are portrayed by Tan as strong, determined, and intuitive: "they see things
before they happen."  However, because they are such dominant forces, there is conflict
in the mother/daughter relationships albeit strong
ones.

With some mothers, there is too much involvement. 
For instance Lindo Jong is overbearing with her prodigy daughter who is a chess player. 
She tells her daughter to use strategies against other players, she hovers over her, and
when she wins, her mother boasts, much to Waverly's
chagrin.

This involvement is sometimes due to the cultural
differences between the Chinese mother and the American-born daughter.  Sometimes
misunderstandings develop from their linguistic differences;  the mothers are not able
to communicate well their good intentions for their
daughters.

Nevertheless, misunderstandings do not come from
just the language.  There is a past that the mothers have brought to American, a past
about which their daughters know nothing.  Yet, the daughters are, as critic Carolyn See
writes, 

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drowning in an American culture at the same time
that they starve for a past that they can never fully
understand.

Because they are
caught between two worlds, some of the daughters and, later, their children, do not make
wise choices in mates.  For instance, Ying-Ying's daughter Lena is exploited by her
husband in the name of feminism and free-thinking.  He has taken her business ideas and
money, but given her little in return.  Harold is unethical in his relationship, and
Lena's mother hopes she will recover her own spirit in order to give it to her
daughter.

While there are conflicts and uncomfortable
circumstances, the relationships of the Chinese-American daughters and their Chinese
mothers are always loving and strong ones.  In the end, it is the mothers who connect
their daughters of the present with the historical past of
China.