The Irony of Waverly Place Jong’s Mother’s Reaction Towards Chess (“Rules of the Game”)
Initially, Jong’s “Mother told Vincent to throw the chess set away” since finds it to be dispensable. However, when Waverly Jong Place contests and crushes her chess competitors, her “mother would join the crowds during these outdoor exhibition games. She sat proudly on the bench, telling my admirers with proper Chinese humility, "Is luck." The mother’s incongruous reaction to chess begs the question: How come her mother is proud of Waverly Jong’s success when she had asserted that they do not require the chess set? Perhaps, the mother was misguided by the perception that the American rules, which govern chess, would make it infeasible for her Chinese child to triumph in the game.
