Intergeneratio

nal Gap
on Amy Tans
Bonesetters Daughter

Presented by:
Afifah
Laili

Mudawamah

Najmatuz Z.

Neltji

Stefany Noya

Selvi

Risma Andani

Definition
William Safire said;
Generation gap can be a
frustrating lack of
communication between
young and old that separates
cultures within a society.

Emerging of generation gap

CAUSES

Position in the
family
Life experience
Lack of
communication
Development in
technology
(internet, television,
etc.)

EFFECTS

Creating
uncomfortable
atmosphere
Losing sense of
affection among
family
Decreasing sense of
unity
Regressing the way
of thinking

SOLUTIONS
1. Bridging technology gap
Example:
Making family blogs
Teaching parent how to use skype and facebook.

So that, our parents will be more open to technology

and stay connected each other.

2. Improving Social Tolerance

Especially in races and groups that are different from us.

3. Avoiding Hypocrisy
Older people who pretend to be morally superior may
alienate
the younger generation

In the world
In 1960s
The War in Southeast Asia, and the rise
of counter-culture hippies with military
involvement in Vietnam as well as the
use of drugs were significant topics of
the generation gap of this era.

On the novel
Mother vs Daughter

Mindset or Perspective

Lifestyle
LULING

Smoking is forbidden
thing for woman in
LuLings era.

RUTH

Smoking is a kind
of usual thing
that everybody
have their own
choice. (freedom)

Evidence on novel : page 140

LuLing: You smoking!
Ruth : No I wasn't!
LuLing: Still smoking ?
Ruth : I'm an American. I have a right to privacy,
to
pursue my own happiness, not yours!
LuLing: No right! All wrong!
Ruth : Leave me alone!
LuLing: Why I have daughter like you? Why I live?
Why I don't die long time 'go. You want I die?
Ruth : I really don't care.

Behavior
LULING

RUTH

LuLing proud to be a
daughter of Precious Auntie.
(Showing respect to her
mother)

Ruth tend to against her

mother.
(Showing rebellion to
her mother)

I felt wild and new . . . and if

this was bad fate, let it be. I
was the daughter of
Precious Auntie, a woman
who also could not control
her desires, who gave birth
to me (Tan, 2001, p. 279).

I am an American. I
have a right to privacy,
to pursue my own
happiness, not yours!
(Tan, 2001, p. 140).

Religious Value
LULING
She is a religious person.
Almost every hour, I prayed
to Jesus and Buddha, whoever
was listening. I lighted incense
in front of Precious Aunties
photo; I went to Kai Jings
grave and was honest with
him about my fears. (p. 272)
(Showing religious side when
she prayed for Precious Auntie
and her husband)

RUTH
She is not a religious
person.
"We were opposites
about cleanliness.
Thank God we didn't
marry. (p. 29)
(She lived together
with Art about 4 years
without marriage)

References
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictio
nary/british/the-generation-gap
https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/
tmve/wiki100k/docs/Generation_gap.h
tml
http://grandparents.about.com/od/gr
andparentingtoday/a/BridgingGap.htm
http://www.1000ventures.com/business
_guide/crosscuttings/cultures_east-w
est-phylosophy.html
http://www.livescience.com/28823-chi
nese-culture.html