In the story “Rules of the Game”, a little girl and her family live in Chinatown, San Francisco, this family has an Asian race, this is important because Waverly and China town have a mix of Asian and American. Since the beginning we can notice that we have a dysfunctional family as characters, why did I say that? First, their mom only cares about the children that make her proud, at the beginning Vincent and then Waverly.
Second, Waverly starts thinking things that never happen or have a bad comprehension of the situation, also her mom does it. Lindo changes many things in the house and way of life of each member only for Waverly, also affecting her 2 brothers, and Waverly never appreciated that, so in conclusion, they are a dysfunctional family.
If we analyze the literary elements, the man versus man in this story is every single match that Waverly has in chess, is a combat of knowledge of each of the participants, also a case of man versus man, is Waverly vs her mom, why? because there is an indirect combat, that is confirmed at the end when she scapes near to the Mercado. There is not man vs nature or man vs God, but there is man vs self, Mei-Mei or Waverly has to become a better chess player, that's a work that only she can perform.
Also, a conflict we can notice is the one between first-generation immigrants and their children, as seen in the different values that Lindo and Waverly find important. This is a non-fiction story that is based on a real-life story (Conflicting cultures).
For the new ending of the story, Mei-Mei or Waverly will escape all her life and never comes back home. She would meet a Mexican family, and goes to Mexico for living there the rest of her life, she would continue playing chess but not as a champion, she would play for getting joy and a fun time, Lindo starts looking for her, but some months later, she would lose her life in a horrible accident.
After some time, her father could become a drunk man and abandoned Waverly's brother. In conclusion, a bad ending.
By David Artuz, Step 9 Yellow.
