"Four Directions"

In the Story Four Directions from the section American Translation in the book, The Joy Luck Club, Waverly Jong is a young lady who tries to tell her mother that she is getting remarried. Her mother realizes how serious their relationship when Waverly invites her to her apartment and see her boyfriend's(Rich) stuff everywhere, but she ignores it, Waverly blames her mom for the failure of her first marriage because she always criticized her ex. I think this story shows the value of honor. Her Mother, Lindo, wanted to have a honorable family and since Waverly's previous husband didn't make the cut lindo had to step in and try to ruin the marriage by constantly criticizing him until he got sick of it and left.
Waverly didn't take this very well because she was scared that her Mother would not like Rich and would ruin her marriage again. So when she took him to dinner at Lindo's house, Rich made many etiquette mistakes and Waverly thought her marriage would never happen. She planned on telling Lindo that they planned on getting married, but after Rich's mistakes she didn't. The next day Waverly went to Lindo's and was determined to tell her what was happening. When she told Lindo everything, Lindo said she already knew and that she actually liked Rich and that Waverly misunderstands her mother on many things. In the end it all worked out and they ended up postponing their marriage because Lindo says that china is nicest in October and that is where they are honeymooning.