After reading the short story "Rules of the Game," by Amy Tan, we can say that this is how Waverly is affected by the conflict with her mother in paragraphs 71-78:
B. She begins to think of her mother as her enemy rather than her teammate.
What happens in "Rules of the Game"?
- Waverly is just a child, but she becomes a genius of chess. Soon, her Chinese mother begins to interfere with this activity, which Waverly loves so much.
- Waverly just wants to play chess for herself, but her mother seems to want to expose her, parade her. Of course, it is just a part of her culture to want to have a prodigy for a child, but Waverly does not appreciate that.
- After their major conflict, Waverly begins to see her mother as an enemy rather than a teammate. The story ends with Waverly imagining her relationship with her mother as a chess game:
"Her black men advanced across the plane, slowly marching to each successive level as a single unit. My white pieces screamed as they scurried and fell off the board one by one. [...] I closed my eyes and pondered my next move."
With the information above in mind, we can choose letter B as the best option.
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