What causes the conflict between the characters in this passage? the mother demands obedience, no matter the situation. the mother cares more about results than about her daughter. the mother does not believe that her daughter can become a prodigy. the mother believes that her daughter is not trying her best, and the daughter disagrees.

The passage is taken from the story The Joy Luck Club. The conflicts between the characters was that the mother believes that her daughter is not trying her best, and the daughter disagrees.

The conflict between Jing-mei and her mother was that her mother wanted her to be a prodigy. She feels that her daughter has a natural talent and if she tries her best, she would be a child prodigy.

Jing-mei disagreed from her mother. Her mother's sentence "You could been genius if you want to” clearly explains that she feels her daughter is not putting efforts and is not trying her best in the job which led the daughter to disagree.

Therefore, the correct option is d.

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The mother believes that her daughter is not trying her best, and the daughter disagrees.

Explanation:

In Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, the story revolves around the life of Jing-mei/ June who is brought up in an American society but brought up by her Chinese parents. The theme of generational divide among the parents and children is the major issue in the stories of the many other characters too.

Conflict is a situation where the characters are in contradiction with each other. This is evident when the mother believes that her daughter is not doing her best whereas the daughter seems to disagree with her mother. This contradictory interests led to the conflict between the mother and daughter.

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