The novel Saving Fish from Drowing reflects Amy Tan's profound ethical thoughts on the prob- lem of cultural conflict. By portraying the images of "fish", "Grotto of Female Genitalia" and "the Lord's Army", the writer discusses the coexistence and the encounter between different living habits, different religions, and different lifestyles in the eastern culture and in the western one, as well as the consequent conflicts and clashes which could not be avoidable. It will lead to a tragedy if there is a lack of...