Another common theme is that the main character in these stories don't really have parents. There might be a parent in the story but that parent isn't raising their kids. One major theme from this book was that the main character had a tough life and had a rough background. Despite this, he ended up being alright. The book appealed to me more in an emotional way than a logical way.…
In the novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, An-Mei’s mother’s perseverance and fighter spirit makes her a strong female figure. Much like her own mother, An-Mei shares the same characteristics though her fierce perseverance to overcome her challenges. Emulating her grandmother, Rose also exhibits the same strength which is based upon her character development of sticking up for herself. At the start of the novel, the readers are inclined to believe that all three of these characters are weak and cowards. For example, An-Mei’s mother is bullied by her own family, An Mei is introduced as someone who “lacks wood” or a pushover, and Rose’s divorce caused by her inability to decide.…
A generation is a group of people who live within the same age group or they can also be creations by the people older than you. There are many examples of generations, one, for example, could be trees. The trunk is the first generation. From the trunk grows the branches then after there are twigs and from those twigs there are leaves and the cycle continues growing. The characters build up characteristics as they grow up through the influence of their families, especially their parents, or through the things they learned throughout their life and apply those key ideas into their life.…
In “Rules of the Game,” Tan highlights some issues that appear in mother-daughter relationships. Although Waverly’s mom is supportive, she is overbearing and too critical when it comes to her children. Waverly’s mom lives vicariously through her daughters success. She cares more about the attention that Waverly’s success brings, rather than how her daughter is feeling after all these events occur.…
Some of these difficulties include the need to succeed and the pressure that Tan felt because of this. (Laurie Champion, 17.) Through sixteen stories of four Chinese mothers and their four American-born daughters, Tan shows how her life and these characters are compared. The parallels between Tan and each daughter gives rise to the themes of the novel. Amy Tan is an author that writes fluently about women’s issues, social issues, and cultural issues.…
Everybody goes through major conflicts. It’s a part of life. It could be as small as what clothes you should wear today, or it could be as big as what college you should go to. Conflicts can arise from anything. In The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, many of the characters go through internal and external conflicts that greatly affect their life.…
Joy Luck Club Jing-Mei’s expectations and her mother’s were very different. In a way Jing-Mei expected things not to be so hard, but in her mother’s view she was not being her best self. Jing-Mei’s mother had dreams of her being a child prodigy and being well at it too. “Of course you can be child prodigy too.” (Tan 132).…
The Joy Luck Club is an interesting talk of mother daughter relationships. Four women began the club, in order to play mahjong and enjoy life. The San Franciscan club was founded by Suyuan Woo. Before the story, however, Suyuan dies of a brain aneurysm. The three other women, An-Mei, Lindo, and Ying-ying, ask Suyuan’s daughter, Jing-Mei to take her mother’s place.…
The key conflict in The Joy Luck Club is that between mother and daughter. The mothers were all born in China so they grew up with traditional Chinese beliefs. The daughters, however, were all born in America or moved to America a young age, so their lives outside of the home were American. The source of conflicts in the book is mostly that the mothers are more traditionally Chinese and the daughters are more Americanized. The root of these problems can be traced back to the concept of happiness.…
When Jeanette was only three years old, Rose Mary applauded her for cooking hot dogs. Jeanette and her siblings had to find food on their own when their mom and dad were out of town. When there was not food during the school year, Jeanette had to pick up untouched food from the trash cans just to eat. These types of examples show what Jeanette and her other siblings had to go through at a young age on their own just to survive. Taking the example of Jeanette cooking at a young age showed the lack of commitment from the mother but at the same time she wanted to her children to learn the value of being independent.…
Divorce in The Joy Luck Club Tradition, culture, family, and pride these words may have different meanings, however they are able to shape how an individual lives their lives. Throughout The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan we see what life was like for four, Chinese-American families across two generations. We are able to view how the mothers grew up in China, as well as their lives after they immigrate to the States, and how their daughters grew up in America. We also see how couples go about getting married and in some cases divorced, and how it was a different process in China then it was in the America.…
In Joy Kogawa’s novel Obasan, the reader follows a young woman named Naomi on a search for answers to questions she has had trouble facing throughout her life. Specifically regarding the disappearance of her mother when she was a child. In Obasan the mother-daughter relationship being portrayed is fractured because of Naomi’s mother abrupt departure with no explanation, leaving Naomi constantly searching to fill the void of a protective mother figure. Growing up Naomi’s mother played a very important role in her life as a protector, teacher and caregiver. Once her mother left a void was created in Naomi’s life, that would remain there into adulthood.…
Mothers contribute a lot to their kids’ lives especially when it comes to their daughters. It does not matter if a mother does too much or too little there is always a big impact on their kids’ life. This is shown in two stories written by two ladies, Tillie Olsen, who wrote “I Stand Here Ironing” and Amy Tan who wrote “Two Kinds.” These two authors showed the relationships between the mothers and their daughters. Even Jing-Mei in “Two Kinds” struggled with her mother not let her be who she truly was, and Emily in “I Stand Here Ironing” struggled with the diseases and all miserable things in her life, their mothers showed them love and care in the different ways.…
In The Joy Luck Club, the author, Amy Tan introduces four mother-daughter pairs which displays the perspectives of each character through their view on life. Tan also shows how each of the mothers’ thoughts influence their daughter as well as their expectations for them in America. The novel compares the past life and experiences of each mother, cultural conflicts, and the transition from their life in China to America. Through the mothers stories of their experiences in China, many family secrets and cultural backgrounds are revealed. Ying-Ying and Lena St. Clair, one of the four mother daughter pairs, both experience tragic lessons from emotionally abusive husbands, leading them to fear their surroundings, and the struggle to find their true…
The jury requires more than one viewpoint to come to any legitimate verdict. A similar approach was taken in the creation of this novel. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan is a winding novel written using eight different perspectives of mothers and daughters. Tan describes the lives of Chinese daughters and mothers who moved to America. This shift of Chinese to American hides no secrets from the reader because the words of any character can be supported by three others.…