The Joy Luck Club Chinese Analysis

“My mother believed you could be anything you wanted in America…open a restaurant… work for the government and get good retirement….buy a house with almost no money down…become rich…become instantly famous “June (The Joy Luck Club). There are some quotes from certain characters from Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club that are relatable to the intentions of the Chinese that immigrated to the U.S. during the late 19th century. June was Suyunn’s daughter in the novel, and Suyunn immigrated to the U.S. hoping to give her daughter, June an opportunistic life .Some of the characters in Amy Tan’s novel can be compared to the some of the reasons why the Chinese immigrated to the United States. The locations that the characters from the novel settled in are similar to the locations where the Chinese immigrated to. Chinese immigration …show more content…
Construction and mining jobs in California were in need of cheap laborers, and the Chinese entering the U.S. were one of the few that were willing to take the jobs. Thousands of Chinese settled in the city of San Francisco California which was the same location that the four mothers in the novel settled. Chinese laborers would take cheaper wages than the average white American which led to a competition for obtaining a job. As more and more of them came in to the States, the U.S. government grew concerned and passed several laws to limit and eventually prohibit immigration. There also acts that would deport new Chinese immigrants just arriving in America. Decades later, the U.S. government lifted the acts passed against immigration. China at the same time was going through political unrest. Wars were spread through most of Southern China causing difficulty for the Chinese government to maintain order. These such events were major push factors that caused numerous Chinese to flee to the