In the novel The Joy Luck CLub written by, Amy Tann the main focus is on a group of women and each of their daughters. The women have experienced an unimaginable past which has brought them from China all the way to San Francisco Chinatown. Throughout The Joy Luck Club, each of the women's pasts influences their present self as well as the hopes and dreams for their daughters. I believe that the character that demonstrated this the most throughout the novel was Suyuan Woo. In the result of her past, her present character brings significant meaning to the work as a whole.…
Within each one of the four sections of the Joy Luck Club, author Amy Tan includes a foreshadowing and symbolic prologue. The themes of these prologues are a quick introduction to the main themes of the section, and they often include “Chinese-worries” that are faced in America by the mothers and daughters. In the first section, “Feathers from a Thousand Li Away,” the main theme is the relationship between the mother and daughters of the Joy Luck Club. In the first chapter, Suyuan had to leave everything behind in China as she was escaping from Kweilin. Suyuan’s was also never able to reunite with her daughters due to her death from “a cerebral aneurysm.”…
The Joy Luck Club ended with Jing-Mei Woo traveling to China and reuniting with her long lost half sisters. I found this to be an effective ending because many of the mothers’ stories in the book were about their childhood in China and their fears that their children had forgotten their Chinese roots. By having Jing-Mei return to China, this seemed to bridge the gap between the generations and show hope for the rest of the daughters to connect with their Chinese culture. Visiting China also seemed to give Jing-Mei closure on her mother’s death and show the beginning of a new chapter of her life. Jing-Mei’s mother spent years trying to find her long lost daughters and she passed away just before they found her.…
60 percent of women say their mother was more influential than their father. This fact is quite blatant in Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club, as all the mothers impact their daughters’ lives a great deal. Some examples are Lindo criticizing Waverly’s possessions and Suyuan pressuring Jing-mei to work towards becoming a prodigy. The mothers cause their daughters to rethink what they do time and time again.…
People can go through identity changes many times in their lives for many reasons including losing weight, getting married, or moving. However, the identity changes in this essay have to do with a pressuring parent and a whole new life. In the book The Joy Luck Club, the main character, Jing-mei, experiences feelings of a lost identity until the end of the novel. The sense of identity that Jing-mei feels when she visits China is comparable to the Lost Boys of Sudan starting their new lives in America. Jing-mei experiences an identity change when she learns of her Chinese heritage.…
The ability to understand the languages of both their native language and English becomes a struggle between mother and daughter. The new responsibilities are endless for Jing-Mei as she is determined to resolve her mother’s stories. Jing-Mei takes care of her own tasks as well as her late mother’s. In The Joy Luck Club, Jing-Mei overcomes the standards set by society in her new life. Jing-Mei is still viewed as a child in the group of elders known as the Joy Luck Club.…
In some extent, I disagree with Amy Chua’s view about “Chinese mother” and “Western mother” in the article why Chinese mothers are superior. Although, she thought that Chinese mothers are superior, in my opinion, her some description about Chinese mother and reasons that support her ideas are unconvincing, exaggerated even extreme. We cannot define Chinese mother as what she said in the essay. Her view of Chinese mother looks like the truth, but actually far from the fact.…
-The Joy Luck Club was formed to take the mind off of the ongoing war. 4. Why did the women in the club call it Joy Luck? -The club was called the Joy Luck Club because they hoped to get lucky, and that hope was one of the few joys left to them.…
"My life changed completely when I was twelve, the summer the heavy rains came"(53)... Lindo, one of the characters in Amy Tan’s fictional novel, The Joy Luck Club experience many dramatic changes at a very young age. The novel is about the relationships of four Chinese American mother-daughter pairs. Each chapter of the book holds stories told by the individual characters, narrating both their past life in China and their present life in America. Lindo is born in China.…
During the turn of the century America was going through changes in diversity. For instance, the multiple amounts of immigrants coming to the United States, Italians, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese and more. The immigrants had a variety of origins, problems faced, and multiple reason for migrating to the US. These immigrants made up several workforces in different areas of production for the United States. Despite this, Americans weren’t pleased at all with the number of immigrants hence, the number of anti-immigration acts that were introduced.…
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, tackles many themes throughout the book. These themes seem to be illustrated through the conflicts between the main characters specifically the conflicts involving the mothers and daughters. The book also provides an insight at the role that age and culture play in regards to conflict resolution. Suyuan and Jing-mei…
Culture is everywhere. The way one communicates, his or her mannerisms or quirks, the foods they like to eat, and even the clothes they enjoy wearing are all elements of their culture. The essay “The Chinese in All of Us”, authored by Richard Rodriguez, is all about culture and how one should respond towards the mixing of different cultures. The overall topic is about multiculturalism. According to online article, “Multiculturalism”, multiculturalism is the about the correct way to react towards the diversity of cultures (Song 2010).…
There are many trials and tribulations that colored people in America have to deal with. These Stereotypes have a drastic affect on both children and adults. What is a stereotype? A stereotype is to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same. This concept can do both mental and physical damage to a human being 's psyche.…
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…
Rosa Miranda 25 November 2017 Professor Bonser Culture and Acceptance in Gene Luen Yang’s Graphic Novel “American Born Chinese” In the young adult literature winning graphic novel American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, the authors purpose is to encourage young adults to accept themselves for whom they really are. Throughout the story, the main characters are being triggered by the lack of acceptance from the society they are surrounded by and want to fit in. Each main character is extremely affected by the racial and cultural differences and lead them to doing things that are not appropriate for their own good. The graphic novel involves three different stories.…