A. Why did Jing-Mei’s mother form the Joy Luck Club in Kweilin?
Her mother formed the club to give herself and her friends a break from the horror of the war that was going on in China.
What kind of information did Jing-Mei learn from her mother’s story about leaving Kweilin?
Jing-Mei learned that her mother carried a wheelbarrow of items that included her twin daughters, food, and fancy clothes. When she left Kweilin all that she had left was three of her fancy dresses.
Why was Jing-Mei given $1200 by her “aunties”?
Before Jing-Mei’s mother died she was on a quest to find her twin daughters that she left behind. Her mother was given an address of where her daughters lived. Since her mother died before she could even go to find her twin, her aunties decided that …show more content…
Jing-Mei Woo’s mother, Suyuan Woo, founded the Joy Luck Club. The Joy Luck Club consists of Suyuan Woo and her friends, An-Mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Ying- Ying St. Clair. In the book, the narrators switch in every chapter to reveal each mother’s journey to get to America. The story begins with Jing-Mei Woo telling how her mother escaped Kweilin during War World II. Her mother had to abandon her twin daughters and later learned that her first husband, an officer of the Kuomintang, died. She remarried to Jing-Mei’s father and moved to America. Jing-mei was eventually born, but her mother was trying to find her twin daughters. Her mother died of an aneurism, before she could even see her twin daughters. The people that were left in the Joy Luck Club saved up money and gave Jing-mei $1200 to fulfill her mother’s long cherished wish. She was to go to China and talk about her mother’s past to her half sisters. In An-Mei Hsu story, she talks about how her mother joined a polygamous family and her maternal grandmother had to care for her. When her grandmother was dying, An-Mei’s mother returned and lacerated a piece of her skin. She put it in a bowl of soup that was given to her mother, but her mother
Her mother formed the club to give herself and her friends a break from the horror of the war that was going on in China.
What kind of information did Jing-Mei learn from her mother’s story about leaving Kweilin?
Jing-Mei learned that her mother carried a wheelbarrow of items that included her twin daughters, food, and fancy clothes. When she left Kweilin all that she had left was three of her fancy dresses.
Why was Jing-Mei given $1200 by her “aunties”?
Before Jing-Mei’s mother died she was on a quest to find her twin daughters that she left behind. Her mother was given an address of where her daughters lived. Since her mother died before she could even go to find her twin, her aunties decided that …show more content…
Jing-Mei Woo’s mother, Suyuan Woo, founded the Joy Luck Club. The Joy Luck Club consists of Suyuan Woo and her friends, An-Mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Ying- Ying St. Clair. In the book, the narrators switch in every chapter to reveal each mother’s journey to get to America. The story begins with Jing-Mei Woo telling how her mother escaped Kweilin during War World II. Her mother had to abandon her twin daughters and later learned that her first husband, an officer of the Kuomintang, died. She remarried to Jing-Mei’s father and moved to America. Jing-mei was eventually born, but her mother was trying to find her twin daughters. Her mother died of an aneurism, before she could even see her twin daughters. The people that were left in the Joy Luck Club saved up money and gave Jing-mei $1200 to fulfill her mother’s long cherished wish. She was to go to China and talk about her mother’s past to her half sisters. In An-Mei Hsu story, she talks about how her mother joined a polygamous family and her maternal grandmother had to care for her. When her grandmother was dying, An-Mei’s mother returned and lacerated a piece of her skin. She put it in a bowl of soup that was given to her mother, but her mother