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.
In life, Suyuan Woo’s past has been unimaginable, however through all her life struggles she has somehow remained hopeful. Back in China, Suyuan had made a life for herself, she was married and even had twin baby girls. However, things changed when she realized that the Japanese were invading. If she didn't flee she would be killed. She left China with what she could carry, a wheelbarrow, and her babies. After days of travel her wheelbarrow breaks down and she is forced with the gut wrenching decision to leave her twin girls on the side of a road. This wild past of hers …show more content…
Just as she started a Joy Luck Club in China she did the same in America. The Joy Luck Club was put together as a way of celebrating the women's happiness despite whatever they may be going through. It can be seen that even throughout Suyuan's younger ages she has always had a big heart and this follows her through each stage of her life. She displays her ambitious qualities from the start of the novel to the end, and I feel that this really helped to develop her character. It also gave more meaning to the book. Suyuan says that “But to despair was to wish back for something already lost”. This was one of my favorite quotes from the novel because it displays everything that Suyuan represents throughout her whole
In life, Suyuan Woo’s past has been unimaginable, however through all her life struggles she has somehow remained hopeful. Back in China, Suyuan had made a life for herself, she was married and even had twin baby girls. However, things changed when she realized that the Japanese were invading. If she didn't flee she would be killed. She left China with what she could carry, a wheelbarrow, and her babies. After days of travel her wheelbarrow breaks down and she is forced with the gut wrenching decision to leave her twin girls on the side of a road. This wild past of hers …show more content…
Just as she started a Joy Luck Club in China she did the same in America. The Joy Luck Club was put together as a way of celebrating the women's happiness despite whatever they may be going through. It can be seen that even throughout Suyuan's younger ages she has always had a big heart and this follows her through each stage of her life. She displays her ambitious qualities from the start of the novel to the end, and I feel that this really helped to develop her character. It also gave more meaning to the book. Suyuan says that “But to despair was to wish back for something already lost”. This was one of my favorite quotes from the novel because it displays everything that Suyuan represents throughout her whole