Every experience that a person has may change the outcome of his or her entire life, and its burden on his or her thoughts may range from inconsequential to monumental. The numerous trials that someone has gone through in order to become simply another person walking in a crowd reach deeply into the feelings of the present. Even for those people who appear to be going through their lives normally, there are memories that they feel may have been better off forgotten. Negative emotions, especially, seem to cling to the forefront of the mind and adversely affect self-esteem, self-confidence, and interpersonal relationships. Stories like those told in the movie The Joy Luck Club, based on the eponymous novel by Amy Tan and directed by Wayne Wang,
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She died without knowing that her infant twin daughters - whom she had abandoned years ago in China - had miraculously survived. When she had another daughter, June, in America, Suyuan hoped fervently that the girl would become everything that her older half-sisters had had the potential to be; however, she never once spoke to June about the daughters that she had left across the ocean except in passing. It wasn’t until after her mother’s death that her father and the other three members of the joy luck club decided to redouble their efforts to find June’s missing sisters; she had no idea of the pain her mother had endured over the years until her father told the complete story. Even though June’s mother had been close to death and the twins may not have survived if she had kept them, Suyuan lived with incredible guilt every day of her life. She gave up everything she had and may have even given her life for the two infants had she not believed that they would have a better life without her. June grew up thinking that her mother expected far too much of her, and resented every club and skill her mother wanted her to try. If Suyuan had embraced her past struggles instead of forcing herself to conceal them, her relationship with her youngest daughter could have been strong and
She died without knowing that her infant twin daughters - whom she had abandoned years ago in China - had miraculously survived. When she had another daughter, June, in America, Suyuan hoped fervently that the girl would become everything that her older half-sisters had had the potential to be; however, she never once spoke to June about the daughters that she had left across the ocean except in passing. It wasn’t until after her mother’s death that her father and the other three members of the joy luck club decided to redouble their efforts to find June’s missing sisters; she had no idea of the pain her mother had endured over the years until her father told the complete story. Even though June’s mother had been close to death and the twins may not have survived if she had kept them, Suyuan lived with incredible guilt every day of her life. She gave up everything she had and may have even given her life for the two infants had she not believed that they would have a better life without her. June grew up thinking that her mother expected far too much of her, and resented every club and skill her mother wanted her to try. If Suyuan had embraced her past struggles instead of forcing herself to conceal them, her relationship with her youngest daughter could have been strong and