Amy Eilberg

In the novel, The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, all the storytelling done makes the plot structure very unique. The novel takes place in four different time frames: the mother’s childhoods in China; the young adult years of the mothers when they immigrate to America; the childhood years of the daughters in the United States; and the young adult years of the daughters as they interact with mothers. The mother’s childhood experiences take place in China while the rest of the context takes place in…

If I were to make the Joy Luck Club into a film, I wouldn’t. There already is a film. Directed by Wayne Wang and released in 1993, the film adaptation of Amy Tan’s novel is just as powerful as the novel itself. Kieu Chinh was casted as Suyuan, Tsai Chin as Lindo, France Nuyen as Ying-Ying, Lisa Lu as An-mei, Ming-Na Wen as June, Tamlyn Tomita as Waverly, Lauren Tom as Lena, and lastly, Rosalind Chao as Rose. Each part was wonderfully played by each of the actresses. The film adaptation perfectly…

2nd Quarter Project In the book, “The Joy Luck Club,” there are many conflicts that impact the story, which includes cultural collision between Chinese and Chinese-American cultures. Jing-mei’s mother, Suyuan, travailed from a path full of adversities. Suyuan represents the Chinese culture while Jing-mei represents the Chinese-American. Throughout the book, Jing-mei comes to realize how a war devastated and greatly impacted her life from a story told by Suyuan. The struggles that both Suyuan and…

5The story “Two Kinds” is written by Amy Tan. The story is about June's mother starting test to see if her daughter is a prodigy. One day, the mom sees a young Chinese girl playing piano on the Ed Sullivan Show, and then uses that idea to have her daughter June starting playing the piano. June starts piano lessons with Chong, who her mother exchanges lessons for cleaning services. After a while, June prepares to play the piano at a recital, which her mom and her friends come to watch her.…

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…

In Two Kinds by Amy Tan, Jing-mei Woo is more of an ethnic minority than portraying an American child (woman). Because of her mother’s actions, and cultural traditions from China, Jing-mei Woo, is not able to embrace the American culture. Eventually, Jing-mei compares her life in America to life in China, resulting in a rebellion. Likewise, since she was a child, Jing-mei Woo was forced to be everything she wasn’t, even when she tried to stay true to herself, the temptation of being a worthy…

The Joy Luck Club is split into fours. There are four sections and four chapters in each section, and each set of four represents the four seats at a mahjong table. Just like each seat belongs to each player, each chapter belongs to a specific character. In the first section of the book, June is asked by her father to be the fourth seat at her mother's friends’ mahjong table, replacing her mother who has passed away. Surrounded by these women who knew her mother so well, June is reminded of the…

1. Two Kinds is narrated by Jing-mei Woo. Her mother is the one who founds the Joy Luck Club in 1949 before Jing-mei is born. She immigrated to the US to find opportunity, and she believes in the “American Dream” – that “you could be anything you wanted to be in America” (132). Jing-mei and her mother are close in the beginning of the chapter. They are also excited for Jing-mei’s journey to become a prodigy 2. After she loses her mother, father, home, children, and husband in China, she feels…

display the importance of having a strong family, particularly those growing up with entirely different cultures. These stories exemplify how a feeling of security, support, and community can lead to an individual's prosperity regardless of any barriers. Amy Tan's constant use of the motif of sacrifice due to love exemplifies a mother's willingness to give up anything…

Amy Beatrice Wilson Carmichael was born on December 16, 1867 to a wealthy family in Millisle, County Down, Ireland. She describes her childhood surroundings as "a little old world village of white washed cottages on the shore of the Irish Sea". She was born to Presbyterian parents, David and Catherine Carmichael and the oldest of seven children. The Carmichaels raised their children to honor the Lord in words and actions. When Amy was three years old she prayed that God would change her eye…