Amy Lee

“The ‘F Word’” (2003) by Firoozeh Dumas showcases her lifelong struggle of accepting her name. The excerpt is an autobiography about Dumas’ encounter with American standards Her name brought negative attention to herself causing her to change it. Later in life Dumas felt comfortable with her own name and culture allowing her to revert back to her original name. Dumas’ lifelong battle with her identity is shown in this story through her use of irony, metaphors, and similes. Prior to Dumas’ birth…

In the novel The Joy Luck Club, Jing-mei believes that her mother, Suyuan, expects her to be a successful prodigy and do well in anything she does. Jing-mei feels that she has failed her mother by not achieving success in many areas throughout her life and blames Suyuan for her high expectations. Perceiving to have disappointed her mother, Jing-mei loses belief in herself while in reality, Suyuan still held high hopes for her and only wants Jing-mei to try her best. Therefore, Jing-mei’s future…

The Motifs of Amy Tan in “The Joy Luck Club” Often, Tan writes about struggling mother-daughter relationships and the Chinese- American experience. In Amy Tan’s novel “The Joy Luck Club,” she cultivates her life throughout the novel by illustrating connections between the characters in the novel and her own life. Equally important, Tan is the daughter of two Chinese immigrants, this is where her inspiration for writing about these differences comes into play. Tan and her own mother had…

condition and finding the source of life to bring you forth into a richer or more mature condition” (Campbell 1). According to Campbell, heroes ”recover what has been lost or [they] discover some life-giving elixir” (1). In the novel, The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, the character Jing-Mei Woo fits into the criteria of being a hero because efewfhydwfe. After her mother Suyuan passes away, Jing-Mei is asked to take her mother’s spot in the Joy Luck Club. During one of the meeting of the Joy Luck…

Literary devices are perhaps one of the most important elements used in writing. The journey of Suyuan in the historical fiction novel, The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, is characterized through the use of style, plot and motif by establishing tone, emphasizing motivation and characterizing relationships throughout the novel. Tan’s use of style is one of, if not the most, prevalent literary elements used in the selected passage. Style used in the given excerpt of, The Joy Luck Club, helps Tan to…

A chinese proverb once said, “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” Freedom was my definition of driving. Learning helps us move forward from the earliest to the last stage in life.As a reserved, young girl, I always dreamed with the idea of going out with friends and being able to get to places on my own. I knew that my parents weren’t always going to be able to be there when ever I needed them. The perception people gave of driving made me want to pursue that obstacle…

In one of the scenes, Glatzer and Westmoreland use a close up shot to present the main character Alice Howland to the viewers using her linguistic skill to widen her audience outlook on language. She says: "Most children speak and understand their mother tongue before the age of four, without lessons, homework, or much in the way feedback." This quote makes people think and actually makes them wonder how that is possible. They present her in a beige blouse to symbolize trust, loyalty, wisdom,…

daughters’ lives without thinking their daughters have other plans which differ from them. There are two stories that at some points have something in common between mothers and daughters relationship: “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan. Kincaid writes about the advices a mother gives to her daughter mainly emphasizing which are the things she needs…

In “The Struggle to be an American Girl,” Elizabeth Wong explores the journey to find an identity and a sense of belonging through the eyes of an immigrant child caught between two cultures. As a child, Wong rejects her cultural heritage in favor of attempting to blend in with the society around her, a decision that haunts her into adulthood. Wong’s desire to be American leads her to reject the traditions of her family, not realizing until she is older the significance of preserving those…

“Two Kinds” is a story based on a mother and daughter, and how they had their own opinions on how the daughter should be. The mother wanted the best for her daughter, but she also wanted her daughter become something she wasn’t, a child prodigy. The daughter tried to please her mother but in the end she just wanted to be herself, to stick to her own mindset, not her mother's. She tried everything in beginning that her mother wanted her to do, but later grew out of trying to please her mom…