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    young age, Waverly fell in love with a man named Marvin. She loved Marvin and they eventually got married. They were happy, but Waverly’s mother Lindo Jong was not. Lindo did not accept Marvin and never ceased to point out his insecurities. Soon after, doubts arose in Waverly and she divorced Marvin. After months of recovery from the divorce, Waverly decides to try to find the right person again. This time she meets a man named Rich. She becomes engaged to him and takes him over to her mom’s place for approval. During dinner Lindo reached the conclusion that Rich was not a good man. She denied Rich because of his attitude during dinner. Lindo becomes furious because Rich criticized her cooking ability. Although she told Waverly not to marry him, Waverly refused to be moved. After many arguments about Rich, Waverly’s mom changed her mind. She finally gave Waverly her blessings and allows Waverly to marry Rich. With her mother’s approval Waverly became the happiest woman on the planet and she starts preparing for the wedding ceremonies. Through Waverly’s point of view regarding the love life, we can see how she truly regards her mother. She always believed that her mother was trying to poison her with negative information about those she cared for. Although Waverly is angry at her mom, she still respects Lindos decision and her Lindos opinion affects her judgment as well. Waverly really loved Rich and…

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    In Amy Tan's book “The Joy Luck Club” mothers and daughters are very different but the same in many ways. All of the mothers were born in China and the daughters born in American. Lindo Jong and Waverly Jong are mother and daugher that are both Chinese and American. Lindo Jong was a strong, smart women. Her parents forced her into a horrible marriage. Lindo was treated as if she was a slave by her new mother-in-law. She had high self esteem and knew she could not be changed. After that she…

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    There is a drastic difference in the concepts of male and female equality during the time Lindo was a girl in China versus Waverly in America. In China, there was an invisible yet strong rule that men and women have different duties in life, as well as different privileges. Lindo, when she was a small child was betrothed to a boy whom she didn’t know. This is because back then, girls didn’t have any choice nor could have any opinion on which man they could and wanted to marry. A good portion of…

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    It is with great pleasure and honor that I take this opportunity to provide this letter as a personal reference for Ms. Shanette Lindo in regards to submitting an application to the prestigious JCCF. I am one of the eldest sisters of Ms. Lindo and have known her since birth, which is the past 21 years. Since childhood, Ms. Lindo exhibited stellar characteristics that reassured me she would no doubt be a great success in life and a positive contributor to society. As a child in primary school,…

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    Lindo and Waverly Jong’s viewpoints on almost everything are similar yet different from each other. This is in part to Waverly’s inherited traits of being incredibly independent, and stubborn, not a very good pair. Waverly loves to show off her independence saying things like, ‘“Don’t be so old fashioned, Ma,” she said to me, finishing her coffee down the sink. “I’m my own person.”’ (Tan, Page 254) Even though Waverly is a very independent person, she still looks to her mom for approval, “When…

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    The mother and daughter pair I was assigned was Lindo Jong, and her daughter Waverly Jong. Just like most mothers and daughters, Lindo and Waverly share some of the same viewpoints and also contradicted with one another's’ viewpoints. Some similarities they shared were their hard work ethic and use of knowledge. They both came from hard times. Lindo was in a very bad place in China. She was married to a man that did not love her, nor really cared for her and her mother-in-law was such a cruel…

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    "My life changed completely when I was twelve, the summer the heavy rains came"(53)... Lindo, one of the characters in Amy Tan’s fictional novel, The Joy Luck Club experience many dramatic changes at a very young age. The novel is about the relationships of four Chinese American mother-daughter pairs. Each chapter of the book holds stories told by the individual characters, narrating both their past life in China and their present life in America. Lindo is born in China. Her parents hired a…

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    chapter “Double Face” Lindo realizes how impossible it is to be both Chinese and American through a flashback. She hopes that through her story, Waverly will realize what Lindo is just beginning to understand herself. As the chapter “Double Face” begins, Lindo and her daughter Waverly find themselves in a beauty parlor preparing for Waverly’s second wedding. As they are both looking at each other in the mirror comparing themselves, Lindo slips into a flashback. In her memories, she illustrates…

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    In “The Joy Luck Club” Waverly’s story opens with her mother’s, Lindo, upbringing. It is understood that she did not have a choice when it came to marriage as she was engaged by the age of two. The hardships that Lindo had to face very early on, gives a pathway on how she nurtures Waverly. By understanding Lindo first, you can only then understand Lindo and Waverly’s story together. Reverting to Lindo’s story, it starts off as her mother figuratively hands her over to Mrs. Huang as she does not…

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    figure out that the moon lady is a dude. This concept chapter explained that the journey is better than the destination. In additional, chapter 23 of the “ how read literature like a professor” talks about backstories. Backstories help explain the main plot of the joy luck club. One example of backstory was the lindo jong incident. Before lindo jong was rich, she talks about how she nearly got married and pregnant. The stories start with lindo jong been noble by scarified her needs for her…

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