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hot enough and spilling it on purpose. 5. What did Lindo’s mother-in-law instruct the servants to teach Lindo? - She told the servants to teach Lindo to be a good wife. By showing Lindo how to cook, clean and take care of the house and her husband. 6. What promise did Lindo make to herself on her wedding day? -She promised she would never forget her sense of individuality 7. Why was Lindo unafraid while she was led down a path on her wedding day? -Because she knew she would remember who…

Barriers Between Mothers and Their Daughters The Joy Luck Club, published in 1989 by Amy Tan, portrays the stories of four Chinese immigrant families living in the city of San Francisco. The novel is structured in a manner that it represents a game of mahjong, four parts are divided into four sections, two sections being told by the mother and two sections told by the daughter, in order to create sixteen chapters with each mother and their respective daughter able to share stories of their lives…

Kate Chopin both convey their concept of marriage by using various literary devices such as symbolism, and juxtaposition to reveal the emotional turmoil that women endure when they are forced into a non genuine marriage. Throughout “The Red Candle” Lindo contemplates about her arranged marriage and how corresponding signs have influenced her marriage. Prior to the wedding a matchmaker is sent to see if couples are compatible based off of their signs. For instance on page 50 the matchmaker…

influence of their families, especially their parents, or through the things they learned throughout their life and apply those key ideas into their life.The mother, Lindo Jong, in the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, talks about her life when she was younger before she came to America and raised her American-born…

elderly were respected the most. Back in North America, this hierarchy of the most educated being at the top can be seen through a variety of characters such as Solomon Lindo and Aminata. Solomon Lindo wasn’t an ordinary indigo plantation owner, he was rather an inspector whose skills were well renowned. When Appleby was introducing Lindo he even said, “He’s the new indigo inspector for the entire province of South Carolina (237).” His skills and knowledge of indigo allowed him to work a job…

To Lindo Jong red candle means something deeper than your ordinary candle. From Lindo perspective the word red candle means the start and end to her doomed marriage. Being from the traditional Chinese culture, Lindo knew who she was meant to marry due to being a part of an arranged marriage. Matchmakers who worked for a wealthy family found the family’s son’s destined wife. this lucky lady turned out to be Lindo. When Lindo became an appropriate age, it was time…

talk of mother daughter relationships. Four women began the club, in order to play mahjong and enjoy life. The San Franciscan club was founded by Suyuan Woo. Before the story, however, Suyuan dies of a brain aneurysm. The three other women, An-Mei, Lindo, and Ying-ying, ask Suyuan’s daughter, Jing-Mei to take her mother’s place. Jing-Mei accepts and learns more about her mother’s life in China, and the sacrifices she made to be in America. All of these mothers attempt to pass some sort of wisdom…

The Jong family is composed of mother Lindo Jong, father Tin Jong, and kids Vincent and Waverly. Lindo played mahjong with Suyuan and plays with Jing-mei. Father Tin Jong is Lindo’s second husband. He and Lindo are the parents of Vincent, Waverly, and Winston who was the oldest until he died in his teens. Daughter Waverly is the youngest of 10 and Lindos children. She was a very successful chess player as a child and an amazing attorney as an adult…

Jospeh Campbell, an American mythologist, has popularized the idea of the hero’s journey. The hero’s journey is something that every hero is required to go through. According to Campbell, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” (Campbell 1). A hero must also accomplish one of two deeds. The first deed is the physical deed, where “…the hero performs a courageous act in battle and saves a life” (Campbell 1). The second deed is the spiritual deed, where…

can understand that the mothers have gone through so much but the daughters never knew about it. Instead they saw them as whiny old ladies that didn’t understand the new youth. An example of this would be with the characters Waverly Jong and Lindo Jong. Lindo Jong is the Chinese mother who immigrated to the United States, running away from her past, a past that her daughter never knew or understood. Waverly Jong tells her view point of growing up in chapter 5, Rules of the Game. She was a…