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women were forced to get married and samething tan has portrayed in the THE Joy LUCK CLUB. “ I know the tree-trunk lady was the old village matchmaker, and the other was huang taitai, the mother of the boy I would married”(44). At young age a girl lindo was married by forced because of the traditional roles. In 1930’s the traditional roles affect the women to seek and gain the greater equality in china. After women were married they were no longer considered as a family. “ A man could choose…

influences. Tan learned that culture can be passed on and appreciated throughout generations. Culture can be forgotten at first but not lost forever. Tan expresses this theme in her book. The theme is conveyed in the mother daughter relationships between Lindo Jong and Waverly Jong, An-mei Hsu and Rose Hsu Jordan, and Suyuan Woo and Jing-mei Woo. In the book, four mothers bring their four daughters to the United States. Their daughters become greatly influenced by the American culture. During…

is controlled by the power of Lindo, so Aminata ran away from him, “ I kept walking. I was frightened by the darkness and the lonely sound of my feet on dry…

Lindo Jong is kinder and gentler than Waverly, she focuses more on a person’s successes than their flaws. When Waverly was a young child, she learned how to play chess. After winning many tournaments her mother began to brag and take the accomplishments…

Chinese philosopher, Zhuang Zhou, once said “So it is said, for him who understands Heavenly joy, life is the working of Heaven; death is the transformation of things. In stillness, he and the yin share a single Virtue; in motion, he and the yang share a single flow.” The idea of Yin and Yang is very influential in the Chinese culture, representing the balance between good and bad. Through Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club, the author demonstrates the long, conflicting journey that young Chinese women…

wondered why my destiny had been decided, why I should have an unhappy life so someone else could have a happy one” (Tan 58). Lindo expresses how unhappy she is with her new living arrangement but does it because she respects her mother’s and her family’s wishes to uphold a promise they had made long ago to have her marry Tyan-yu. By respecting the wishes of her family, Lindo shows that she is loyal to them as well. The mothers of the Joy Luck Club have shown their continuous loyalty and respect…

Lindo, who is the antagonist in Rules of the Game have similar and different personalities. They both keep their Chinese heritage throughout the story and takes great pride in it. In addition, their viewpoint is base on a Chinese-American who does not fully understand American culture. Mrs. Lindo keeps her Chinese heritage when she displays how proud she is of Waverly. However, she does not understand…

Is your protagonist a round or flat character? In The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill, Aminata Diallo is the main protagonist and the book is narrated in her eyes as she recalls her life from her early childhood, her eventual capture and her quest to get home. The changes that she goes through tell us that she is a round character. Some of the stages can include: • Aminata begins to undergo growth in her mind as a young child. Her parents are strong models who play an important part in helping…

wanting to pass this on to Waverly. However, this gold only provides high status in the Chinese culture and Lindo cannot pass it onto her daughter since it doesn't convey the same connotation in America. -Furthermore, the gold only carries this meaning if it is pure, therefore not mixed in with any American ideas that Waverly possesses having grown up in America. -The gold only further sets Lindo apart from her American grown daughter who grew up in a culture that wears fourteen-carat gold.…

3. The Cultural Differences Between China and America From the Perspective of Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions 3.1 The Power-Distance（PDI）Reflected in The Joy Luck Club PDI is used to indicate the degree of acceptance of people in a culture for inequality in the distribution of power. In general, Asia has a higher PDI, the usual reaction of Chinese for inequality is to endure, to obey the authority, and they are educated to obey their parents. While Western countries have a lower PDI, they have…