The Joy Luck Club

"Two Kinds" by Amy Tan is about a relationship between a daughter and her mother. Amy Tan uses actions to explain the relationship being abusive. One of the actions to portray this relationship was that Amy Tan's mother slapped her (98). All because Amy Tan started questioning why her mother was not accepting her for who she is. Actions speak louder than words. Other actions in this story are when her mother and Old Chong decided to have her play at a talent show. "She snapped off the TV,…

first glance, Suyuan Woo, from Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club, doesn’t appear to meet this definition of a hero, she actually satisfies it by devoting her life to improving her daughter’s life. Suyuan’s early life is spent in Kweilin, in the midst of the second Sino-Japanese war. Though it might not be the case for the average person living at that time, Suyuan’s frugal life was her comfortable status quo. That was where she started the Joy Luck Club. Suyuan devoted one day a week to lifting…

that occur. Every facet of every individual requires a catalyst moment in order to form, and thus, the key to understanding another is to be aware of what they have been through. Keeping this rationale in mind, when analyzing June from Amy Tan’s “Joy Luck Club,” the reader can easily identify how her relationship with her mother, the way she was raised, and how the experiences she had along the way encouraged her into becoming the woman that she is. Through countless tales told across…

are cyclical like an amusement park ride who’s speed and momentum we cannot control. They are seemingly spinning out of control filled with dizzying distractions that prevent us from enjoying the ride and knowing how to get off. In Amy Tan’s “Joy Luck Club” and J.D Salinger’s “The Catcher In the Rye”, both June and Holden become stuck in the motion of their ongoing carousels - June in her struggle to connect to her mother and herself and Holden in his struggling attempt…

The story of Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah is a story of a little girl that is isolated from her family, her whole life. From Adeline’s birth her family didn’t accept her and didn’t like her; especially Niang. Although Adeline’s biological brother and sisters were treated worse than their step-brother and sister, Adeline was treated worse. She didn’t have anyone to look out for her, besides Aunt Baba. Adeline had one person to look out for her, Aunt Baba, but she also had a pet that she…

The short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan tells about a young Chinese girl named Ni Kan who lives in America and learns to play the piano. I will be comparing and contrasting this story to my personal story, where as a child I moved to China and learned to play the piano. There are some similarities and some surprising differences in the stories obstacles, conflicts, and transformations. In the story "Two Kinds" Ni Kan faced many obstacles trying to learn to play the piano. Her first obstacle was…

In the short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, a relationship is shown between a mother and daughter that exemplifies the complexities and intricacies between the two. Throughout the story, the mother chooses to showcase different musical talents towards her daughter, in hope that her daughter masters one and becomes a “child prodigy.” Meanwhile, the daughter chooses to find herself through her own means rather than through the dreams of her mother, which sets the theme of how the expectations of a…

In Annie Murphy's " Tiger Moms: Is Tough Parenting Really the Answer" article, the reader know about how mother Amy Chua raised her children in a rigorous matter to ensure that her two daughters were prepared for their future the author, Annie Murphy Paul, describes why Amy Chua, who is a Chinese mother, commonly used the parenting style of Tiger mother to treat and raise her children. First of all, Paul states that the Tiger Moms style is the most effective way to raise our children for…

This modified passage, which goes on for more than a whole page is a double climax because on the one hand, Kingston breaks free from the repression she has felt throughout the childhood by her family and the Chinese customs (). On the other hand, she takes up the agency and “makes a statement” to her parents (): Kingston chooses to form her own identity regardless of the ethnic background as a Chinese American and rejects the idea of what her parents expect her to be. It might be true that her…

The song “Someone’s Watching Over Me” by Hilary Duff is about someone finally finding themselves and becoming comfortable with who they are after struggling with their identity for some time. I feel that this song aptly conveys Jing-mei Woo’s character traits, emotions, thoughts and predicament as an adult after the passing of her mother, Suyuan woo as she too had a prejudice against her Chinese self. As a child, Jing-mei had always detested her Chinese culture and “had vigorously denied that…