The Joy Luck Club

The most valuable idea in chapter one is Jerry will go through pain and exhaustion for a spot on the football team. Jerry perseveres through all the hard drills to prove to the coach he is worth making the football team. (Cormier 5) The most valuable idea in chapter two is Jerry was assigned the “chocolates” prank by Archie but Obie disagreed that he should be the one because his mom passed away recently. (Cormier 15) The most valuable idea in chapter three is Jerry wishes he could dress more…

In the book, Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, in the 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…

person unique? Is it their history? Or their language? Or how they were raised? The answer is all this and more. Everything about a person contributes to their cultural identity which is evident in books and pieces of writing. Stories like the “Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan, “In the American Society” by Gish Jen, and “What is an American?” By Jean de Crevecoeur provide different perspectives on the concept of cultural identity. These works of literature show that a person’s cultural identity is…

A rollercoaster ride is an experience few can forget. Most people have felt the rush of adrenaline right before the final drop, some crave it while others are terrified of it. Literature is not different from roller coaster when it comes to the buildup and rising and the falling action. Not only does the plot development chart looks like a physical rollercoaster; it describes a person’s emotion throughout the ride. In Candy’s Gourlay’s Tall Story, it presented a story about a tall boy who moved…

This is a case of a domestic disturbance in the club. Plaintiff Ginn’s become “silly drunk” in one of the nightclubs in Georgia. He was asked by several patrons and the manager to leave the premises but didn’t left until the police came. Consequently, Ginn’s has a moral obligation theory, it is a “Rawls’s social justice theory” and according to Cheeseman “it is a moral theory which asserts that fairness is the essence of justice. The theory proffers that says each person is presumed to have…

In The Joy Luck Club, the author, Amy Tan introduces four mother-daughter pairs which displays the perspectives of each character through their view on life. Tan also shows how each of the mothers’ thoughts influence their daughter as well as their expectations for them in America. The novel compares the past life and experiences of each mother, cultural conflicts, and the transition from their life in China to America. Through the mothers stories of their experiences in China, many family…

that they don 't have connection with their own culture and they also think that their parent don 't understand them. Amy Tan 's The Joy Luck Club is a novel focuses on Chinese American Immigration families. It describes the cultural difference between first and second generations and talks about the family relationship in Chinese American families. The Joy Luck Club uses 4 Chinese American immigrant families to shows how they achieve their American dream and how their second generation find…

It is made clear very quickly that June is respectful towards her mother, Suyuan Woo. She addresses her as her “mother” instead of calling her “mom”. The word “mom” is connoted comfort and suggests that she is more friends with her. On the other hand, “mother” almost has a cold and formal connotation. By using this form, she indicates that her mother is someone that she should respect rather than someone that she can be more informal with. Also, she mentions “unspoken tragedies” that these women…

and a daughter have many ups and downs throughout life. The excerpts from Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom by Amy Chua and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan are perfect examples of the arguments that can happen between a mother and daughter. In Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom the story is told from the mother’s point of view with a tone of annoyance at her daughter and in The Joy Luck Club the daughter has hostility towards her mother’s wants. In Amy Chua’s story she narrates the feud’s with her daughter…

aspire for their children to become successful. While first-generation immigrants certainly face obstacles in order to get ahead, second-generation immigrants also face a unique set of problems on the road to success. Novels like Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club, and TV shows like Fresh Off the Boat, showcase second-generation narratives and their attempts toward parental and personal aspirations. These stories help reveal second-generation…