The Joy Luck Club

A. What did Rose find out faith was? Rose found out that faith was an illusion that somehow one is in control. What did Jing-Mei’s mother lose in China? She lost her husband, her mother and daughter, her family house, and her twin daughters. What are three things that Lena’s mother predicted that came true? Lena predicted that she would have a bank failure, Lena’s father’s death, and a miscarriage. How do Jing-Mei and her mother disagree in favor to Waverly Jong? Jing-Mei admires Waverly Jong,…

Model Minority: Better Luck Next Time Often one’s perception of an individual could set a fixed idea of them before even meeting them. Usually race plays a huge role in how one is perceived by others. Minorities especially face this discrimination; however, there is one social group who is praised among these minorities. This social group is none other than the model minority. The model minority myth is nothing new; it’s often been used in popular culture as a background theme. One example of…

so excited that I could barely stay seated in the car. I watched anxiously as we crept down the road closer and closer to the golf course one house at a time. We were barely parked when I leaped out of the truck and scrambled around back to grab my clubs. I was quite annoyed because my dad was taking forever. I yelled at my dad, “C’mon let’s go!” I was too giddy to bear it any longer. By the time we finally managed to get paid for and checked by the starter I was about to explode with…

shame in themselves or culture due to the fact that they are different from everyone else. For Asian-American kids in populations where there are not many other Asians around them, they can tend to feel misplaced in society. In the novels The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka, the main characters struggle with this feeling of shame directed towards their family, culture, and themselves. Being a part of the Asian-American community, it is easy to face…

Does rejection or determination push you to go beyond the limits of what one expects of you? Most everyone would say it does, but does this only affect those of us who want to be writers? It definitely does not, nor is it limited to anyone of a particular language. People of different backgrounds, all have the same urge to learn something not entirely expected of them, even if it is just a different language. The writings of people, while very similar, have a great number of differences. My…

stated, “The usual hero adventure begins with someone from which something has been taken or who feels there’s something lacking in the normal experiences available or permitted to the members of his society” (Campbell 1). In Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club, four Chinese immigrants and their American-born daughters attempt to understand both the American and Chinese cultures. Waverly Jong, one the daughters, fits the role of a hero who successfully goes through the hero’s…

In the novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, An-Mei’s mother’s perseverance and fighter spirit makes her a strong female figure. Much like her own mother, An-Mei shares the same characteristics though her fierce perseverance to overcome her challenges. Emulating her grandmother, Rose also exhibits the same strength which is based upon her character development of sticking up for herself. At the start of the novel, the readers are inclined to believe that all three of these characters are weak and…

How does your culture, religion, and life experience change the way you see the world? There is so many amazing things about culture. The different holidays we celebrate, the way we view situations, and religions we turn to in need are all things that only happen because of culture and life experiences. Your culture effects the way you see the world because of how you were raised, religion you follow, and over all the different types of people you have had the pleasure, or displeasure, of…

The Long Term Affects of Lack of Communication In this passage of “The Moon Lady” from The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan goes more in depth on how language and miscommunication impacts women’s lives, primarily the relationship between Ying-ying and her daughter. Communication plays an important role in the novel in determining whether a person’s relationship with another is strong or not. Therefore, the lack of communication from an early age can create long term distance between a mother and…

English she possesses. She has three forms of English, scholarly English from college, basic English from grade school, and the English she uses with her mother. Which is why it was important to her that she portrayed each form in her book The Joy Luck Club. Although her ultimate audience for her book was her mother, she had also kept in mind students who were like her in school. Tan also highlights the literacy struggles of other Asian-American students like herself who struggled with English…