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    Petrignani The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club is a story of a monthly mah-jong gathering whose members consists of four Chinese mothers with American-born daughters. The novel is narrated by the four mothers and their daughters. At these meetings‚ the mothers share their concern of the growing rift between their daughters and Chinese customs. Each mother shares her story of her life in China and each daughter tells her story about her life in America. In The Joy Luck Club‚ the consistent

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    The Joy Luck Club “The elements were from my mother’s own vision of organic chemistry. Each person is made of five elements‚ she told me. Too much fire and you had a bad temper. That was like my father‚ whom my mother always criticized for his cigarette habit and who always shouted back that she should keep her thoughts to herself. I think he now feels guilty that he didn’t let my mother speak her mind. Too little wood and bent to quickly to listen to other people’s ideas‚ unable to stand

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    Returning to One’s Roots and Understanding Chinese Culture in The Joy Luck Club Cultural divides are difficult to overcome in storytelling because understanding another culture is a not an easy task. However‚ in The Joy Luck Club‚ Amy Tan does a wonderful job of making the Chinese culture comprehensible for the American reader. With a culture that is exceedingly different from American way of life‚ Tan presents both cultures side by side in order to draw attention to their differences and benefits

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    Many women find that their mothers have the greatest influence on their lives and the way their strengths and weaknesses come together. In Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club‚ the lives of four Chinese mothers and their Chinese-American daughters are followed through vignettes about their upbringings and interactions. One of the mothers‚ An-Mei Hsu‚ grows up away from her mother who has become the 4th wife of a rich man; An-Mei is forced to live with her grandmother once her mother is banned from the house

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    given to them by their mothers. They spoke of American husbands‚ equality between both sexes‚ and how they ’d rather believe that their futures could indeed be controlled. This novel being reviewed for recommendation in minority studies is The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan‚ where the minority groups being presented are both the Chinese Gelman – Page 2 and women. The view seen of women in the United States is that of a rising class; once always under the wing of a male‚ but in the present day‚ rising

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    1.)Jing Mei is the daughter of Suyuan who is part of the joy luck club. When Suyuan dies‚ Jing Mei has to replace her mother at the joy luck club. Jing Mei has to step up and fulfill her mother’s wish: To meet Suyuan’s twin daughters and tell them about Suyuan’s life. Also‚ jing mei’s mother is always criticizing her‚ wich Jing Mei takes as a lack of affection‚ but actually it is because that is the only way for her other to show love. Jing mei is now thirty six years old. Her mother is dead‚ and

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    Traditions‚ heritage and culture are three of the most important aspects of Chinese culture. Passed down from mother to daughter‚ these traditions are expected to carry on for years to come. In Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club‚ daughters Waverly‚ Lena‚ Rose and June thoughts about their culture are congested by Americanization while on their quests towards self-actualization. Each daughter struggles to find balance between Chinese heritage and American values through marriage and professional careers

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    George Seaver English Paper 2/20/01 "The Joy Luck Club" Mrs. Wells The "Joy Luck Club‚" by Amy Tan‚ is a collection of short stories about the relationships between Chinese born mothers and their American born daughters. The story called "Four Directions" is about a woman named Waverly Jong. The story is about Waverly trying to tell her mother that she is getting married to a American man named Richard. Waverly was a chess champion as while she was a young girl and she remembers the strategy

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    Joy Luck Club Plot The eight main characters of the movie all had to contend with different types of conflicts‚ some such as Waverly’s Mother had to endure a type of social conflict from the 1st wife and other concubines‚ the unjust discrimination of the husband’s family‚ while other characters such as Mei-mei had to endure a life of living under the shadow of Waverly. But each of the characters despite having different types of conflicts be it elemental‚ physical or psychological‚ all had

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    Azzouz Chokhmane Chokhmane1 Professor E. Chan ESL 42 November 12th‚ 2013 Final Essay/D2 A Tough Motherly Love “The Joy Luck Club” book deals mainly with the relationship between mothers and daughters. From the point of view of the Chinese mothers‚ a mother passes on her strengths and weaknesses and most importantly‚ her Chinese heritage and values to her daughter‚ while the daughter is expected

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