Character Analysis: The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club contains different stories about the conflicts between Chinese immigrant mothers and their American daughters. The book opens after the death of Suyan Woo, the founding member of the Joy Luck Club. Suyan died before fulfilling her lifetime wish: to be reunited with her twin daughters who was lost in China. So, Jing-mei, Suyan’s daughter, is going to take a trip to China to see them in her mother honor. In my opinion, individuality, legacy, and family were preserved in the families. But, it took a while because most of the values got lost in the process. The relationship of mother and her daughter became difficult and broken because of the time and place in where they were living in. They had to overcome the struggles by storytelling and making good memories with others. The time spent in China becomes a mystery for families as they are in need for desperate help due to wars and being in poverty. They overcome depressing state by coming together and forming the Joy Luck Club. Many people thought that they were possessed by demons to
In the mother’s perspective, a mother passes her strengths and weakness to her daughter. She also has the responsibility toward them: provide them with a good future, steer them from harm, teach them about life and keep them from making mistakes. The role of the daughter is to respect, listen to, and learn from her mother.
Jing-mei, the main character, represent for her mother that had passed way. Jing-mei becomes the fourth member of the Joy Luck Club taking her mother place. The Joy Luck Club mothers feel that by giving their daughters American opportunities and independence they have aliened them from their Chinese culture. Jing-mei being there can help the daughters of the members who can’t speak up for themselves. This because she moves away to America then comes back to China to tell her mother’s