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Terrifying Past Joy Luck Club
926 wordsIn the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, four of the main characters have a secret in their past that haunt them constantly. Suyuan Woo, An-mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Ying-ying St. Clair all have terribly bad experiences in China. These women try to escape their past by moving to America, but their memories still disturb them. Not only does it plague their own minds, but it also affected their daughters lives and the way they were raised. Each of these women experienced terrible events in their ...
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Joy Luck Club Uncle Tom
1,057 wordsJust last night I saw the movie, The Joy Luck Club (JLC), which played on television for the first time in Los Angeles. I had been meaning to see this movie but never got around to it until now. Since many female friends recommended this 1993 movie to me, including my own sister, I was looking forward to experiencing a great work of art. Up to this point, I have heard nothing but glowing reviews about this movie. Near the end of the movie I found myself thinking, There is something terribly wron...
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The Joy Luck Club
1,058 words... grows and changes. (Time-Life 43) " My mother was a stranger to me when she first arrived at my uncle's house in Ningpo. I was nine years old and had not seen her for many years. But I knew she was my mother, because I could feel her pain. " (Tan 216) The bond is closely tied to the pride and wonder parents experience when they discover that their heir is able to take those first few wobbly steps or has learned to tie his own laces or can balance on a two-wheeler. The joy and excitement only...
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Mothers And Daughters Point Of View
864 wordsThe Joy Luck Club By Amy Tan In the last two chapters of part two of the novel the narrators are the daughters of An-mei Hsu Jordon and Susan Woo. The daughters of the Joyluck mothers narrate all of the second part of the novel. The daughters tell some of the same stories but from their point of view. In the third part of the novel, Queen Mother Of the Western Skies, the mothers tell their stories, which show their point of views. The author wrote this novel in sections so that the reader can ge...
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Joy Luck Club Fall In Love
1,113 wordsChinese Culture vs. American Culture Chinese and Americans are very different, right? The Chinese believe that the family is more important than the Individual. Americans dont conform to the family, but do we not all try to fit into a social group or other group? Are we really that different from the Chinese? In traditional Chinese culture, women are subservient to men, ancestors are worshipped, and baby males are precious while baby girls are a burden. These ideals were true of people living in...
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Joy Luck Club Play The Piano
734 wordsIn The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, many conflicting relationships are depicted, but particularly, the relationships between the four sets of mothers and daughters, who are the main characters in the book. There are Jing-mei Woo and her recently deceased mother San Woo, Lena St. Clair and her mother Ying-ying St. Clair, Rose Hsu Jordan and An-mei Hsu, and finally, Waverly Jong and Lindo Jong. All of the mothers were joined by a common bond, and now, all of the daughters are joined as well. The mot...
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