Jing-Mei Woo In Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club

They came to the United States in hope of fulfilling their dreams. When they got here they thought they would be able to make a life for themselves and be able to live happily. Their

Jing-mei is representative in other ways also. She believes that her mother 's constant criticism clearly shows a lack of feeling of love, when in fact her mother 's seriousness and high expectations are expressions of love and faith in her daughter. All of the other mother-daughter pairs experience the same mistake in understanding, which in

There were many reasons motivating the immigrants to come to America. A few of them were mainly being free, and having better jobs. So economic opportunity, and religious or political freedom. They wanted to be around a free atmosphere, where they didn't have to be controlled and follow rules. Another reason was because they wanted to be reunified with their family. Some of their family had already ventured out to America before them, and told them about America's benefits and they decided to follow along. America's land was cheap, and had an abundance of hiring jobs. Once immigrants heard about this they were ecstatic and immediately planned on coming to America. For the abundance of jobs America was hyped up in many countries as the 'land of opportunity'. Really the motivation for

Jing-mei’s rebellion against her mother is about how her mother wants her to be famous and successful. She is forcing her thoughts on Jing-mei, which Jing-mei doesn’t like nor she wants to follow her mother’s order. She believes her mother is wanting her to be what she is not, a genius, and she feels like she cannot live up to her mother’s orders, “You want me to be someone that I’m not! I sobbed. I’ll never be the kind of daughter you want me to be!’(1128)”.

Whether it is to feel the sense of freedom or to just start over, immigrants from all over the world come to America seeking all possible opportunities for a

The United States of America is a free country where anyone can come and try to start a new life. People from all walks of life can come to America if they feel like they might find better

Immigrants from Ireland and other countries just like this found hope in America. There were better opportunities of earning what you worked for and not paying everything you had for a pointless little war. Another example is from a Greek immigrant who arrived in 1969. George Kokkas also felt it reasonable to move. “ But the reason I came to the United States was because the situation in Greece was bad.

Immigrants came to America seeking opportunity, land, and freedom. In addition, immigrants also came to escape from things in their homelands such as oppression, high taxes, and the Potato Famine. These were all known as push and pull factors. This explained why you should leave your country and come to America(doc 2). The Potato Famine was a rough era in Ireland. Due to a blight, all of the potatoes rotted right before being ready to be

A mass majority of immigrants came to the United States during the 1880 through 1915 from Europe. They came to America to live a new and improved life. Some immigrants came to America to get better education while others might come to America to escape violence from their home country. Immigrants encountered many harsh experiences while moving to America as well. The native-born Americans felt negatively towards the new incoming immigrants while the immigrants felt that America was the land of opportunity.

At the beginning of the short story, Jing-mei shares about “becoming Chinese” (Tan 152). Living in San Francisco area, she had always felt disconnected from her Chinese culture. The most significant moment of Jing-mei’s acceptance of her Chinese culture was when her father told her about her mother’s journey from China to America during the time of the invasion. She truly learns to appreciate her mother because of all she had gone through. Jing-mei also understand the existence of her half-sisters and feels the need to visit and meet them, as they are part of her mother. Jing-mei’s original lookout on Chinese culture was developed their prejudices and stereotypes. After living with her Chinese family and learning more about her mother’s past,

There is always new waves of people that come into America every year seeking a new opportunities for themselves and for their children and their families. Many come to have children in America so that their children will never have to face the hardship that many immigrants faced in third world countries. The pure fact of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness gives people from all across the world that are facing adversity since they were a mere child gives them hope to someday pursue and accomplish the American Dream and have a better life.

At least from what I hear from my mom, she was very strict as a mother, but that isn’t really a bad thing. That just made her kids more enduring and hard working people later in life. Alternatively to her strictness, I have been treated with the utmost niceness by her. She’s always been willing to take care of my brother and me when my mom

The most common reason why people come to America is freedom and opportunity. One breathtaking example is from the story titled “Vagabond Nation”. A woman named Asar Nafisi was forced to walk 15 feet

Their roles as women in China were also very different than their daughters’ roles as women in America. They were taught to be obedient and to listen to and respect their parents and their husbands. They do not understand why their daughters would want to disobey them, and their daughters do not understand why their mothers expect so much of them. What Jing-Mei doesn’t understand is that her mother just wants the best for her because she loves and cares about her. For example, when Jing-Mei Woo says that she will never be the kind of daughter that her mother, Suyaun wants her to be, her mother replies "Only two kinds of daughters…Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! Only one kind of daughter can live in this house. Obedient daughter!" (pg. 153). Suyaun is frustrated because she would have never acted the way Jing-Mei is acting, towards her own mother. Women in China could never act disobedient towards anyone, or else they would be disowned.

Many immigrants traveling to America are searching for freedom and a better life. Some its persecution and others just want to live in a healthier environment. America wants to help these people but they have to meet certain requirements and many can not do that due to their demographical status. Immigrants have always thought of a better life and many believe that the only way to achieve that is to go to America where they can live the American Dream.