The Joy Luck Club: A Fictional Narrative

Characterization is a widely-used literary tool in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club. Specifically, each mother and daughter is a round character that undergoes change throughout the novel. Characterization is important in the novel because it directly supports the central theme of the mother-daughter relationship, which was relevant in Tan’s life. Tan grew up with an immigrant mother, and Tan expresses the difficulties in communication and culture in the stories in her book. All mothers in the book are immigrants to America, and all daughters grew up living the American lifestyle, creating conflict between the mothers and daughters due to miscommunication. Characterization of the mothers and daughters in Amy Tan’s The Joy Club creates and

The novel is able to share how music is of great importance and is able to affect people’s moods and thoughts.

Tyler and Quinn were working on a presentation for gym class about a famous track star. They had to act out their research for the entire class.

It was dark and spooky in the halls. That's when they went down the stairs to the gym. Each step they took their hearts begin to beat faster and louder. Shanell said “Look guys we go in on 3 okay?” Faith, Mikayla, and Shanell breathed in and said “1...2...3 GO!” They busted in the gym and they couldn't believe their

In Stephen Dobyns’s “Loud Music,” the speaker describes the differences between him and his step-daughter’s thoughts on loud music, which shows that music really describes a person’s personality. Throughout the poem the speaker explains how his step-daughter likes soft and more meaningful music more than loud music and their different music types shows in their difference in personalities and the way they see things. People all over the world let the music they listen to describe their personalities.

“The Hero’s Adventure,” an explanation of a literary hero written by Joseph Campbell, discusses the qualifications and experiences of a legitimate hero in literature. The hero must complete a cycle consisting of a departure, initiation, and return. Lindo, one of the mothers in The Joy Luck Club, completes her course through the hero’s journey through acts of courage, psychological transformation, and giving of strength to her daughter, Waverly. As defined by Campbell, a hero is a character who performs a courageous deed and experiences beyond-ordinary events; the hero must complete a journey in which something valuable taken from them is recovered or a life-giving elixir is found. Lindo’s hero cycle spans across her entire life, departing for the journey in her childhood and returning in her

In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, four Chinese mother-daughter pairs, each with her own unique story, have deep connections with each other. At the beginning of the novel they each seem like ordinary women, but as the novel progresses, it becomes clear that these women are more than just mothers, daughters, or wives; they can also be considered heroes according to Joseph Campbell. Joseph Campbell says a hero is someone who undergoes a departure, where the person is confronted with a problem that they must overcome; a fulfillment, where the person finally overcomes the problem; and a return, where the person passes on what they gain and learn from the experiences in the form of a "life-giving elixir"(Campbell). This “life-giving

From the day we’re in our mother's stomachs, to the day we die, we have always been listening to music. For me, listening to music all my life helped me develop a passion for it. When I was around the age of 6 my dad introduced me into the world of Rock. The very first band I remember listening to was System of a Down and ever since then, I fell in love with rock music and all its possible variations; for a long time this was all I listened to. It wasn’t until high school that I started listening to all sorts of genres and realized that I wanted to have a career in the music industry. That's when I learned about producing music.

The accompanist started tapping her fingers up and down, but the music that came out did not resemble the familiar tune I had chosen to sing! The pianist continually played. Not going on, but repeating the same few measures again and again. My head rushed, I did not know what to do. I began question myself again. “Why am I doing this? It is not suppose to be like this, they should just let me sing.” Then something clicked… just

Some people think that music can positively influence the listener while others disagree and argue that it has a negative impact. Mark Edmundson, the author of “Can Music Save Your Life?,” asserts through his own experience and the research of others that music solely “preserves” the listener’s life as a “balm—cortisone spread” (paragraph 25). His use of a well-known medical supplement makes it more relatable and believable to the reader. The authors of “Feeling the Beat” support Edmundson by stating that they observed an increased sense of confidence in oneself and one’s beliefs in the people they interviewed(Iwamoto, Creswell, & Caldwell 346). Their main support is the quote from one of their interviewee’s who said, “We can identify what they are talking about” (Iwamoto, Creswell, & Caldwell 343). This not only explains why students listen to certain types of music, but also why it can have such an impact on them. Derek Iwamoto, John Creswell, and Leon Caldwell declare their statement that positive influence of music by stating that the majority of the students they observed used their music as a way to

Tyler started his trainee by a five minute light jog on the treadmill. His trainee asked him what he did over the weekend, which Tyler explained that he went to a local bodybuilding competition. Then, Tyler joked about how his tan made him look like an Oompa Loompa from Charlie and the chocolate factory.

Gerard awoke from a sound sleep to the sound of something peculiar. It was like a voice, but melodic. Something he'd never heard before. Why would it have woken him up so easily? He got out of bed, walking towards the source of the noise to see Peyton twirling around the kitchen doing something that produced a mouth-watering smell. She connected eyes with him, her cheeks turning red. The angelic singing stopped.

All he heard (sound effect: city street) outside was cars, people speaking about their daily lives, and the construction that was happening right outside of the condo. The teenaged boy decided to grab a cup of soothing tea and take a step out to the balcony. He had a newspaper between his arm and chest and on the other hand was his tea. It was hectic and loud for a Friday morning, due to the rush hour, kids finding their way to school, and adults rushing for work, not a single day could be the sweet sound of silence. In front of his condo, there was a music shop. The teenaged boy named Rose enjoyed hearing the majestic tone of music as well as playing musical instruments. Rose sat down in his brown leather chair as (sound effect: man

After Katie rung the doorbell Bella opened the door Katie and saw that Tori was there as well.Tori was a very popular girl who was a known troublemaker and Katie had been trying to impress or make friends with her for a long time. So she went in and they all sat on the couch. They talked for a while about how Katie had been accepted to Harvard and how they were so excited for her. Then Katie got a text. She politely excused herself from the room to read it. It was from Jennifer, her friend from history and it read “hey Katie, I know this is going to be really hard for you but I saw something horrible. It's your boyfriend, Chad, I saw him making out with Kylie during lunch when you were out sick. I'm sorry it's coming from me but when I confronted him he said he wouldn't tell.”

Skylar was awakened by the loud thumping of a bass. Slowly lifting open her eyes, she patted the bedside table in search of her phone that mentioned the ungodly hour. 1:18 A.M? Seriously? What is going on? She listened further and realized that the noises audible from downstairs vaguely resembled those played at a party.