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cultural barriers. Especially in this case conflict is happening between mothers and daughters. Women from second and third world countries have a different mindset than women raised in a first world country like America. Like the mothers in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club who were born and raised in china with chinese thinking and chinese ways, unlike their American raised daughters. Cultural conflict and intergenerational conflict is apparent but it is also shown how despite that Tan

Amy Tan, within her famous novel, The Joy Luck Club, describes the fictional story of four Chinese women, who each persevere through their own hardships by making both sentimental and materialistic sacrifices. All of these characters have committed controversial acts and have demonstrated their ability to survive and adapt to the Chinese social standards laid out for their gender. Although a number of these behaviors and decisions are generally frowned upon, the four should be given substantial respect

There are several themes in the book, “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan. I am going to talk about a couple of them. The first one I would like to talk about is immigration. Immigration in the book is from the perspective of a Chinese family coming to America to look for a better life. Their old life in Kweilin was going really bad, “But the worst were the northern peasants who emptied their noses into their hands and pushed people around and gave everybody their dirty diseases.” They, like the family

In the story Two Kinds by Amy Tan it tells the tale of conflict between a mother Suyuan and her daughter Jing-mei over piano lessons. Two Kinds deals with a clash between a mother’s belief of hard work and persistance and a daughter's belief that being a prodigy is unachievable. Amy Tan shows generational differences among immigrant families negotiating the mythology of the American Dream. Amy Tan portrays Suyuan as having a strong belief in the American Dream. Two Kinds starts out with “My mother

“It was really quite simple. I made the Huangs think it was their idea to get rid of me, that they would be the ones to say the contract was valid.” (Tan, “Joy Luck Club” 63). Lindo later stated, “They didn’t blame me so much. Huang Taitai got her grandson. I got my clothes, a rail ticket to Peking, and enough money to go to America.” (Tan, “Joy Luck Club” 66). Lindo Jong uses her deceitfulness to get herself out of the marriage, while Waverly Jong uses her deceitfulness to trick her opponents in chess

“Two Kinds” Strengths, Weaknesses, and More... After exploring the contradictions in the lives of the Joy Luck Club such as, strength and weaknesses, obedience and independence, individuality and society, joy and sadness, and hope and despair. It really got me thinking about my strengths and weaknesses as a person (and where they came from). Obviously, people's strengths and weaknesses are subjective so during the course of this writing session I will either use my own personal opinion of what my

involvement influences how person behaves toward others in society, and society cultural participation influences how society treat person. That led to the fact that culture permeates social, economic, and political action. In the short story ‘The Joy Luck Club’ the cultural encounters is discussed by the story of the Chinese American girl June and her two half-sisters in China. Briefly, June Woo is asked to take her mother place at the mah jong table to play the traditional Chinese game with her

The most charming and testing relationship on the planet is the relationship between the mother and the daughter. There are such a variety of elements required in this relationship. There is a unique and unmistakable connection amongst mothers and daughters. The short story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan outlines the principle character Jing-mei's childhood and the impacts of her mother’s high expectation for her life. The mother pressures Jing-mei to exceed in America where everything is possible. However

opinion on world problems or situations. I’m an avid reader that can get enthralled into a good book that sparks my interest. Some books that I have read were, First they Killed My Father written by Luong Ung, Night written by Elie Wiesel, and The Joy Luck Club written by Amy Tan. I really enjoyed these books because they are novels that give strong narratives on real world situations that the characters experience. However, I was not always fond of reading when I was younger. Frankly, I despised

Comparing the Novel and Film Version of Joy Luck Club    Wayne Wang's adaptation of Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club combines literary and cinematic devices by adopting the novel's narrative techniques and strengthening them through image and sound. The adaptation exemplifies not a destruction or abuse of Amy Tan's novel, but the emergence of a new work of art, not hindered but enhanced by the strengths of its literary precursor.              Incorporating her family's own experiences as Chinese