Feathers From A Thousand Li Away Analysis

Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club is unconventional and the epitome of postmodern literature. In the novel what makes it fit into postmodern literature is the fictionalization of actual historical events. In “Feathers from a Thousand Li Away” Jing-Mei retells the story of the Kweilin war. Although, the war did happen a lot the stuff were fictionalized in the novel. Minimalism according to the definition minimalism is made up of “unexceptional characters taking part in events of everyday life.” The characters are your everyday people dealing with the same issues your average person is dealing with.

Language/communication is a big issue with the mothers and daughters. This issue is significant because it was the main reason their relationships was
affected. The mothers grew up a Chinese culture and the daughters American so naturally, there will be a difference in how they see things. The lack of communication and hurtful things that the mothers and daughters said to each other not only caused arguments but a rift between the women. In return, it complicated things causing the daughters not to know how to talk to their mothers. Communicating brought them together, because through actually listening they were able to genuinely understand one another. In the end, all the mothers and daughters communicate and put their issues aside. You see the unconditional love the mothers have for their daughters they didn’t know how to express it in the beginning.