The Joy Luck Club - Symbols
The Joy Luck Club
The use of objects is important to us: clothing, accessories, or an envelope. And all of these objects sometimes represent or suggest another level of meaning.
In the Joy Luck Club, there are some symbols which represent love, wishes, and marriage. According to these symbols, they lead readers to comprehend the deeper meaning of the given symbols and have an epiphany at the end of the story. Symbols help you call up the reminiscences and realize something in life was important; and that is love, which is always be remembered in mind.
Swan feather was used to be grown on an ugly duck, but then when it turned out to be a precious swan in which everyone starts to look forward to the arrival miracles to them; therefore, wishes and hopes are always being established on parents to their children. In the Joy Luck Club, Woo’s family has expected their only daughter, Jing-Mei Woo to be a perfect person since she was only a young girl. Her mother, Suyuan Woo asked her to play the piano in order to establish her talents and put wishes on Jing-Mei. Chinese parents like to compare valuable or expensive objects to the others; in other words to show their power and arrogant traits. However, Suyuan Woo, has once lost her twin babies during the war in China, in her point of view, she has lost everything in her life because she is not able to take care of her daughters or what else can she be responsible? Nevertheless, when Suyuan Woo encounters her second husband, Canning Woo, they move to America and have Jing-Mei Woo. Her life totally changes especially that she needs to adapt the new circumstances in America which is quite difficult for those who have just arrived to America. Suyuan learns that she has to put all the wishes on Jing-Mei such as teaching her to speak better English and also think as a Chinese as she is asked to play the piano all the time. “This feather may look worthless, but it comes from afar and carries with it all my good
The use of objects is important to us: clothing, accessories, or an envelope. And all of these objects sometimes represent or suggest another level of meaning.
In the Joy Luck Club, there are some symbols which represent love, wishes, and marriage. According to these symbols, they lead readers to comprehend the deeper meaning of the given symbols and have an epiphany at the end of the story. Symbols help you call up the reminiscences and realize something in life was important; and that is love, which is always be remembered in mind.
Swan feather was used to be grown on an ugly duck, but then when it turned out to be a precious swan in which everyone starts to look forward to the arrival miracles to them; therefore, wishes and hopes are always being established on parents to their children. In the Joy Luck Club, Woo’s family has expected their only daughter, Jing-Mei Woo to be a perfect person since she was only a young girl. Her mother, Suyuan Woo asked her to play the piano in order to establish her talents and put wishes on Jing-Mei. Chinese parents like to compare valuable or expensive objects to the others; in other words to show their power and arrogant traits. However, Suyuan Woo, has once lost her twin babies during the war in China, in her point of view, she has lost everything in her life because she is not able to take care of her daughters or what else can she be responsible? Nevertheless, when Suyuan Woo encounters her second husband, Canning Woo, they move to America and have Jing-Mei Woo. Her life totally changes especially that she needs to adapt the new circumstances in America which is quite difficult for those who have just arrived to America. Suyuan learns that she has to put all the wishes on Jing-Mei such as teaching her to speak better English and also think as a Chinese as she is asked to play the piano all the time. “This feather may look worthless, but it comes from afar and carries with it all my good