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    tricks such as The Double Attack from the East and West Shores and The Sudden Meeting of the Clan which she would imprint into the back of her mind leading her to a national championship. When Waverly was just beginning her trek into chess tournaments‚ she had always faced criticism from her mom who proclaimed she should be more efficient‚ “Win more‚ lose less”‚ she would say. Waverly‚ in an attempt not to disappoint her mother did what she was told. Efficient was how she played from there on out.

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    Throughout the novel‚ “Joy Luck Club” by there is a cultural misunderstanding language between the mothers and daughters identities in the novel. It is hard for the daughters to reconcile their Chinese heritage with their American surroundings. Most of the daughters spent their childhood trying to escape their Chinese identities‚ and their mothers tried helping them find them. The mothers give direction to their daughter’s lives to find their identity. Even though the daughters are confused on their

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    Amy Tan’s novels all have many things in common; they are always about Chinese-American families and the difficulties they face while living in America‚ and The Joy Luck Club and The Hundred Secret Senses are no exception. Joy is a novel with sixteen vignettes‚ each one with a different story to tell about Chinese mothers and daughters and their experiences. Hundred is the story of two half-sisters‚ Olivia‚ a Chinese-American girl born in San Francisco‚ and Kwan‚ who was born and raised in a remote

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    Suyuan and Jing-Mei’s relationship in The Joy Luck Club In The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan‚ Jing-Mei and her mother have a very rocky relationship. Tan develops a relationship between Suyuan and Jing-Mei that is distant in the beginning due to culture differences and miscommunication‚ but gradually strengthens with time and understanding. Both of them have different backgrounds and have been influenced by two different cultures. Suyuan grew up in China and behaves according to the Chinese

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    We all want to be remembered‚ to leave some kind of legacy‚ something that we are known for. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan shows how Chinese immigrants‚ Suyuan Woo‚ An-mei Hsu‚ Lindo Jong‚ and Ying Ying St. Clair try to leave their legacy with their American assimilated daughters. Whether that be through stories about their lives in China or lessons that they learned‚ they hope they can connect with the new generation. One of the major themes embedded in this novel is that of identity. The mothers

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    Culture and tradition is passed down to remember your beginnings.In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan she introduces cross cultural differences in the life of Jing mei Woo the daughter of Suyan Woo. Jing mei woo the narrator of the story who is the bridge between the relationships in the novel has a difficult time finding herself in the world because she does not understand who she is because of language barriers and cultural barrier within her life and of her mother. This leads to her regretting

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    Thoughtful Laughter Amy Tan uses thoughtful laughter in her novel‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ to make a point through laughter or humor. Thoughtful laughter is effective because it grabs the attention of the reader and expresses a point‚ whether the reader knows it or not. One scene that provokes thoughtful laughter is in the chapter “Best Quality” while the family picks crabs to eat. When there was only two crabs left‚ Jing-Mei Woo tries to choose the crab with the missing leg‚ so her mom would have the

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    Jake adams Novel 6/7 11/03/12 Misunderstanding Relationship In the novel The Kitchen God’s Wife and the movie The Joy Luck Club by AmyTan‚ mother always want what is best for their daughters. However‚ the daughter always want to prove to their mothers that they are worthy of themselves in society. The relationship between mother and daughter may not be as simple as it seems; it may be complex‚ loving and diverse due the differences between the misunderstanding of cultural beliefs. The Kitchen

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    The initial disappointment could start with the deceptive title - if your expectations bordered at oriental food-fetish erotica. Then‚ perhaps doubled if you had braced yourself for an Amy Tan experience (Ref: Joy Luck Club‚ etc). I take this opportunity to warn you against both expectations‚ but do give this book a chance if your unrefined literary tastes embark on occasional flirtations with lab rats - it appears to be an (experimental?) acquired taste. Our protagonist Ruby Lee finds herself

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    The Joy Luck Club is a combination of stories from the viewpoints of 4 different mothers‚ and 4 different daughters from the early 1900s. All of the mothers are chinese immigrants to america‚ and most of their stories are of their lives as children in China. The daughter’s stories tend to talk about their own‚ more down to earth‚ american wife stories. We get to the see the effects of a war on a nation‚ and the sorrow that ensues afterwards. The beginning and ends of the book ask‚ and the answer

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