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    centuries many children have experienced the pressure of fulfilling their parents’ expectations or following in their footsteps. This pressure will oftentimes have a negative effect for the children of those parents. In the chapter of Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club‚ “Two Kinds‚” the reader is introduced to Jing-mei‚ a young Chinese girl who wishes to become the prodigy that her mother wishes her to be. However‚ her constant disappointment in the many challenges her mother presents her causes her to lose hope

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    JanyF1 Ms. ------------------------- Junior Honors Language Arts 16 March 2012 Immigration Hardships Faced: 1950s-Present Different themes in the book Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan‚ feed into the reasons as to why many versatile readers have interests in this novel. It captures the hearts of the young and old‚ American or non-American‚ and even the immigrants who seek for someone that understands them. The novel portrays four Asian women and their adult Asian-American daughters as they struggle to find

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    Food is a very important symbol in The Joy Luck Club‚ by Amy Tan. The presence of meals cleverly show the thoughts and feelings of a character about his or her family members or familial situations. In An-mei’s story “Scar‚” the symbol of food is used to show the tension in the family‚ and the sacrifices the daughters make for their mothers. During dinner‚ An-mei’s mother appears at the door. She has been kicked out by her family after becoming a concubine for another man; this is viewed as a great

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    In the first section of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan‚ there are many motifs threaded throughout each of the four stories. One of which is the color red. The color red is very symbolic towards early Chinese culture and tradition. In the chapter‚ The Red Candle‚ the author explains everything in detail. She explains about the red columns in front of the house for decoration‚ the red dragons‚ the red wedding dress with the red wedding veil‚ the red banners‚ the red palanquin‚ and finally the red candle

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    the second and third sections are told by the four daughters (including Jing - Mei Woo). Each of the mothers have two episodes in the book‚ same as the daughters‚ with the exception of Jing - Mei who has four. The title of the book comes from a small club founded by the mothers in San Francisco at their arrival to America; it is basically based upon a Mah-jong game in which the corners of the table symbolize four directions represented by the four mothers. All the characters in the book know each other

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    Belonging

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    Question: Significant moments in time shape our understanding of belonging. Link this to belonging. To be effective a belonging text needs interesting characters‚ a developed structure‚ narrative elements and significant moments to shape our understanding of belonging. To create significant moments in time in a belonging poem the poet needs poetic techniques and structural techniques to create a connection and sense of acceptance. To also create significant moments in time in a story the composer

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    Belong & Not Belonging

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    Belonging or not belonging is a perception‚ or something that we feel. We are influenced by many factors to feel that we belong or don’t fit in‚ including our knowledge and understanding of the place where we are in the present and how that it is influenced by our prior experiences of other places. Our perception of belonging can also be affected by how much others know and understand of the places we have come from in relation to where we are now. These ideas are explored extensively in Amy Tan’s

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    was yelling at him for not cleaning his room‚ when he brought up a extraneous subject to distract his mother. 3. LAMENT a. " ’Stand still‚ Ying-Ying!’ She cried‚ her usual lament‚ while I giggled and wobbled on the stool." Pg 69‚ The Joy Luck Club b. a passionate expression of grief or sorrow (noun) c. This displays the irony that she is laughing while Amah cried‚ annoyed of her actions. Lament gives the character more passion of sorrow instead of saying "She cried‚ her usual

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    Case Study A Bundle Of Joy

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    Case Study: “A Bundle of Joy” This case study is about a Chinese woman‚ who receives the confirmation she is pregnant for the second time. She was excited about the news of her pregnancy‚ but is concerned about how her husband and his family will respond. Chen Li-li and her husband‚ Liu Shun‚ gave birth to a daughter in her first pregnancy. The Chinese culture feels it is important to have a first-born son. This son will grow up to take care of his parents when they become old. Chen Li-li

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    Consequences The Joy Luck Club presents the stories of four Chinese immigrant women and their American-born daughters. All of their lives‚ the Chinese mothers in The Joy Luck Club have struggled to make their own decisions and establish their own identities in a culture where obedience and conformity are expected. For example‚ when Suyuan Woo is a refugee during the Japanese invasion‚ she decides that she will not be a passive victim and will choose her own happiness. She forms the Joy Luck Club to provide

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