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    I watched the movieJoy Luck Club‚ featuring the American and Chinese cultures. The story started with a farewell party that was held for June as she was going to China to visit her two sisters. During the party‚ her 3 aunts shared their stories. The first story was about her June’s mother and her. The second story was about Auntie Lindo and Waverly. The third story was about auntie Ying-Ying and Lena St. Clair. The third story was about auntie An-Mei and Rose Hsu. I picked out the scene 42:25

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    Joy Luck Club Symbols

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    In China‚ red is used to symbolize prosperity and good luck. A candle with a wick on both ends is lit to represent the happiness of a newly married couple. It is Chinese custom to light both ends and let them burn the whole night. If neither wick extinguishes during the night‚ it is said that the marriage will be successful and the bond is complete. Lindo Jong and her husband took part in this tradition. However‚ Lindo believed and felt that her “marriage” was not what she wanted‚ and she did not

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    The Joy Luck Club Essay

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    Introduction Ever since her first novel The Joy Luck Club hit the shelves in 1989‚ Chinese-American writer Amy Tan has been heralded as the new voice of Chinese-American literature. The novel‚ which recounts the lives of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters in a short story format‚ spent nine months on the New York Times bestseller list. However‚ while critics have celebrated Tan for the cultural insights her works provide‚ the author herself is critical of the representative

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    Reflection of The Joy Luck Club This movie depicted different life experience of four pairs of Chinese mother and daughter. Though distinct grievous life stories they had‚ these four Chinese mothers were all born and bred under the background of feudal Chinese regime‚ cultivated by Chinese traditional feudalism‚ and fatefully‚ their lives were poisoned and destroyed by malignant tumor of Chinese backward culture and ideology‚ for example‚ women are subordinated to men. More unfortunately‚ the four

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    term invisible strength? When I first heard it‚ all I could think about was a body-builder wearing the invisibility cloak from Harry Potter. After reading The Joy Luck Club however‚ I realize that Invisible strength is a trait that we should all strive to get. Invisible strength comes in many forms and does many things. In the Joy Luck Club‚ Amy Tan is trying to show that even in the worst of circumstances‚ people can gain control over their own lives with the motif of invisible strength. This

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    The Joy Luck Club Essay Most people have at least one fight with their guardian(s) in their life‚ is that because of a difference in opinion‚ a misunderstanding or are they just different people? Generational conflict is misunderstanding between family members of different age ranges usually leading to fighting. All the women in TJLC suffer from conflict with their Daughters or Mothers‚ all caused by lack of communication and cultural understanding. Because of growing up with two different cultures

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    espoused by society. It is also intended to establish peace and harmony in a family. In fact‚ it devises a set of rules for family members to conform with. Unfortunately‚ it can be a hindrance that strains a family relationship. In Amy Tan’s‚ Joy Luck Club‚ the mothers are characterized as the impassive and demanding authoritarians who seldom display their love noticeably towards their daughters. Tan accentuates how the four newly-immigrated mothers constantly clash with their American daughters

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    “I knew from their snow white bellies and pretty voices they were magpies‚ birds of joy.” An Mei’s mom (243). Magpies are one of the many symbols used in the book The Joy Luck Club. Magpies were used to symbolize how some people’s joy comes from others sorrow. Double meaning and presentations of simple life situations are used as symbols throughout the book. Similar to magpies is the wind. Attacking without warning strong fast not being seen‚ the wind has the art of invisible strength. Resembling

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    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;

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    researches on the concept of Qualia: a gap in language. Qualia are the subjective experiences that cannot be described by words‚ such as describing color to a blind person‚ or the blind describing the lack thereof to a seeing person. In the novel "The Joy Luck Club‚" the mothers and the daughters have somewhat of a communication gap: one is centered on the Chinese language and the other American English. In communication between the mothers and daughters‚ there is a large amount of misunderstanding that can

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