linguistics on her return to the Sun Jose College. Tan later accompanied her mother to China where she met her three half-sisters. Amy’s life and the subsequent meeting with her half-sisters later served as the inspiration behind Amy writing the Joy Luck Club from which the story “Rules of the Game” originated (Angel 30-41). Rules of the Game The story centers on Waverly Jong a six year old American of Chinese descent. It narrates of how Waverly’s mother taught her the art of invincible
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Amy’s mom came to America after losing everything in China. With the belief that you could be anything you wanted in America‚ Amy’s mom prepared and coached Amy into becoming a Chinese Shirley Temple. Amy believed that her mother’s dreams for her were realistic. She admitted that she felt that she would soon become perfect. Amy was excited to become famous and be adored by her parents. She and her mother searched through the American magazines and books for stories about child prodigies. Her mother
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that may affect themselves and focus more on others and their problems. This can make the conversations between parent and child become scarce. Even without the difficulty of language in the way like with the mothers and the daughters of “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan; we still have difficulty communicating with our parents. My mother and I do not speak all the time‚ yet in our tame relationship we still know of each other’s unconditional love. Even though‚ we could be called distant‚
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She uses the daughters to reflect herself throughout her own novels. Therefore‚ all the daughters are composed to show little to no interest in men belonging to Chinese descent. For instance‚ in The Joy Luck Club‚ Waverly Jong states “I wasn’t too much afraid as I was for my mother‚ as I was for Rich. I already knew what she would do‚ she would attack him‚ how she would criticize him (191).” The remaining bits and pieces that Waverly has of her culture
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Amy Tan writes about the struggles between a futile daughter and her persistent mother. This excerpt from her novel‚ "The Joy Luck Club‚" explores several other important themes‚ such as the control over one’s destiny‚ the freedom of decision-making‚ and the attempt to live the American Dream.’ However‚ the last paragraph in "Two Kinds" reflects the story’s most important theme the search for one self’s true identity. The premise of this short story revolves around Suyuan unduly forcing her daughter
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In Amy tans short stories Rules of the Game‚ Fish Cheeks‚ and Two Kinds use themes concerning the boundaries and relationships between mothers and daughters. Asian culture‚ particularly Chinese culture plays an important role in all three short stories‚ giving the traditional conflicts an interesting plot. Amy tans short stories mainly describe the troubles and tension between Chinese immigrant mothers and their Americanized daughters through their shared adventures in an entertaining way. The daughters
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Gurdial Gill 04/11/13 ENG101B Ms. Bynum Waverly Jong Waverly Jong‚ in The Joy Luck Club‚ has always been fearful of her mother. She is always afraid of what her mother has to say about the decisions that she makes in her life. One of the things that she has always been scared of is what her mother has to say regarding her future husband Rich. She began to develop a fear inside of her that “mother knows how to hit a nerve. And the pain I feel is worse than any kind of misery” (2411). This fear
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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 novel‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ where feelings of belonging and connection to others are significantly affected by people’s understanding of place. The Museum Victoria: Immigration Museum website also explores how people perceive belonging and not belonging through connections
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In the Joy Luck Club Waverly mother said “We not concerning this girl. This girl not have concerning for us”.(Tan 51)Waverly thought she would get away with it but she ended up losing all her privileges. Waverly went up to her room and lay on her bed and notice that
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During the scene where Lena arrived at the hospital to right before the girl next door rang at Lena’s doorbell‚ a song that the soundtrack for the Joy Luck Club could include is the song “Unsteady” by X Ambassadors. The song “Unsteady” could be used in this scene because it describes Ying-Ying’s breakdown after losing her baby.” Hold on to me ‘Cause I’m a little unsteady ‘A little unsteady”. In the novel‚ Lena thinks that her mother might have become a little crazy and is falling apart. “I could
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