I watched the movie‚ Joy 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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The Joy Luck Club: Lindo and Waverly Jong The relationship between Lindo and Waverly is a rather unheathly one. Lindo‚ the mother‚ comes from a rich Chinese culture. While her daughter Waverly came from a mixture of Western and Chinese culture. The both of them had a rough childhood in different ways. They have to deal with a big obstacle‚ both of them overcome it. Even after they do so‚ they are still in a bad position. Lindo’s mother set up her daughter in an arranged marriage
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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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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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is a long process and takes a long time with many wrong turns along the way. Family‚ teachers‚ and friends all help to develop a person into an individual and adult. Parents play the largest role in evolving a person. Amy Tan‚ author of the Joy Luck Club‚ uses this theme in her book. Four mothers have migrated to America from China because of their own struggles. They all want their daughters to grow up successful and without any of the hardships they went through. One mother‚ Suyuan‚ imparts
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In a cultural melting pot such as the United States‚ every person has their own story. Amy Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club" follows the stories of seven different women as they navigate their lives in America and their back stories in China. Several stories involve the idea of searching for a better life‚ including those of Rose Hsu Jordan. Rose is the American daughter of An-Mei Hsu and the wife of Ted Jordan. Through a series of unfortunate events‚ Ted and Rose split up‚ leaving Rose to pick
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"The Joy Luck Club" isn ’t what most men would rush to see at the box office. It is‚ by general opinion‚ a chick flick‚ an epic tear jerker directed towards the sensitive side of people. By just that extremely brief description‚ I would guess a great percentage of males already have lost interest. Why? Because‚ as I am told by some women‚ men lack the one emotion to make this movie enjoyable: sensitivity. Although "The Joy Luck Club" has been deemed a "must see movie" and given four stars by
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The Joy luck Club The Joy luck Club is an amazing Asian American movie. This movie is about four Chinese women‚ who created a club during a war to have fun.. The story line up based on their past life‚ struggles and how they got abused by men. It’s also shows us the conflict between immigrant mother and their American raised children. The title of the movie didn’t give us that much information but we can get a basic idea that this film is about a club. The transition of the movie was incredible
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The Joy Luck Club The movie The Joy Luck Club offers so many excellent examples of the conflicts‚ misunderstandings‚ and issues that can arise during intercultural communications‚ even when those involved are aware of many of the differences. Two concepts that I found particularly interesting and evident throughout the film were differences in language functions and differences in verbal style between Chinese American women and their mothers as well as their husbands. Understanding Diverse
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Analysis of Culture Conflicts between the East and the West in The Joy Luck Club 1 Introduction Difference between Chinese and Western cultures has always been a main source of conflict between local people and citizens of Chinese origin. In The Joy Luck Club‚ Amy Tan describes the conflicts between the mothers and daughters to show us different culture traditions‚ perceptions of life‚ etc. between American and Chinese culture. In the end‚ the two different cultures merge together. Nowadays
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