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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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    Based on the Joy Luck Club‚ please write a 2-3 page report which should:   1. Address 2 ICC scenes/themes you can identify with.  Reflect on these and include examples. 2. Address the questions "Am I (or a family member) more of a June or a Waverly?”. ”How did this come about?"    1. One of the major ICC themes in the movie is the conflict between individualism and collectivism. Although not explicitly expressed‚ it has a strong impact on the whole course of the movie. The 4 immigrant Chinese

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    good at‚ a good thing? Jing-mei and Luis didn’t always get along with their parents and they didn’t always do the right thing. But they always had parents that loved them. Although they’re from two different short stories with similar character traits Jing-mei will always be herself‚ Luis will always want to escape but they will realize that their parents were there for them when they needed it the most. Would you rather be like someone else or be who you are? Jing-mei was a young girl‚ but her

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    Amy Tan’s book‚ “The Joy Luck Club”‚ is centered on the idea of the difference in generations between a Chinese mother and her American daughter. The plot of the novel is in the perspective of three mothers and their daughters. In “The Joy Luck Club”‚ Tan uses rice‚ dreams‚ legends‚ and traditions to show one of the main characters‚ Lena St. Claire‚ struggles to combine her mother’s Chinese heritage with her American life. In the chapter‚ “Rice Husband”‚ Lena St. Clair’s mother‚ Ying-Ying‚ in concerned

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    Jing Mei: Success or a Failure In the 1950’s‚ many immigrants believed that America was a place where all their dreams and wishes could come true. There is no exception to one family who just move to the “land of opportunity” to give their daughter‚ Jing Mei for a brighter future. As the author‚ Amy Tan writes the story named “Two Kinds”. The story is centered around a Chinese immigrant‚ Jing Mei and her family’s struggles and how they have overcome many obstacles in their lives. Jing Mei’s mother

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    Parent-Child Relationships Parents strive to do what is best for their children‚ but sometimes the children want to go their own ways and pursue their interests. Throughout the books Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan‚ the reader will find that all of the parent’s characters in both books want what is best for their children. Although father-son and mother-daughter relationships differ greatly‚ both parent genders still want what is best for their children and will

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    novel‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ by Amy Tan‚ it tells of four Chinese women drawn together in San Francisco to play mah jong‚ and tell stories of the past. These four women and their families all lived in Chinatown and belong to the First Chinese Baptist Church. They were not necessarily religious‚ but found they could improve their home China. This is how the woo’s‚ the Hsu’s‚ the Jong’s and the St Clair’s met in 1949. The first member of the Joy Luck Club to die was Suyuan Woo. Her daughter

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    Provided that there are many problems that one self has in their lifetime‚ Car Radio symbolizes a couple of them. For one‚ the mask is symbolized as a shield from hiding oneself from one’s true identity. Throughout the lyrics the mask is represented as a disguise from the world‚ preventing it from knowing your thoughts and feelings within you; as if having this fear of truly revealing of what you are inside. In addition‚ the crowd symbolizes an overcomed experience one feels when surpassing that

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    is a story about a Mother’s relationship with her daughter. Jing Mei’s mother came to The United States in 1949 from China and resided in San Francisco‚ California. Her time living China‚ she had lost all hope when she had lost her entire family. She had remarried with her second husband and had Jing Mei. When she moved to the United States she was in the hopes of pursuing her dreams in her daughter. She imposed upon her daughter Jing Mei her high expectations for her. “At first my mother thought

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    became a place where the past could live once again. The green velvet transported people back in time‚ to their youth or to a lost love. The game also connected people‚ it connected strangers‚ or brought families closer together. Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club portrays the effects of immigration on the family relationship. Tan depicts the lives of these women‚ and the struggles between them when forming bonds. Through her vignettes‚ Tan weaves together a tapestry of stories‚ showing the vast differences

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