integrated into mainstream culture. However‚ especially with more recent waves of immigration‚ some pieces of their culture remain uniquely their own and sometimes cannot be directly translated into English and American culture. In The Joy Luck Club‚ the concept of “joy luck” remains untranslatable from mother to daughter‚ from Chinese culture to American. This is not because the words do not make sense in English‚ because they do‚ but simply because the daughters do not live the same lives their mothers
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The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan talks about the lives of four Chinese immigrant mother raising their daughters in America. During the World War II‚ the mothers decide to vacate China to have a clean slate for their future daughters and themselves. With raising their daughters in America‚ the mothers decided not to inform them of their Chinese heritage‚ or as the mothers put it “.. being measured by the loudness of her husband’s belch ”(Tan 17).Therefore‚ allowing their daughters to make a name
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Throughout generations‚ cultural traditions have been passed down‚ alongside these traditions came language. The language of ancestors which soon began to be molded by the tongue of newer generations. Though language is an everlasting changing part of the world‚ it is a representation of one’s identity‚ not only in a cultural way but from an environmental standpoint as well. With newer generations‚ comes newer forms of languages‚ although these generation’s’ way of speaking has came from elsewhere
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and there are some that are not. A few are able to put away their differences and cooperate very well with each other to fulfill a dream. The mother-daughter relationships between Tracey and Kathy Wigfield and the mothers and daughters in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan do share some similarities when they work together‚ but they also share some differences as well. The relationship with Auntie An-mei and her mother can relate to Tracey and Kathy Wigfield in several ways. For example‚ both Tracey and
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The changes between “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan and the movie are very subtle but they do change the relationships between the mothers and their daughters. There are many differences between the mothers and their daughters relationships for example Ying-Ying and Lena. In the book there is a huge major difference because they did not tell the story of the moon lady. ALthough there is a difference they both have the same affect that cause An-Mei to never be satisfied with a man her daughter is with
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and elephant parenting. However‚ tiger parenting is crucial to helping children succeed. Tiger parents have a tendency to be strict and show tough love. Whereas‚ elephant parents tend to be lenient and supportive towards their children. In The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan‚ the mothers show characteristics of tiger parenting‚ which leads to successful children. Tiger parenting allows children to become skillful‚ successful‚ and perform incredibly in life. Tiger parents tend to have high expectations for
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Culture Influence in the Joy Luck Club The Joy Luck Club is a fictional novel by Amy Tan that unfolds the lives of four Chinese families and their American-born daughters. The story is portrayed in a diary-like fashion and it follows the lives and personal accounts of the Woo‚ Hsu‚ Jong‚ and St. Clair families. Culture is significant and it influences the story in many ways. The Chinese and American cultures clash in this particular novel. The Chinese culture is represented as a high- context
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Moreover‚ in America‚ in this day and age‚ in the “land of the free”‚ people enjoy exploiting their freedom to decide every aspect of their life. Being able to choose from an unlimited number of options enthrall modern day Americans. In Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club‚ Tan uses various marital relationships
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Lindo Jong is a member of the Joy Luck Club along with Suyuan Woo‚ An-mei Hsu‚ and Ying-ying St. Clair. Lindo Jong is a mother to three children‚ a divorcee‚ and a wife to a second husband. She grew up in China‚ and even though her children are American‚ she wants them to have some Chinese character also. Lindo’s character encompasses three major traits including cleverness‚ being controlling‚ and loving. When Lindo turned the age of two‚ she was engaged to marry Tyan-yu who was one year old at
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Ying-ying and Lena’s Dark Side Amy Tan is a Chinese-American and she is the author of the novel The Joy Luck Club. Suyuan Woo‚ An-Mei Hsu‚ Lindo Jong and Ying-ying St. Clair are in The Joy Luck Club. The novel is about these four different characters and their relationships with their daughters. Lena and her mother‚ Ying-ying‚ are similar in many ways. Both can see what others can’t. Lena explains‚ “Because even as a young child‚ I could sense the unspoken terrors that surrounded our house‚ the
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