The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club is a story about two generations of Chinese American women. The first generation consists of the mothers living in pre-1949 China. These women are Suyuan Woo, An-mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Ying-ying St. Clair. The second generation of daughters born in America are Jing-mei "June" Woo, Rose Hsu Jordan, Waverly Jong, and Lena St. Clair. Each chapter is either a mother or a daughter talking about their experiences of growing up in either China or America. It is quite obvious that the women who grew up in China have much different viewpoints on their lifestyle than their daughters who grew up in America. The women who grew up in China had suffered great hardships yet they all took it to heart and kept it within themselves to suffer quietly. They grew up in a Communist country where women were far less equal to men. Little girls were basically worthless while little boys were prided upon. Many times the women did not get to choose their husband. Instead, their parents often planned arranged marriages, even when the girl or boy might only be 6 or 7 years old. They often consulted a local "matchmaker" on who was the marry who. The Chinese were very superstitious about things like marri
" I hear more choruses of "Tell them, tell them," as each auntie frantically tries to think what should be passed on. The Joy Luck Club was started by her mother and was a time where the four mothers would all get together and play a game called mah jong while eating and celebrating their friendship and hoping for luck. The mother they did not know, they must know now. And this book tells each of the four mothers and four daughters point of view on their Chinese and American culture. "But most important, you must tell them about her life. So, the three friends pulled together just enough money to send June to China, to tell the twins about their real mother. "How can you say? Your mother is in your bones!" "Tell them stories of your family here. Crevecoar talks about how America will give everyone a new beginning and by doing so, will give everyone a chance to succeed in life. "You must see your sisters and tell them about your mother's death," says Aunt Ying. So what the mothers needed to ask themselves is was it really worth it? To watch their daughters grow up in a completely different lifestyle than their own. "What will I say? What can I tell them about my mother? I don't know anything. You can be rich too if you just work hard. " "Not know your own mother?" cries Auntie An-mei with disbelief.
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