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THE JOY LUCK CLUB
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan is a piece of ethnic literature that thoroughly covers many different life issues and lessons. ...
Suyuan and Jing-Mei Woo
The first chapter of the book is narrated by Jing-Mei Woo whose mother, Suyuan Woo started the Joy Luck Club during her life in China. Suyuan started the club in response to a need for joy among her and her friends in the midst of tragedy within China. ... Suyuan received criticism from those who did not belong to the Joy Luck Club because they wondered how the members could have fun during such a tragic time. Suyuan couldn’t believe that people would criticize her for founding the Club and she said she felt that people didn’t understand that her reason for this Club was to create hope during a tragic time.
Jing-Mei was asked by her father to take her mother’s place and to attend the Joy Luck Club meetings. ... The Joy Luck Club members even hinted at Jing Mei’s failure to graduate from college and the fact that she lost her apartment. ... Clair have the most dysfunctional relationship of all of the mother and daughters in the Joy Luck Club. ...
The experience of reading the Joy Luck Club gives the reader a look at life lessons in storytelling, culture and parent-child relationships.
Approximate Word count = 1357
Approximate Pages = 5.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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