The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, is a look into the lives of four Chinese women and the lives of their daughters in America. ... The first vignette is told by the daughter of the club's founder. ... I believe the way their relationships begin to develop, and the conflicts they face reveal the themes that Amy Tan intends for the readers to learn. ... "In America, nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you," (Tan 45). ... The same is true for the Chinese generation in The Joy Luck Club. ...

• Word Count: 604
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club is one that is truly amazing and a joy to read. ... Daughters and Mothers in The Joy Luck Club Children, as they become adults, become more appreciative of their parents. ... Mother-daughter Relations and Clash of Cultures in The Joy Luck Club Six Sources Amy Tan is an American Born Chinese, daughter of immigrants, and her family shares many features with the families depicted in her novels. ... Tan's novels share many themes and elements, but this paper will focus mainly on two episodes of the novel The Joy Luck Club: "The Joy Luck Club" ...

• Word Count: 972
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. ... Amy Tan writes her books with a social communicational aim towards people. ... Her first book The Joy Luck Club is one of the best sellers. ... Jing-mei had taken her mother's place in playing mahjong at a weekly gathering her mother had organized in China and revived in San Francisco called the Joy Luck Club. ...

• Word Count: 579
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The Joy Luck Club "Hey, Sabrina, are you Japanese or Chinese?" ... In Amy Tan's enjoyable novel, The Joy Luck Club, about the relationships and experiences of four Chinese mothers and four Chinese-American daughters, I found out the answer to this question. ... From the beginning of the novel, you hear Suyuan Woo tell the story of "The Joy Luck Club," a group started by some Chinese women during World War II, where "we feasted, we laughed, we played games, lost and won, we told the best stories. ... That hope was our only joy." ... By the stories and information given by each in...

• Word Count: 728
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The relationship between a mother and a daughter is full of complex values and feelings this is evident in the novel The Joy Luck Club. The Joy Luck Club is a representation of the persistent tensions and powerful bonds between mother and daughter in a Chinese American society and is written by Amy Tan. ... In this book, Amy Tan represents the conflicting views and the stories of both sides, providing the reader--and ultimately, the characters--with an understanding of the mentalities of both mother and daughter, and why each one is the way she is. From the beginning of the novel, we he...

• Word Count: 2133
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The Joy Luck Club Chinese values, beliefs, and traditions have been slowly disregarded by many of the descendants of Chinese immigrants. In the book, The Joy Luck Club, written by Amy Tan, this is portrayed in mother-daughter relationships. ...

• Word Count: 1078
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Born in Oakland, CA 1952, author Amy Tan wrote her very first novel "The Joy Luck Club-, which went on to become a critical success and a best seller. 3. ... Auntie Lindo, Auntie Ying, Auntie An-Mei, and Suyuan were all members of The Joy Luck Club. ... The Meis were Muslim and believed that twin babies were a sign of double luck. ... Amy Tan's tone toward Suyuan is sympathetic. ... Simply, though, there are tones of sadness, tragedy, anger, hope, luck, excitement, and destiny. 10. ...

• Word Count: 1806
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School