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. ... Throughout the novel, the four mothers and their daughters share memories of the joys and conflicts in their lives. ... The first vignette is told by the daughter of the club's founder. Jing-mei Woo explains how the club first started in China and how it continues to the present. ... The same is true for the Chinese generation in The Joy Luck Club. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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." (p. 12) Really, this was their only joy. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Minorities from all over the globe wishes to immigrate to North America hoping to find a better living situation, enhance education and ironically to live in a country where individual's mind and self are valued with no oppression and power struggles. Despite these wishes, the movie The Joy Luck Clu...

• Word Count: 2268
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate