Throughout the novel, the four mothers and their daughters share memories of the joys and conflicts in their lives. ... Anyone with some sense of immigrant ancestry would take this book to heart. Being the daughter of immigrant parents myself, I understood what was going through the minds of the Chinese women. ... This novel has truly shown the great contrast that occurs from generation to generation, in the passing on of ideas and traditions. ...

• 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. ... 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" and "Waiting Between the Trees"; and will make references to The Kitchen's God Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses. ......

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

The rest of the novel is segregated into chapters that follow a chronological order. ... This 'disease theory' of addiction further reinforced the movement towards prohibition, which angered the many people of China, as well as the Chinese-American immigrants. ... All of these points are later on refreshed in the conclusive section of the novel. ... Doug Wagner's book review of Narcotic Culture gave me another insight on how I viewed the novel. He uses the novel to compare our society with drugs today, to that of China back then. ...

• Word Count: 1062
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the case of many of these novels, the task of defining ethnic identity is not so complicated. ... The main character's family in this novel was Chinese and represented the first generation of immigrants for this family. ... In this novel, the main character spends much of his life on an Indian Reservation. ... They all seem to accept the fact that the entire Reservation suffers with alcoholism, which was a burdening theme of the entire novel. ... In the case of this novel, they may have been poorly defined as alcoholics, but the Reservation defined them, nonetheless. ...

• Word Count: 652
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The other members of the club "Lindo, Ying-ying, and An-mei "were three of Suyuan's best friends and fellow immigrants before she had passed on. ... Jing-mei speaks for Suyuan in the two mother sections of the novel. ... A very well written and explanatory novel, although more towards a more mature audience that can relate; it shows emotion, and movement throughout itself...

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

Ethnic assimilation has existed since the birth of the American Dream as immigrants have traveled across land looking for opportunity within the United States. ... In the novel "Bone", the author Fae Myenne Ng depicts the representation of assimilation of an ethnic minority through the main character Leila and her family. The novel speaks to the development of the notion that the transition from China to America brings upon estrangement that can bear pains and gains for Asian American families and through Leila's interactions with her family and the relationship she has with the...

• Word Count: 1094
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate

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. ... From the beginning of the novel, we hear Suyuan Woo tell the story of "The Joy Luck Club," a group started by some Chinese women during World War II. ... This quote by Suayan shows her immigrant belief in the perfect American Dream and all her hopes for future daughter. ... This novel has not only given great insight into the Chinese way of thinking and living, but it has shown the great contrast that occurs from generation to generation, in the passin...

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

Forged papers or documents being used by illegal immigrants or criminals trying to enter the country illegally or bring something into the country illegally such as drugs could be a big problem. ... The question arises when enough is enough and the omen and the long ago written dystopian novel "1984 " by Mr. ...

• Word Count: 2003
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate