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...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• 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. In The Joy Luck Club, the attitudes of four daughters toward their mothers change as the girls mature and come to realize that their mothers aren't so different after all. ... 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 refere...

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• Grade Level: High School

My thesis is from the novel, The Joy Luck Club. Even though I have chosen this as my Thesis, doesn't mean there aren't several different thesis's in The Joy Luck Club. ... These four mandarin speaking Chinese families and American born daughters create the Joy Luck Club. ... Both awards were for her most popular book, The Joy Luck Club. ... Amy Tan also made a screenplay on her book The Joy Luck Club. ...

• Word Count: 1089
• Approx Pages: 4
• 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. ...

• Word Count: 444
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School