Nearly from the moment of its publication, The Joy Luck Club was a critical and public smash. ... The most intriguing aspect of The Joy Luck Club is the manner in which Tan uses the division and order of the individual stories to illustrate both the connections and separation within the relationships between her characters. ... As was afore stated, Joy Luck Club begins at a tumultuous time, with Jing-Mei at the forefront. She has agreed to honor her mother's memory and attend a meeting of the Joy Luck Club. She is included in the old world traditions, just as all the Joy Luck aunties...

• Word Count: 1953
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

She wrote A Pair of Tickets as the final part of her best known work The Joy luck Club. In 1989, The Joy Luck Club was published, and had a phenomenal success that made the New York Times bestseller list, where it remained for seven months. ... Amy Tan, whose Chinese name, An-mei, means "blessing from America," was born in 1952, in Oakland, California. ... Learning that background about her mother, in addition to Amy's trip in 1987 with her mother to china, where she met her three half sisters, provided the basis for Tan's first novel, The Joy Luck Club (Evans, 2010). ... In conclus...

• Word Count: 1602
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• 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 family lives of the characters from Nights Below Station Street and Joy Luck Club demonstrate that children's behavior is directly affected by the misunderstanding of their parents" love for them. ... With this, Amy Tan touches on an obscure, little discussed issue, which is the divergence of Chinese culture through American children born of Chinese immigrant parents. ... In the second section of Joy Luck Club, the problem of communication and lack of understanding between mothers and daughters is emphasized. ... Where the author of Joy Lucky Club uses the whole Chinese culture t...

• Word Count: 1303
• Approx Pages: 5
• 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

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
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate