![]() ![]() Since birth, Jing-Mei has been separated from her twin sisters and hopes to meet them one day. The main event of the book hinges around Jing-Mei, who is one of the daughters. It is up to the daughters to learn to accept their heritage and up to the mothers to understand. Topics such as interracial marriages, a struggle to uphold expectations, and language impediments begin to surface. However, with this generational and cultural barrier comes problems. Since the mothers all grew up in traditional households, they hope to force that way of life upon their American-born daughters. Throughout sixteen intertwined stories, Tan covers the daughters’ early life till adulthood as well as changes within the mother-daughter relationships. The Joy Luck Club is a “club” founded in 1939 in which four Chinese mothers gossip about their children while playing mah-jong. Together, they grapple with cultural differences, language barriers, and a struggle to maintain connection to their heritage. ![]() ![]() Each daughter has their own interests and each mother remains unwilling to relinquish their traditional upbringings. The Joy Luck Club is a carefully crafted story that highlights the relationships between four Chinese-American daughters and their immigrant parents. This was only one of many powerful quotes within Amy Tan’s debut novel, The Joy Luck Club. “I made a promise to myself: I would always remember my parents’ wishes, but I would never forget myself.” ![]()
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