the joy luck club
Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club" is a story about four women from China, Suyuan Woo, An-mei Hsu, Linda Jong, and Ying Ying St. Clair, and their four daughters, Jing-mei Woo, Rose Hsu Jordan, Waverly Jong, and Lena St. Clair. The Asian mothers had fled China in the 1940's to escape the political unrest and formed a social group called the Joy Luck Club upon meeting each other. The book focuses on Jing-mei "June" Woo who takes her mother's place at the meetings after her death. As the women play Mah Jong, a Chinese game, and feast, they recall stories from their past and explain the differences between them and their daughters. It is through these stories that June comes to appreciate her Chinese heritage.One such story is that of Suyuan Woo, the founder of the Joy Luck Club, and her two twin daughters in china. She had walked for three days trying to escape the Japanese during their invasion in World War II. The weight of her possessions were so heavy that her hands started to bleed and she was overcome with pain and fever. She abandoned her th
Near the end of the book, Jing-Mei Woo receives a letter from her twin half sisters in China. They had been found and raised by a peasant couple who had tried to locate Suyuan several times. However, by that time the Woo's had already left for America. The twins did not yet know that their mother had died. Jing-Mei has Aunti Lindo write to them to tell them about Suyuan, but June still feels that they should meet. Jing-Mei and her father Canning go to China where they are greeted by some of Canning's relatives. When June finally meets her long lost sisters, she is stunned at how much they resemble their mother. However, later she does not see the resemblance, but after seeing a picture of the three of them, they realize that together they are their mother. Separately they are just pieces, but together they are whole. ings one by one until she only had her babies. She then tried to give the two girls to someone who would take care of them, but no one would accept. She had no choice but to leave them on the side of the road in hope that someone would find them
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Approximate Word count = 725
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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