Joy Luck Club
American Circumstances and Chinese characters The Joy Luck Club is a book by Amy Tan containing vignettes of four Chinese mothers and their four American-born daughters. The four mothers are Suyuan Woo, An-mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Ying-ying St. Clair. Their daughters are June Woo, Rose Hsu, Waverly Jong and Lena St. Clair. The daughters are Americanized and they do not recognize their Chinese heritage. However, as time goes by, they revert back to their culture when they face problems in life, such as Waverly Jong in Rules of the Game, Lena St. Clair in Rice Husband, Rose Hsu in Without Wood, and June Woo in A Pair of Tickets. Amy Tan’s purpose in conveying this point is to show that the strengths and advantages of these Chinese-American characters lies within their Chinese culture, for it is their origin, in their blood, their heritage, and who they truly are. When she is young, Waverly is a naturally talented chess champion. She starts playing chess with her brothers and an old man in her neighborhood named Lau Po. Eventually, she wins every game and becomes a National Chess Champion. But then, Waverly stops playing chess after she has a fight with her mom when she is annoyed that her mom takes her around and introdu
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Approximate Word count = 1065
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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