The Joy Luck Club

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This paper focuses on the characters of the novel. June is the centerpiece of the plot and the relationship she has with her mother triggers the rest of the events in the story. The paper looks at how this relationship balances the fine line between integration into American society and the maintaining of one's own culture and identity - in this case, Chinese.

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""The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan is the story of the mother and daughter relationships of a group of Chinese women who have been transplanted to America and raised their daughters in a very different culture than they were raised. Tan's novel is told through vignettes as each mother tells her tale of the struggles and sorrows of what life was like for her in China. Through these stories, the daughters learn that their mothers had a very different life than they have had in America. Moreover, they gain insights that grow into appreciation of the women."

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