"The Kitchen God's Wife"

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This paper summarizes and analyzes the story and main theme of Amy Tan's novel, "The Kitchen God's Wife". The paper explains that while the focus in the novel is on the mothers and daughters in the Chinese-American culture, its themes, and specifically its theme that food is used as a device to convey multiple messages, are universal.

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"Amy Tan creates in the novel the same sense of place and culture that characterized The Joy Luck Club. Once again, food serves many purposes. Among the most ubiquitous motifs in The Kitchen God's Wife is food and the activities that surround its preparation and consumption. In fact, the novel opens and closes with celebratory dinners, and similar feasts and meals mark crucial events in Winnie's story. Throughout the story food provides a sense of continuity, paints distinct images of a remembered past, helps reveal character traits, shows relationships, and establishes boundaries between cultures."

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