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" The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tam
Comparison Essay # 20975
" The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tam
Examines novel's Chinese-Amer. mother-daughter relationships, and the issues of marriage, symbolism, identity and a comparison of Chinese & American cultures.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
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" In her The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan presents stories of four mothers and four daughters. The stories span several decades and bring together elements of Chinese and modern American culture. The depictions of mother/daughter interactions and relationships, tied together with elements of Chinese mysticism and cultural mores, are immediately engaging because we get to look into the deeper meanings of each mother/daughter relationship. In other words, Tan in interested in the deep symbolic and mystical realities of each relationship. Tan believes that the mother-daughter relationships are tested, but ultimately healed, by an acceptance of a natural, mystical force which is tied up in the Chinese identity.While the daughters' stories usually involve their mothers, the mothers' stories tend to feature a distinct life, involving.."
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