Joy Luck Club - The Struggles of Life

Joy Luck Club - The Struggles of Life

A giant total has been assessed onto an assignment. The team has spent

weeks of preparation. In moments the presentation of this project will

commence. But, some team members aren't ready. The whole project

crumbles and ultimately results in a failure. Disciplined workers have

no control over it, but they must overcome this obstacle. Only this way

can they become better people and know how to handle similar situations

in the future. People must overcome hardships to have stronger

personalities, just like the women in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club.

People learn from their mistakes. For Suyuan Woo, she over packed and

failed to make it to a relief area. "After a while, she left the

suitcases behind, keeping only the food and a few clothes. And later

she also dropped the bags of wheat flour and rice^ ." (p. 324). After

leaving all this, she continued, but she was already too fatigued to

walk anymore. Her energy was burned up from her body, like fossil fuel

from the Earth. Finally, too much was used. She learned that no one

could ever take everything with them. They must make sacrifices to

survive. An-mei Hsu survived a great hardship, like when hot soup

scorched her young neck, leaving her with a scar. "I could not speak

because of this terrible choking feeling. I could not see because of

all the tears that poured out to wash away the pain." (p. 39). Her

tender skin survived the intense heat, and her character developed.

When she was older, another crisis erupted when her mother killed

herself with opium. At this point, Wu-Tsing's house was nothing, only a

hive of polygamy. From this, she learned that she could gain respect

that her mother could never fully achieved. "And on that day, I showed

Second Wife the fake pearl necklace she had given me and crushed it

under my foot. And on that day, Second Wife's hair began to turn white.

And on that day, I learned to shout." (p. 272). She resisted, and

refused to succumb to the pressures in her life. Planned marriages

were a common practice when the Joy Luck mothers were still young. For

instance, when Lindo was 12, she was forced to marry into a very harsh

family. From it, she learned patience. Soon, after her marriage, she

longed to be free again. "On the morning of that day, I woke up Tyan-Yu

and the entire house with my wailing. It took Huang Taitai a long time

to come into my room.