The American Dream in The Joy Luck Club
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The American Dream can mean a number of different things to number of different people. Over the years this ideal has evolved and its definition will continue to change for many more years to come. What has not changed is the desire to achieve this dream. For decades now, people from all over the world have immigrated to the United States with hopes of obtaining this dream. However it seems that, to many immigrants the American dream has a very different and more modest definition. To many foreigners it means having the basic necessities in life and giving their children opportunities and life they ever had. Immigration can be a good and a bad thing. On one hand the overall standard of living is better but on the other hand it is almost inevitable that the family, especially the children, will lose some of their culture as they Americanize and assimilate. This is partially the reason why the mothers of The Joy Luck Club continue to have the Joy Luck Club meetings. Even though they are now in America, they want to make sure their daughters are exposed to and maintain the Chinese culture. Mother/ daughter relationships are a large component in Amy Tan’s award winning novel, The Joy Luck Club.
When analyzing the Joy Luck club it is important to consider the life of the author. It is apparent after studying both The Joy Luck Club and Amy Tan that there are some incredible similarities among the two, particularly the story of mother Suyuan-Woo and her daughter Jing-Mei Woo. Suyuan is a main character and plays an extremely important role in the novel even though she passed away. She created the Joy Luck club years ago and is the main reason why this tight kit family exists today. Suyuan decided to create the Joy Luck club during a ve...
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...mbers due to an unfortunate circumstance and struggles to b accepted once again and regain her dignity. An-Mei’s daughter Rose also learns a lesson of acceptance as well as self-worth when it comes to the end of her marriage. Rose was never accepted by her husband’s wealthy family from the beginning due to her Asian heritage however her husband loves her so dearly that he marries her regardless of his parent’s opinions. As their life together progresses, Rose finds herself worrying less and less about making herself happy and losing her own opinions which ultimately cause her husband to lose interest in her. As they file for divorce rose continues to try to save the marriage but soon realizes with the help of her mother that she is better than that and should stand up for herself for once. In the end this newly gained self-confidence is what saves her marriage.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the american dream has evolved and its definition will continue to change for many years to come, but the desire to achieve it has not changed.
- Analyzes how suyuan-woo and her daughter jing-mei woo's lives parallel those of amy tan and daisy tan.
- Compares the life of amy tan to that of jing-mei woo in "june".
- Explains that the american dream has evolved and its definition will continue to change for many years to come, but the desire to achieve it has not changed.
- Analyzes how suyuan-woo and her daughter jing-mei woo's lives parallel those of amy tan and daisy tan.
- Compares the life of amy tan to that of jing-mei woo in "june".
- Analyzes how the next mother/ daughter relationship expressed in the joy luck club is that of lindo and waverly.
- Analyzes how lindo's daughter, waverly, struggles with the idea of pleasing the one she cares about and self-fulfillment.
- Analyzes how ying-yin and lena st.clair's story begins with betty falling for a charming young man too hastily, but after the birth of their first child, his love for her changes.
- Analyzes the story of an-mei and rose hsu, which is a tale of acceptance and self-worth. rose was never accepted by her husband's wealthy family due to her asian heritage.
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- Analyzes how rose establishes her new strength and trust in herself by saying she won't be pulled out or controlled. she has taken root in her choices, which she trusts herself to do.
- Analyzes how an-mei defies her grandma and leaves with her mother when she realizes that her mom is a concubine. her mother kills herself after being oppressed in the disgraceful marriage.
- Analyzes rose's establishment of her will regarding her divorce, along with an-mei’s assertion of independence, as a result
- Analyzes how zoom in's use of the word "pale" and saying that "the wound begins to close", presents the idea that her connection with her mom is fading.
- Analyzes how the description of her sinking to her knees represents her lack of action, which in turn causes her brother to drown.
- Analyzes how the second wife manipulated an-mei's mother into marriage by giving her a fake pearl necklace. the crushing of the fake necklace represents her newfound clarity and independence.
1124 wordsRead More - An Analysis Of The Joy Luck Clubanalytical essayAbstract: The Joy Luck Club, is the famous second generation Chinese American writer Amy Tan’s magnum opus. It is a narrative novel focusing on the conflicts between Chinese mothers and Americanized daughters in four Chinese American immigrant families. It serves as an excellent sample to discuss the family values of China and America. This paper will take The Joy
In this essay, the author
- Describes amy tan's magnum opus, the joy luck club, as an excellent sample to discuss the family values of china and america.
- Explains that tan's work explores mother-daughter relationships and chinese-american experience. she is the second generation of a chinese immigrant family.
- Describes the joy luck club as a narrative novel that focuses on the conflicts and blending of four pairs of mothers who used to live in china and daughters who grew up in america.
- Describes amy tan's magnum opus, the joy luck club, as an excellent sample to discuss the family values of china and america.
- Explains that tan's work explores mother-daughter relationships and chinese-american experience. she is the second generation of a chinese immigrant family.
- Describes the joy luck club as a narrative novel that focuses on the conflicts and blending of four pairs of mothers who used to live in china and daughters who grew up in america.
- Opines that the thesis will compare the differences in concepts of family and marriage, and family education methods, based on the novel, the joy luck club, to enhance mutual understanding between china and america.
- Explains that the paper focuses on the comparative study of the differences on family values in chinese and american cultures.
- Analyzes the differences in family values between china and america; chapter five is the conclusion. the joy luck club gained enthusiastic reviews and popularity upon its publication in 1989.
- Explains that domestic and foreign studies mainly focus on cultural approach and literary approach. previous studies cover themes like mother-daughter relationship, chinese tradition, oriental elements, cultural identity, feminism, etc.
- Analyzes how zhou yan and cheng ting competed for female voice from "the joy luck club", the next patriarchal society against women and ethnic and cultural identity of the feminist exploration of these three perspectives.
- Analyzes how all the studies point out that women only are truly independent, can they really have a happy life. they attack the male-dominated social phenomenon, the majority of women can cause the reader’s sympathy.
- Analyzes wei zhangling's essay on the differences and similarities between chinese and american family values and the socialistic and cultural root of them.
- Explains that the conception of family values defined by scholars includes all aspects of a family, but in changing times, the structure, function, and the elements of the family also become different.
- Explains that confucianism played a vital role in shaping people's concept of family. it decided that traditional kinship is hierarchical and collective relationships.
- Explains that in most chinese families, all family members share material possessions and one's achievements. they put an emphasis on collectivism and are likely to be concerned about the consequences of their behaviors on other members.
- Narrates how jingmei woo, in the joy luck club, did not believe that she could become a genius, hence she shouted to her mother angrily. her mother slapped her.
- Analyzes how suyuan deemed that her decisions to force her daughter to learn everything were in favor for their daughter's development. when jingmei was not willing to play the piano, she wan extremely angry.
- Analyzes how lindo jong, a typical chinese mother, made concessions to encourage her daughter to practice chess.
- Explains that americans tend to emphasize independence and individualism. they are more concerned about their own feelings and aspirations than their relationships with their family members.
- Opines that the relationship between family members should be equal. most parents encourage their children to form distinctive individuality and cultivate the ability of independence.
- Explains that children tend to be independent and consider their parents as friends, not authorities. they have the right to make decisions for themselves.
- Explains that as daughters grew up in america, they were affected by american culture and tended to agree with american concept of family. the conflicts between americanized daughters and traditional chinese mothers were inevitable.
- Illustrates how jingmei woo accepted american thoughts of owning freedom and private space.
- Analyzes how jingmei woo failed to be an outstanding child because she had her own thoughts. the girl staring back at her was angry and powerful.
- Explains that parents in china and america pay attention to family education, but they have different opinions about how to educate children and what abilities they hope their children have.
- Explains that in traditional chinese culture, children must obey their parents or they will be criticized by parents, relatives, neighbors and even the society.
- Explains that chinese parents often compared their children with others, so they would show pride if they won an honor. this conflict between waverly and her mother took place.
- Explains that when waverly won a chess champion, her mother took the magazine with her picture on it and showed it to every acquaintance on the street. chinese parents always believe that their children's achievements mean their own achievement.
- Explains that chinese forbid their children to do many things in an intimidatory way and criticize children if it doesn't work. american concept of family education and education methods are different.
- Explains that american chinese daughters were raised in american environment and embraced an american lifestyle and would fight against their mother for their rights when they were a child.
- Narrates how waverly, raised in american, believed that "i am my own person. i am not your person."
- Explains the chinese traditional view of marriage, which has been affected by confucianism for thousands of years. the status of wives and husbands is unequal in marriage.
- Analyzes how lindo was forced to move in with a neighbor's young son, tyan-yu huang, through the machination of the village matchmaker.
- Explains that in chinese traditional feudal society, marriage is not the result of parents’ decision instead of two person’s love. women don’t have rights to get divorce with their husbands.
- Analyzes how rose hsu jordan's mother, anmei, didn't agree with her decision to get divorced from ted. she hoped her daughter could think it over.
- Explains that in a patriarchal society, men can openly own several wives and concubines, but women have to follow who they married with from the beginning to the end.
- Analyzes how the american view of marriage is a personal problem that should be determined by one's independent preference.
- Narrates how rose tried to devote herself to her husband, ted, during their married life as an american-born chinese. she gave up the further study for him.
- Analyzes how yingying couldn't stand the go-dutch rule between her daughter lena and her husband in the joy luck of club.
- Explains that husbands often give their incomes to their wives and the wives use the money to support the whole family. married couples in china don't calculate the daily expenditure so clearly.
- Explains that american thinks husbands and wives are equal and independent in marriage. divorce is just the second choice for both of the couple to live the life in the way they like.
- Explains that the reasons for differences in chinese and american family values are complex, including cultural environment, traditional concepts, social formation, and so on. analyzing such reasons may enhance mutual understanding between china and america.
- Explains how family becomes the most important social organization and collectivism in china.
- Opines that americans are indifferent to the concept of extended family. they think highly of individual independence, development, and success. when children become adults, they tend to be responsible for themselves instead of depend on their parents.
- Explains that confucianism is still the core values of chinese society of most people. christian tradition, liberalism and individualism are the three elements that constitute american culture.
- Compares the economic conditions of china and america, and explains that chinese parents treat their children as their private property.
- Analyzes how the joy luck of club, through the display of four chinese-american families, shows chinese traditional family values in different aspects and different level.
- Analyzes how amy tan found a combination through chinese and american culture and family values that are definitely different but both on their own charm.
- Explains that family was the cornerstone of the chinese tradition society, and the concept of "family standard" constituted the traditional culture bottom color.
- Opines that there must be compatibility and coexistence between cultures, despite inevitable collisions. chinese or american family values are good or bad, and should be treated equally.
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