The Joy Luck Club

Alexis Torres Mrs.Pope English 5-6 Honors Period 5 9 November 2017 The Kitchen God’s Wife Note Card 1. Title and genre: The Kitchen God’s Wife, novel 2. Author: Amy Tan 3. Characters: Winnie Louie/Jiang Weili- The main character of the novel and mother of Pearl. Abandoned as a child. She is the wife of Jimmy Louie and Wen Fu, an abusive husband, that she thought was a good person. Its ironic that she thought Wen Fu was a good person because of the way he would treat her cousin. A poor marriage that

Waverly Jong and June Woo’s rivalry reflect value of success and worth depicted in the novel because both of them start not knowing how to play it. It happens when Waverly's brother got a second handed chess for a gift that have few pieces missing. Waverly's wants to play in and then later on after battling a lot and practice, she won many tournaments. That is because if people try harder on anything, one day they will succeed just like Waverly. At first, she does not know how to play chess, but

Heber Obando“‘Too late to change this,’ said my mother shrilly” (Tan 231). “Two Kinds,” a short story written by Amy Tan, is about a mother who moves from China to America to get a better opportunity for herself and daughter. The mother wants the best for her daughter, so she is willing to push her to do her best. She is determined not to stop till the daughter gives up on herself. Her mother wants Jing-Mei to be a prodigy so she is willing to try different activities. Jing-mei wants to be a prodigy

In Beyond the Lights, maternal and amorous affection is the cause of Noni’s success. This is evident through Macy’s expectations and guidance of Noni, and how the portrayals of both maternal love and romantic love influence Noni’s ambitions. Macy, white and at the tender age of seventeen, gave birth to her bi-racial baby, Noni. Nobody expects much from a single and teenage mother, so from these cruel expectations, Macy forms her own of Noni. Through these expectations, Macy creates the perfect

INTRODUCTION The Bonesetter’s Daughter, Amy Tan’s fifth novel, is one of her successful work. The novel put forward the question faced by the Chinese-American family in conflicts of traditional Chinese culture and American culture. This thesis is to study and realize family conflicts and cultural differences of the novel. The significance of this thesis is in the following two aspects. Firstly, this thesis analyzes family ethic values in the novel reflected by Amy Tan who is a Chinese American writer

The Jade peony Book Club Notes part two By Sebastian Velez-Bolivar Key Symbolism The Jade Peony “however both these things are meaningless than jade peony, because the jade peony has been a symbol of grandmama herself. As is said, "but Grandmama kept the jade pendant in a tiny red silk envelope, and kept it always in her pocket, until her death"(Choy, 164), The Jade Peony represents the love that the grandmother had for the object and how she had it with her. The Jade Peony I believe also demonstrates

Author Amy Tan introduces readers to her perspective of the voracious love relationships between mother and daughters. In the story, the protagonist is a young girl called Jing Mei who is also the main character in the story with her Mother being the antagonist. Being first generation Americans set forward multiple expectations and implications for the protagonist to deliver. Young Jing Mei struggled to find the freedom to express her own identity rather then live up to her mothers standards. Both

Have certain people ever wondered about their culture changing how they view the world, because in the stories they have excellent quotes. Also they look at certain things that go on in this world, such as the racist remarks that people say in this world. In text such as Two Ways to belong in America, Two Kinds, and Everyday Use each story backs up my claim by having examples of why culture can change your view of the world. In Amy Tan Novel Excerpt “Two Kinds, she talks about Jing-mei a Chinese

Many of us throughout our whole life’s growing up as a kid and even when we are old our mom has been our best friend. The person we go to when we need something, been there for us when we are down and lifted us up and they are a part of us in so many ways. In ‘’Two Kinds’’ by Amy Tan, Ni Kan and her mother had a relationship like no other and will be explained in this essay. In the beginning of this short story it gives an explanation of what her mom believes the American dream is. She has lost

Amy Chua, a mother of two, has written a novel Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother on the year 2011 January 11 (Chua, 2011a), and a few days before, on the January 8, she posted an article on The Wall Street Journal, titling Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior (Chua, 2011b). In the article, Amy Chua has compared the Western parenting style to the Chinese parenting style, and in her words, Western parents usually “don’t come close to being Chinese mothers” (Chua, 2011b, para. 4). But is there a need for