the joy luck club
Amy Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club” is a story about four women from China, Suyuan Woo, An-mei Hsu, Linda Jong, and Ying Ying St. Clair, and their four daughters, Jing-mei Woo, Rose Hsu Jordan, Waverly Jong, and Lena St. Clair. The Asian mothers had fled China in the 1940’s to escape the political unrest and formed a social group called the Joy Luck Club upon meeting each other. The book focuses on Jing-mei “June” Woo who takes her mother’s place at the meetings after her death. As the women play Mah Jong, a Chinese game, and feast, they recall stories from their past and explain the differences between them and their daughters. It is through these stories that June comes to appreciate her Chinese heritage.One such story is that of Suyuan Woo, the founder of the Joy Luck Club, and her two twin daughters in china. She had walked for three days trying to escape the Japanese during their invasion in World War II. The weight of her possessions were so heavy that her hands started to bleed and she was overcome with pain and fever. She abandoned her th
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Some common words found in the essay are:
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Approximate Word count = 725
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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