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"It is about one character finding out about her ethnicity and background through short stories about her mother and her mother's best friends and club, The Joy Luck Club. She learns about her mother's friends and daughters and realizes what her mother stood for."
peaches, Resident Scholar
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"This is a story about four Asian women who formed a club for themselves called The Joy Luck Club. This is their means of escape from the harsh realities of the real world. They party among themselves, play mahjong, and share secrets and gossips about their lives and other things. ..."
the_querent, Resident Scholar
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"The Joy Luck Club is a creative and unique novel that describes the lives of four Chinese mothers and their daughters. Although it is an engaging book, it is often times easy to become confused on which mother goes with which daughter. Aside from that, each story is interesting and true to life with all types of real life struggles mothers and daugthers face now and have faced in the past. Although many of these stories deal with the Chinese customs, many of the other stories are experienced by all women at one time or another. The mothers and daughters experience hate, happiness, and despair. Amy Tan introduces all of the characters in the present here. She takes them back to their childhood through their memories.
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Boppy, Resident Scholar
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"The Joy Luck Club was a club between four women during World War II in China; to escape the daily struggles and perils of living in this difficult time period, four ordinary women met to play mah-johng, talk, and strive to believe that good times would soon arrive. Later, as the women moved on with their lives to America, they realized that many of their intentions--their hopes for their children--could not be realized for a variety of reasons. They struggle to grasp the differences between the lives of their daughters and the lives they lead. "
Laura Fong, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Inside culture (main char)
- Chinese
Other aspects:
- immigrant story
Family, loving relations
Yes
Special relationship with
- mother
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society)
- American American
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Woman's story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 60's-90's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- almost none
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Asia/Pacific
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- a lot of stream of consciousness
- written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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