Joy Luck Club Rough Draft

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Introduction

Different women face various difficulties in life and more so the loss of someone either to nature or separation from their loved ones, in this case, it is concerned more about the daughters. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan entails the conflicts that exist between the Chinese immigrant’s mothers and the American-raised daughters. It is divided into four separate narratives, and it revolves around mothers who have daughters and in one way or another they are worried due to different recollection intensity. To be clear enough it enables the relationship between mothers and their daughters to be known at a wide concept. The author Amy Tan was born in Oakland, and her parents were Chinese immigrants. She has a great history which may have influenced the writing of the book in one way or another (Tan, 2006). As explained earlier the book entail mothers who have lost their daughters and they are reminiscing about the past, which is what happened to Tan’s mother and thus she goes back to her family when the husband and the son die. The only thing that Tan forgets is the fact that not every mother can reminisce due to a daughter who was is alive but not close, some are dead due to murder or even illness, and they will live to reminisce forever, out of this then she would have kept that into consideration while writing the book.

Some characters portray the lives of their mothers while others fear to do so, and this shows the difference that may occur especially if the parents are different. The lifestyle, as well as the parents, may influence an individual, and therefore this explains the difference in behavior and character even in the real world. However, the key factor revolves around women, and this shows that they have the strength to raise daughters in an expected manner (Bloom, 2009).

References

Bloom, H. (2009). Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club. New York: Bloom's Literary Criticism.

Tan, A. (2006). The Joy Luck Club. New York: Penguin Books.