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A summary of Queen Mother of the Western Skies: “Double Face” & “A Pair of Tickets” in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Joy Luck Club and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Jing-mei (June) Woo. In a way, Jing-mei Woo is the main character of The Joy Luck Club. Structurally, her narratives serve as bridges between the two generations of storytellers, as Jing-mei speaks both for herself and for her recently deceased mother, Suyuan. Jing-mei also bridges America and China.
- Summary—Introduction
- Summary—Jing-Mei Woo: “The Joy Luck Club”
- Analysis—Introduction & “The Joy Luck Club”
Each of the four sections of The Joy Luck Club is preceded by a short parable that introduces the major themes of that section’s four stories. The parable that begins “Feathers from a Thousand LiAway” tells the tale of a Chinese woman who decides to emigrate to America. Before she leaves Shanghai, the woman buys a swan from a vendor, who tells her ...
Jing-mei opens her narrative by explaining that after her mother, Suyuan, died two months ago, her father, Canning, asked her to take her mother’s place at the Joy Luck Club, a weekly mahjong party. (Mahjong is a game for four players involving dice and domino-like tiles.) Suyuan and Canning Woo have been attending the meetings of the Joy Luck Club...
The opening parable raises the issue of the linguistic and cultural barrier that exists between each immigrant mother and American-born daughter in the book. The daughter in the parable has never known the sorrows that her mother experienced in China, but she cannot appreciate her good fortune because she does not know her mother’s story. Moreover,...
She started the club in China, in the early days of her first marriage. During her flight from a war-torn area of China, Suyuan lost her twin daughters, Chwun Yu and Chwun Hwa. In San Francisco, Suyuan revived the Joy Luck Club with Lindo, An-mei, and Ying-ying. Read an in-depth analysis of Suyuan Woo.
The Joy Luck Club. The Twenty-six Malignant Gates: Introduction, “Rules of the Game,” & “The Voice from the Wall” Previous Next. Summary—Introduction. The parable that precedes the second section of the novel deals with an American-raised daughter’s conflict with her mother.
June feels somewhat unformed to herself, like something remains missing or incomplete, even as she wants recognition for what she has independently achieved so far in life. During the course of the story, as she connects with her mother Suyuan’s hitherto unknown past, those missing pieces of herself fall into place.
Take a study break. A summary of Chapter 8 in William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Lord of the Flies and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
