![]() Each of the four mothers and daughters has difficulty really talking to and understanding one another. The theme of lack of communication is developed throughout the novel. When Suyuan finally tells her daughter about the twin daughters that she abandoned in China, Jing-Mei is completely shocked. Jing-Mei cannot understand the suffering her mother has endured and Suyuan cannot understand the frivolity of Jing-Mei. The differences between mother and daughter make it hard for them to really communicate. She thinks of herself as American and adopts the culture that surrounds her. Jing-Mei, born and raised in America, does not understand or care about the old customs and is embarrassed by her mother’s traditionalism and somber attitude. Being very traditional, Suyuan is extremely proud of her Chinese heritage and fights to keep it in place. Jing-Mei and her mother, Suyuan, often have difficulty communicating. The first is the pain caused by lack of communication. Key themes are also established in this chapter. Although Jing-Mei knows little about the club, she states that the Chinese women who belong meet together to play mahjong, gossip, share their oriental culture, and support one another. Then when she came to America in 1949, she began another Joy Luck Club in San Francisco. Jing-Mei explains how her mother, Suyuan, started the first Joy Luck Club in Kweilin, China. This opening chapter is very significant, for it explains the meaning of the book’s title and introduces several of the themes. They want Jing-Mei to go and meet them, for it would answer Suyuan’s dream. Because of her efforts, the daughters have been located. They explain that her mother’s lifelong dream had been to locate her lost twin daughters. ![]() After supper, they play mahjong.Īs she is about to leave, Jing-Mei is approached by some of the women in the group. Then as An-Mei prepares the food, the other women gossip. ![]() It begins with the reading of the minutes. Honoring her father’s wish, Jing-Mei travels to An-Mei’s house to attend a meeting of the Joy Luck Club. She had never heard her mother’s tragic story and had never known about her abandoned sisters. ![]() Eventually, she left her children behind as well, hoping they would be spared. Little by little, she was forced to abandon her belongings. She quickly packed a few belongings and left with her two small children. He told her she must flee at once to avoid the atrocities of the Japanese invaders. Suyuan had also told her daughter about the soldier who had come to her house in Kweilin. As a result, all she knows about the Joy Luck Club is that the ladies meet to play mahjong, to gossip, and to share gifts with one another. When Suyuan tried to tell her daughter about the club, Jing-Mei never really listened. She had chosen members for the second club from the First Chinese Baptist Church all of the selected women had undergone suffering, much like she. Then, when Suyuan moved to America in 1949, she formed a Joy Luck Club in San Francisco. Suyuan had told Jing-Mei that she began the first Joy Luck Club back in Kweilin, China. She then tells the story of the Joy Luck Club. Jing-Mei agrees to attend one of the meetings. Jing-Mei’s father asks his daughter to go to the Joy Luck Club in her mother’s place, to honor her memory. The real purpose, however, is to support one another and to save their Chinese culture and heritage.Īt the beginning of this part of the book, Jing-Mei is thirty-six years old, and her mother, Suyuan, has suddenly died of a cerebral aneurysm. It is composed of a group of Chinese women who come together to share their friendship and to play games. ![]() Suyuan, Jing-Mei Woo’s mother, started the Joy Luck Club in San Francisco. ![]()
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