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This is an 18 page paper discussing the mother-daughter relationships in Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club” and the importance of the acceptance of the daughters’ Chinese heritage in order to gain their full identity. Cultural identity and familial relationships are very much a part of the growing conflicts, misunderstandings and collective memory in Amy Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club”. Throughout the novel, the mothers’ stories and memories about their heritage and past which are considered excessive initially by their daughters are eventually accepted through maturity and in doing the daughters who have acknowledged their importance not only gain a better understanding of their mothers but also of their Chinese heritage and therefore gain their full identity. The daughters are not able to gain a grasp of their full identity until they finally accept and are rewarded by their knowledge of their Chinese heritage and culture; elements causing conflict throughout the novel.
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Club". Throughout the novel, the mothers stories and memories about their heritage and past which are considered excessive initially by their daughters are eventually accepted through maturity and in doing
the daughters who have acknowledged their importance not only gain a better understanding of their mothers but also of their Chinese heritage and therefore gain their full identity. The daughters
are not able to gain a grasp of their full identity until they finally accept and are rewarded by their knowledge of their Chinese heritage and culture; elements causing conflict
throughout the novel. Amy Tans "The Joy Luck Club" explores different mother-daughter relationships among the generations within a Chinese American community as told in four sections equally divided between
the perspectives of the mothers and the daughters. The Joy Luck Club was a gathering of four women at a mah jong table in San Francisco. The mothers in the
story were Suyuan Woo (who started the club), An-Mei-Hsu, Kindo Jong, and Ying Ying St. Clair. Their daughters were Jing-Mei "June" Woo, "Rose" Hsu Jordan, Waverly Jong, and Lena St.
Clair (Nunez). The story begins with the mothers perspectives of their stories from their childhood and past in China; stories they held
back from their daughters until they felt they were ready to understand. The second two sections of the book are from the daughters perspectives while they are trying to become
Americanized and are unforgiving to their mothers for maintaining their traditional ways. The daughters grew up in America during the 1950s when it was vital to them that they blend
in and not stand out as unique or different from American children; a concept their mothers had difficulty accepting (Tung). Although resistant to their mothers suggestions throughout their childhood, the
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