Part one of term paper
The Joy Luck Club is a representation of the persistent tensions and powerful bonds between mother and daughter in a Chinese American society. The book illustrates the hardships both the mother and daughters go through in order to please the other. Also, it shows the troubles the daughters face when growing up in two cultures. This book re ...

Part two of term paper
... In a Chinese society a woman's social standing is measured by how successful your children are and also how well you care for your spouse. Because of this, Waverly's mother boasts about Waverly's mastery of the game of chess. Throughout all of the Jing-Mei Woo stories June has to recall all of the memories of what her mother had told her. She remembers how her mother left her babies during the war. June's mother felt that since she had failed as a mother to her first babies she had fai ...