Mother and Daughter Relationships in Joy Luck Club and A Hundred Secret

commence and Daughter Relationships in The Joy Luck Club and A 100 arcanum Senses In life, many things can be taken for allow - especially the things that mean the most to you. You just might not actualize it until youve lost it all. As I walk down the road finishing up my teenage days, I slowly have been finding a better understanding of my mother. The kind of bond that mothers and daughters have is beyond stark to describe. Its probably the biggest rollercoaster taunt of emotions that Ill ever have the chance to live through in my lifetime. But, for those of us who are lucky enough to survive the ride in angiotensin converting enzyme piece, its an amazing learning experience that will trance your entire future. In Amy Tans novels, The Joy Luck Club, and A Hundred Secret Senses, she describes relationships between mothers and daughters reflecting on her own parents experiences in life. Four mothers, four daughters, four families... whose histories shift with the four w inds depending on whos telling the stories. In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to talk, eat dim sum, and play mahjong.. As Junes mother said, Idea was to have a gathering of four women, one for each corner of the mahjong table (Joy p.32) Being together in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. kinda of sinking into tragedy, they choose to gather and raise their spirits. To despair was to wish fanny for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable. (Joy p.134) In other words, why sit back and keep pondering the tragedy, its better to let the olden go, and move on. In The Joy Luck Club, Tan examines the sometimes painful, much t... ...ring a closer relationship to their families. Works Cited and Consulted Biography of Amy Tan. DIS spinning toping Authors Modules. 1998. GaleNet.Criticism, Amy Tan DIScovering Authors, Gale research Inc, 1996. Buck, Claire. Amy Tan. The Bloomsbury Guide to Womens Literature. Pg1065 Great Britian Bloomsbury Publishing, 1992. Shear, Walter. Generational Differences and the Diaspora in The Joy Luck Club. in <>Critique. Volume 34, No3, Spring 1993 pp 193-99.(on GaleNetTan Amy. The Hundred Secret Senses, New York down Market Paperback, 1996Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. New York Mass Market Paperback, 1994 Willard, Nancy. tiger Spirits. in The Womens Review of Books. Vol.6, Nos. 10-11, July 1989, pg12.(on GaleNet)*Amy Tan interview was conducted on the front cover of the hard cover copy addition of The Joy Luck Club.