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pandapo
pandapo
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College - Freshman

In "The Joy Luck Club", why does Suyuan answer "Your father is not my first husband, and you are not thoes babies"?

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Posted by pandapo on Sunday January 11, 2009 at 8:37 PM and tagged with characters, quote, suyuan, the joy luck club.

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  1. charcunning Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    This is a critical moment in the book. The daughter, with this one sentence, begins to understand that her mother had an entire life before she was ever born.

    This first husband was completely unknown to the daughter, which came as a complete surprise, as it would to anyone to discover that your mother was married in a different time and place to a different man!

    And the fact that she has sisters...twins! out there in the world somewhere is a shock as well. At this point she is unsure whether they are alive or dead, but this plants the seed for her journey later on in the story.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/joy-luck
    http://www.enotes.com/joy-luck/character-analysis

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    Posted by charcunning on Monday March 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM